I’ll admit this story was a little bizarre, but I thought it was a creative take on a vampire story which is hard to find. It also had the feel of a retold fairy tale (although it is truly a reimagined Edgar Allen Poe story) which is one of my secret favorites so I enjoyed this bizarre and wild ride. The story feels like it could hav been set in Europe when the plague was occurring, but with a slightly mythical twist. There are three ways to survive the plague: lock the doors and stay away, hope for natural immunity, or die and be reborn. A simple nursery rhyme holding a warning as well. Seraphina is living the life of a princess, but she is actually a poor born Jewish girl who happens to look like the princess who died early in the plague. Nico is currently a gravedigger serving a lord who saved him when he was alone and desperate. The two of them both have a lot to learn of the world and what changes the plague brought several years before. I’ll admit the last couple of chapters didn’t totally fit for me, but I did like the slight romantic plot in between the monsters and bloodshed.