One For My Enemy: A Bewitching Urban Fantasy from the Bestselling Author of The Atlas Six

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Bringing a self-assured, intelligent manner to this dark mixture of urban fantasy, romance, Russian folklore, and Shakespearean storytelling, narrator Ferdelle Capistrano has a fine time giving voice to the seven beautiful but cunning Antonova sisters and the three equally cunning Fedorov brothers--all of whom are well versed in the dark arts." - AudioFile One For My Enemy is a Romeo and Juliet urban fantasy retelling featuring two witch families and their strife, with a bit of Russian/slavic folklore thrown in for good measure. The premise sounds incredible. I also have issues with Olivie's Dramione fanfic. Maybe I've outgrown Dramione. Or maybe she is just wordier than I prefer. Okay I have to preface my review with this one quote from this book which was exactly what I needed to hear while reading it:

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she wore her love like a shield, like armor, and he ached for her; for what she was to him; for what they might have been. dima and misha ❤️‍🩹, when i was reading this i thought they were side characters at first but THEY ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS. their love was so pure and although masha was married and had not spoken to him in 12 years, you could tell how much love they have and will always have for eachother. it was so pure and blissful. dima just knew what to say to masha, he would have given up everything for her 🥹 When i first started reading this book i thought it would be a good read. It had good writing, promising worldbuilding and some kind of intriguing characters with intense dynamic but as i went on reading i realized that the author is horrible at executing what i believed would be delivered at first. I will always love you, I will love you until the day I die— and if you’re the one to kill me, then by all means, you should know without a trace of doubt you will not have turned me away. I will have spent the final beat of my heart loving you, just as I always have.” Lethally smart. Filled with a cast of brilliantly realized characters, each entangled with one another in torturously delicious ways, The Atlas Six will grip you by the throat and refuse to let go. Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent. " — Chloe Gong, author of NYT Bestselling These Violent Delights

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The brief pause that passed between them was loaded with things neither expressed aloud nor requiring explanation. That time had passed was obvious, even to Lev. You are not incomplete because a piece of your heart is gone. You are you, an entire whole, all on your own. If you have loved and been loved, then you can only be richer for it - you don't become a smaller version of yourself simply because what you once had is gone."

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After twelve years of tenuous co-existence, one family member brutally crosses the line. Bad blood reignites old grudges; at the same time, fate intervenes with a chance encounter between enemies. In the wake of love and vengeance, everyone must choose a side. As each of the siblings struggles to stake their claim, who has what it takes to stay on top? Because, Papa,” Dimitri finished, reaching out to let the crying Lev reach for his fingers, soothing him gently, “we are all your sons.” I wanted more interactions between them, I wanted to know more about their powers (which was never explained) and more about them. I’ve found before (when I was reading The Atlas Six) that while there are so many plotlines, nothing is happening. In modern-day Manhattan where we lay our scene, two rival witch families fight to maintain control of their respective criminal ventures.Blake's writing is grandiose, but in THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. This is a sweeping, lyrical retelling of Romeo and Juliet that is SOMEHOW both less and more tragic than it's Shakespearian roots. Her prose is a sort of songlike intensity that makes the novel feel magnified, romantic and edged at the same time; Not over flowery or pretentious- but detailed and and clever enough to blow you away.

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Dima,” Dimitri echoed, toying with the endearment as the large man beside Marya Antonova carefully folded her coat over his arm, as fastidious as his employer. “Is this a friendly visit, then, Masha?” Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent."―Chloe Gong, author of New York Times bestselling These Violent Delights I fell in love with you, didn't I, Sasha Antonova?" His laugh, the set on her jaw, they both said I love you, it's over, we're doomed. "I was always going to be trapped." Compelling, entertaining, and addictive. The Atlas Six is academic Darwinism: survival of the smartest with a healthy dose of magic." — T.L. Huchu, author of The Library of The Dead How’s Stas?” Dimitri asked casually, or with a tone that might have been casual to some other observer. To Lev, his brother’s uneasy small talk was about as ill-fitting as the idea that Marya Antonova would waste her time with the pretense of saccharinity.

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Next to Roman stood Lev, the youngest. If his brothers were planetary bodies, Lev was an ocean wave. He was in constant motion, a tide that pulsed and waned. Even now, as he stood behind Dimitri, his fingers curled and uncurled reflexively at his sides, his thumb beating percussively against his thigh. Lev had a keen sense of danger, and he perceived it now, sniffing it out in the air and letting it creep between the sharp blades of his shoulders. It got under his skin, under his bones, and gifted him a shiver. As fate draws a brother and a sister from each side together, the enmity between families and the power struggles between siblings could destroy it all...