This was a great addition to Shelby Mahurin's world! We saw appearances of loved characters from her previous series and got a better look into Celie Tremblay's mind. The characters Celie meets along the way are diverse and fun. This is a perfect book for spooky season! Definitely recommend!

I loved every second. It had me hooked from the very beginning, and getting to see all of my favorite characters come back was so exciting. Celie's growth was so well done too! And the ending? Emotionally damaging - in the best way.

I absolutely adored reading this book! Just as good at the Serpent & Dove trilogy. Can't wait for the sequel. It's perfect for Vampire Diaries fans.

It. Was. A. Struggle. Just wasn't enjoyable for me. I hate to be so crass and bloody rude about it but I rarely have books that I can't get into and rarely have books I force myself to finish. The only ones I do that with are ARCs because I feel I've made a commitment. I just didn't like it.

Shelby Mahurin hits again with vampires this time!! And we get to see all of our favorite characters in this book as well!! I'm so excited to see more of Celie's story and of course to see more vampires.

Shelby Mahurin has given us the perfect fall read with vampires, a visit from our original favorites, and the introduction of new characters that you can't help but cheer for! I simply adore Celie and Michal and will be rooting for them forever.

This book was pretty good. I don't read a lot of vampire books (only because I don't own them, not because i don't like them). So this was a fun change of pace. The characters were cool, the plot was interesting, and the writing wasn't bad. I think it needed a bit more editing and thoughtfulness, but it was still good.

I have so many things I want to say about this book and literally no one to tell it to. So this review is about to be a lot of word vomit so I can get it all out of my system.

First. I prematurely requested this book from NetGalley without ever reading the blurb. I was sold at the word “vampire”. Then I read the blurb and saw it was about Célie, yes THAT Célie. Then I was kicking myself because I DNF Gods & Monsters over 2 years ago. So like any good little book reviewer, I bought the audiobook of G&M and crafted my through that painful book. No, I did not enjoy much of the Serpent & Dove series past the first book, but I LOVED all the characters…it’s just that so much of the story was BORING and CONFUSING!

Now, back to Célie’s book. After G&M, I was very excited to start TSV. Célie grew up so much on that last book and I wanted her to get a chance to finally prove herself. Jean Luc was always a dud, so I was extra happy to see there would be a love triangle. Remember…Vampires!!!

Okay, I’m not going to rehash the plot, but if you’ve made it this far into my review, your number one question is probably “Do I have to read the first series?” Sorry to inform you, but I think you should definitely read the first series. It’s a must for you to understand Célie and her motivations and why she is the way she is. All through the first series, she was the disliked side character that the core team tolerated. This is her time to shine, and guess what… Jean Luc, Reid, Lou, Coco, and Beau are still trying to protect her…and therefore Célie chooses to do things without them. If you read and loved the first series, this book is soooo much better. And if you read and hated the first series, this book is soooo much better AND you’ve already done the difficult work and are prepared to dive into Célie’s story.

You will probably see SPOILERS now.

What I loved about Célie is she is nothing like all the other heroines out there. She’s not strong and bad ass. She sweet and gentle and good, and that makes her extra special. She feels the need to protect everyone she cares for, even if it’s a sacrifice to herself. This leads her into doing some pretty stupid and irresponsible things. Remember how all her friends feel like she must be protected at all times? Then there is what happened to her in Blood & Honey. Plus Reid broke her heart. And Jean Luc is planning a life for them that Célie doesn’t even want. No one REALLY loves her. She’s just there and in everyone’s way…needing to be taken care of.

Then she encounters the vampires, Les Eternels. I’m not going to tell you how or why. That’s part of the mystery. But you get a WHOLE NEW cast of characters…of potential friends and enemies.

So now I’m going to tell you about Michal. Omg the slow burn romance between Célie and Michal is 100% perfection. Like I could FEEL their love and affection for each other even though they could never admit it to themselves or each other. There’s no naked spicy times in this book, but I could feel the heat between them.

The ending. It took me about 2 hours just to get through the last few chapters. I had no idea what was going to happen, yet I didn’t want it to end. So I kept stopping and coming back. The ending was shocking and the epilogue even more shocking!


SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

My prediction is the next book is probably going to touch heavily on Célie not having a chance to make that “choice”. But clearly Mila told her of two other choices…and Célie was never going to make ANY choice in that situation on her own.

Vampire romance set in the same world as Serpent and Dove with a touch of phantom of the opera but she falls for the phantom? Say less!! To be able to revisit some of the characters from the original series and see a whole new story come out with vampires? I couldn't be more excited when I got this book and the cliffhanger of the ending makes me so excited for the next book. The mystery in this one was fantastic and the vampire vibes were everything!

It's a quick, easy read with enough suspense to keep you turning the pages. It's the perfect YA book and I appreciated and loved how Mahurin really builds up the romance. I also loved all the action-packed scenes this book had.

I think this should be read after the Serpent & Dove trilogy. GAAH!!!! I loved this one!!! Perfect for October reading! Celie as the first huntswoman and dealing with her own demons, tracks a killer who is leaving victims drained of their blood. Celie only ends up captured by vampire Michal. Celie and Michal the tension is bubbling in a pop can! They also have some great banter. Shelby just has ways with descriptions and this book is full of actions as we have learned some revelations. The new cast members are great. I just loved being emersed in this world. Omg that ending!?!? I really hope the next one is releasing in January because I can't wait that long!

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Found this a little slow to get going, and reading the previous trilogy will add to one's enjoyment and understanding of that book. Not my favorite of hers, but still worth having in the collection!

⭐️ ⭐️.5

This was okay; fans of the original trilogy will surely enjoy it, for me it lacked substance…It was incredibly slow and quite dense. Main character felt a tad insufferable. You need to read the trilogy S&D first before diving into this one!

Thank you NetGalley for granting me access to a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I was such a big fan of the first book of the Serpent & Dove trilogy and this book really brought me back to that feeling. I'm so grateful. Bring in vampires of top of that? I've never been happier.

When the first sentence of a book grabs your attention the way this one did, you know it will be good. It didn't let me down from page one to the end. It had me in it the entire time.

Celie was an interesting character in the original series, but imagine my absolute surprise when I fell in love with her in her own book. She underestimated more often than she's not, she lacks the strength we see in so many other characters, she's well trained and has to learn to find a way out of that existence. She has to become something entirely new. Unlike the usual, she has to find her rebellion rather than already exist in it. It was so interesting, and compelling, to see such a different start to a story.

It almost makes who she becomes more significant, more noteworthy. To un-become the very being people fight to be heard over. She starts as someone and has to learn to become no-one... only to become someone infinitesimally better. She's kind, she wants to spread that, and she's smart about it.

I can't wait to come back to this to find more to love. I feel so lucky that I got to put my eyes on it a few months early. Loving Serpent & Dove felt like a fluke once the next two books came out, and I'm so happy to be back to that feeling again.

I received an e-galley of The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin from Frenzy Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed returning to the world of Serpent and Dove in this new series by Shelby Mahurin featuring Célie Tremblay and her story after all the events of the original trilogy. I really liked the direction that Célie's story goes as we started to see more of who she is by the end of the Serpent and Dove series. In The Scarlet Veil, she really does come out of the image and character we first met and I found myself rooting for her. I really liked that we also now have vampires in this world and look forward to seeing where Célie's story takes her. And yes to more appearances from the original set of characters!

I'm not sure why I requested this ARC, because Blood & Honey and Gods & Monsters really disappointed me. Oh wait I remember, it's because of the vampires.

If you liked B&H and G&M, you will like this - it's more of the same, in terms of writing style, plot, vibes. I just wasn't interested in the conflicts here and it fell a bit flat.

I actually really enjoyed this book but I do feel like having the background of the serpent and dove trilogy helps immensely to keep you motivated to keep reading. Without it, there were some plot misses and a little bit of slow pacing but overall I really enjoyed it and I have a feeling it will keep getting better.

This is set in the same world as Serpent and Dove. Célie is the first female chasseur and is engaged to Jean- Luc so she has a target on her back in training.
There are a lot of suspicious murders and fingers pointed to a new paranormal figure in this world, new to us since they weren't really mentioned in the prior series unless I missed it.
Célie is treated like an innocent child by her fiancée and Lou and the gang from S&D, and they didn't tell her info that she needed to know. Now she's in a bit of trouble and didn't even see it coming.
I couldn’t figure out what they were keeping from her and who the bad guys were until the end. I did not expect that twist. I loved the vampire lord who was protecting her and can’t wait to see where Celie ends up next since that was a cliffhanger.

Thank you harpercollins for the e-ARC for my honest and voluntary review.

It was an enjoyable vampire read, with enemies to lovers, a lot of blood shed, a hunt for a killer and ghosts. I liked Celies character but her personality was a tad annoying or neurotic at times. I definitely enjoyed the S&D series more with Lou as the FMC.

Overall the story progressed nicely, kept me entertained and made me want to continue reading.

The epilogue made me really eager to read book 2.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperTeen for allowing me to read an advanced copy of the book.

Oh. My. Goodness! I am absolutely in LOVE with this book and Mahurin's historic country of Belterra. This book checked every box for me and then some! Historic French inspired setting? Check. Feisty and capable heroine? Check. Intricate and interesting magic system? Check. Blush worthy romance? Check. Check. CHECK. I can't believe that it's taken me this long to read one of Mahurin's books, but now I am more than excited to dive back into the world of Belterra in her hit series "Serpent & Dove" (which I raced to buy after finishing "The Scarlet Veil").

This book filled a literary void that I have had for the last couple years since I first read ToG. I just absolutely loved everything about it: the characters, the worldbuilding, the romance, the suspense, all of it! I could not get enough and devoured the book in one sitting. I have such high hopes for the next book in the duology and I know that Mahurin will deliver (she's clearly a literary mastermind and a new personal favorite of mine).