Review: Serpent & Dove

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 stars⭐⭐⭐

“𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮'𝓼 𝓼𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓮. 𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷. 𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝔀. 𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻.”

⏳𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑:⏳
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬: Louise (Lou) is a witch who is on the run from her own coven, but is also in hiding from the Church and its Chasseur's who hunt them. When their paths cross, Lou and Chasseur Reid are both appalled when the only option seems to be marriage. Lou attempts to keep her identity hidden from Reid while also figuring out how to stay hidden from her own family.
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: Hate-to-love, interesting major arcs, but flimsy beginning (theft of ring)
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: After the first few chapters, it started to really fly!
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: A little holier-than-thou to begin with, but really improved as the book went on

I thought I wouldn't be able to finish this book for the first 3 chapters. I truly didn't. I couldn't get into it and thought that both the plot, characters, and writing were all extremely poor. But, lo and behold, after the first bit was through, the plot, writing, and characters really took off. Don't let the first pages throw you off- this one was entertaining, if not perfect in every way.

👍𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:👍
-Enemies-to-lovers
-Interesting overarching plot
-Quick moving writing- easily read in one or two sittings!

👎𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬:👍
-Terrible first few chapters (there, I said it!)
-Minimal world-building
-The romance moved just a little too fast toward the end

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

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