A dark, intoxicating blend of power, rebellion, and forbidden desire, The Last Raven is a vampire fantasy that sinks its fangs in deep and refuses to let go.

✨ A reluctant heir trapped in a deadly legacy 🖤 A world where humans are prey, and vampires rule 🔥 A rebellion simmering beneath layers of deception

Jones crafts a world dripping with tension, where every choice carries weight and every alliance is a gamble. Emelia’s struggle between duty and defiance is gripping, and the slow-burn intensity between her and Kyle crackles with unspoken danger. Jane Fox’s narration heightens every moment, weaving urgency into the intrigue and emotion into the quiet devastation. Her delivery makes the stakes sharper, the betrayals sting deeper, and the world feel even more immersive. Listening while reading amplifies the tension, making it impossible to pull away.

If you love morally grey characters, high-stakes intrigue, and vampire politics that cut deep, this is your sign to grab a copy immediately. Just be ready for the darkness to linger.

This book was super predictable but I ate it up regardless. I love vampires, I love angst, I love bodyguards, I loved this book. The angst was just right and the idea of humans in a vampire world is one of my favorites to read about since it’s decently relatable. It felt like a hallmark movie if hallmark did angsty romantasy.

I have conflicting feelings about this book. The storyline was great! I really thought the premise was really interesting, I just felt like it was a little bit rushed. Maybe that’s just personal preference as I do enjoy a long description of the setting, the characters, everything. The fmc is a badass.

I really enjoyed this forced proximity x forbidden romance vampire story! Thank you so, so much to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for allowing me to read this title!

Blurb:
I’ll be forced to take the crown, simply because of who my parents are. Never mind that my skin, my eyes, the way I move, everything will give me away for what I am.

Human.

In a world ruled by vampires.

As sole heir to the House of Raven, there is nothing Emelia can’t have. The only problem is, she doesn’t want it.

But when the mysterious Kyle enters her closed-off existence, she sees a way out. As rebellion and dark forces swirl around her, Emelia has a choice to make – leave everyone she loves behind, or stay and accept her destiny…

i done everything to like this but I felt it was so predictable and I didn’t like the FMC. I get she’s been shut away from everyone but she’s so naive like her thoughts i don’t even know how to explain it but i just couldn’t connect with her. This was also insta love / lust and I really don’t enjoy that it instantly puts me off the relationship. The pacing was also weird but I can understand this is a YA book and I might just not be the demographic for this one.

This one had an interesting premise, but it just didn’t deliver for me. The pacing felt off, the characters were hard to connect with, and the story never fully came together. There were moments that showed potential, but overall, it lacked the depth and cohesion I was hoping for. It ended up feeling more frustrating than engaging.

I really wanted to love The Last Raven. Honestly, it just fell so flat that it was a solid no for me.

This was just so anticlimactic. I just could not get interested in the plot. Everything was predictable and the pacing was just so off all the time. I had high hopes for this but it did not deliver.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC copy. I enjoyed this story very much, the plot wasn't predictable abd had some excellent twists. It was fast paced and well written. I'd give it a 4/5.

I enjoyed the idea of this but unfortunately it felt a little too fast paced for me/slightly rushed - I’m also usually not big on insta-love so I think that was swayed me a little but overall, I liked the concept!

Really enjoyed this one! Love seeing this book in my local bookstores now. I will definitely be on the lookout for future series from this author.

Apologies for the late review. Things got hectic, and I read as many arcs as I could, but some fell through the cracks.

Unfortunately, this wasn't for me. The fmc was frustrating and maddening, being immature and illogical. The plot and prose were not stable, either. Things felt rushed, unexplained, and undeveloped at the same time.

1.4⭐️

This story had promise, but unfortunately was executed poorly. I only skim read the second half as there were a number of issues that I struggled with, as well as things that didn’t make sense which kept taking me out of the story.

1. I couldn’t connect with the characters at all. Kyle is so bland and boring, and Emilia is so whiny, entitled and annoying. She really took the “not like the other girls” trope to a whole new level tbh.
2. The Wattpad style writing is just not my preference.
3. The world building was not good. Assuming humans in this world have “normal” human lifespans while vampires live for centuries, why on earth would Emilia be heir?
4. Also, she’s supposed to become leader “soon”, but they’ve kept her completely sheltered, and not educated her at all (except in propaganda).
5. The instalove made no sense. Emilia and Kyle hated each other on sight, but then pretty much immediately started hooking up?
6. If she’s so precious, why did they replace her experienced bodyguard with someone barely older than her, and without any other checks aside from Mistral’s “just trust me bro”?
7. How did she keep getting away so easily with Kyle? Even taking into account the antifeed, why didn’t the guards stop them?

Thank you to HarperCollins and NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m sorry but this book just wasn’t for me. I didn’t like it from the very beginning. I wanted to but it wasn’t my thing.

This book was a hit and miss for me. I liked the plot and concept and I LOVE anything with vampires in it, but I found it hard to get through the second half of the book. Honestly not a big deal but I couldn’t handle the MMCs name being Kyle 😂 I didn’t really like Emelia and Kyle’s chemistry, it all felt way too fast with the whole instant love vibe but if you can look past that then this book is for you! Personally not for me

Addictive and adventurous! A world of vampires in charge and humans who are not, court intrigue, secrets, betrayals, insurgence, and ultimately coming of age - leaving the protected tower to see the truth and maybe where you fit in. An engaging and imaginative fantasy tale.

The premise of this book was fun! I love when a FMC is the unlikely lead. The one you’re not really expecting because she doesn’t “fit” the world around her. And in this case, Emilia was a human living in a world where vampires rule. It is an interesting concept! I think this book reminded me a lot of how it felt to read dystopian books for the first time, and it was fun getting to experience that again.

I was truly excited for this book, but sadly it was not it. It’s marketed as a twilight and true blood series but I honestly didn’t see that in this book. I felt that there could have been a lot of potential to this book. The world building was lacking. There was so much missing that it made it hard to understand the world. The vampires and humans are on earth with modern stuff but for some reason they don’t have the basics like news or cameras? I also didn’t like the dialogue much. The pacing was mainly fast but I felt that a lot of it was repetitive. There were conflicts that weren’t truly being solved. This book is told from Emelia’s pov.

Emelia is the FMC and I wish I liked her but she’s annoying, spoiled, and naive. I didn’t see any growth to get character. Then we have Kyle who is the new guard, protecting Emelia. We learn his love for Emelia. There are many side characters but the main ones were the parents. I felt that the parents overshadowed the MC often to the fact it felt like their books. Also I didn’t understand the point of them wanting Emelia to be the next heir when she will die. The romance is instant love with no chemistry between the couple. This book is a bit spicy for a YA novel.

The ending does end with a minor cliffhanger but there is a certain scene where it would have been a better cliffhanger for the books. If I am being honest I dont see where this series is going.

*this book was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*

I loved the sound of this book, and I've wanted to get more into romantasy after loving it growing up but sadly this book wasn't for me and I couldn't get into it

Listen I love YA but my god this was ridiculously juvenile. Why was her experienced bodyguard replaced with a barely adult bodyguard? Why do they hate each other the very first time they interact for no reason but it's very clearly insta love in denial? The FMC is incredibly self absorbed, the world building is almost non-existent when it could have been incredible given the premise, the ending was anti-climactic and disappointing so I really have no interest in the next book