3.25⭐️
Dark sapphic, a little messy, very hot, far too short!
This novella knows exactly what it wants to be: sexy, mysterious, and dripping in tropes—and honestly, I’m not mad about it. Mourning Wings drops us into a gothic-feeling estate, a missing girl mystery, a ten-year heartbreak, and then hands over a masked dommy woman who makes threats sound like foreplay.
Valeria and Camila’s backstory has real emotional weight—two girls in an orphanage, pulled apart too soon. A decade later, Valeria is still chasing shadows and ends up at the infamous Whitmore Estate with her best friend, looking for answers and maybe closure. Instead, she finds Ronnie: masked, cryptic, and clearly already watching her.
Which brings me to my main issue. So much of the story feels like it’s already happened off-page. I had questions. The story skips over the setup and sprints to the tension. And I don't know if this is all because there's a full-length coming soon, or not. But as a reader, it is challenging to only anticipate an entire concept of a story when there are only breadcrumbs.
And listen, the tension is good. The atmosphere? Impeccable. The pacing? Chaotic. The sex? Delivered. It’s giving novella-as-foreplay-for-a-full-length, which unfortunately made it feel rushed and undercooked in parts—but I am intrigued.
Give me more of Valeria. More of Ronnie. More answers. But especially, more time. I will be reading the full-length. Until then, this is only 3 stars but with the potential for re-evaluation.