𝕾𝖊𝖗𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖙 & 𝕯𝖔𝖛𝖊 - @shelbymahurin I’ve been impatiently waiting for this book ever since Shelby announced in a certain fb group that she’d sold it months and months ago. When it finally arrived, I had to wait yet another week to read it. 24 hours later, I’ve completely devoured it, and it was so. worth. the. wait!! The characters are fantastic and the story left me desperately wanting more. I loved Lou’s vulgarity and cheek and her incredibly kind heart despite herself. My heart burst for Reid as he opened up and finally saw the the world beyond his Chasseur uniform and we got more of his precious lop-sided grin. The perfectly complicated relationships these characters had with love, friendship, family, religion felt all too relatable and real. It also had an entirely new take on the way magic works within the world. It wasn’t just simple spells or magic wands, the Dames Blanches and Dames Rouges showed us a whole new system of balance and blood. I have been reading books about witches and magic since I was a small child and it was refreshing to be shown a new world. As I struggle to emerge from this book hangover, I now start the countdown to the next book in the series (oh Mother!) and anxiously await more adventure with Lou, Reid, Coco, and who could forget our precious sweet bb, Ansel. Thank you, Shelby, for this wonderful world and these amazing characters. 🖤 #serpentanddove #shelbymahurin #louandreid #louiseleblance #reiddiggory #damesblanches #damesrouges #bookstagram #booklayout #bookish #book #bookworm_insta #bookflatlay #bookreview #bookrecommendations #harperteen #harpercollins #harpercollinsnz #nzbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kQKSRANop/?igshid=1nwd6hf5ysgud