The Darkening
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
3.7
Sunya Mara
In this thrilling and epic YA fantasy debut, the only hope for a city trapped in the eye of a cursed storm lies with the daughter of failed revolutionaries and a prince terrified of his throne.Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen's soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman's axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen's soldiers--led by a paranoid prince--catch up to Vesper's father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that fate.Even arm herself with her father's book of dangerous experimental magic.Even infiltrate the prince's elite squad of soldier-sorcerers.Even cheat her way into his cold heart.But when Vesper learns that there's more to the story of her mother's death, she'll have to make a choice if she wants to save her city: trust the devious prince with her family's secrets, or follow her mother's footsteps into the Storm.
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Author
Sunya Mara
Pages
400
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published Date
2022
ISBN
0358561981 9780358561989
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"Actual rating: 4,75 ⭐️ I loved this book!!! It was such a nice/had a lot of suspense and it was just so good!! The only reason I didn’t rate this 5⭐️ is because I found the middle a little slow. Other than that, it was amazing 🤩. 💯 recommend!!!!!"
Lisa
"You ever seen that meme where Adam Devine is like “OH MY GOD I ALMOST DIED!!” That’s me currently. My heart has been ripped out of my chest and stomped on, and I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book. JUSTICE FOR IZ𝨭!!!"
Adrienne Calderon
"I cannot get over the ending! It’s such a unique book and a unique world. You only know as much as the MC knows so the world feels a little confusing at first but as you discover things the book just keeps getting better until the ending that made me want to scream at the book in my hands. I can’t wait until the sequel."
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Cara Vest
"This book had so much potential, but the pacing was way too inconsistent, the end too rushed way to be gratifying. What I hate most is that the protagonist believed everything was her fault for some reason? She was so self-critical, even when things had to do with the storm and it’s victims, which she couldn’t control. Her character sometimes seemed strong and respectful of herself, which I love to see, but otherwise annoyed me to no end. Overall, I wish I had happier things to say."
Rue
"this book was a bad fever dream and i retained none of it then and none of it now"
Josephine Baskovic
"✨ARC Review✨<br/><br/>Special thanks to @netgalley and @clarionbooks for this ARC.<br/><br/>Hello Dystopian novel with Brown characters! Overall, this book is decent. Mara does a decent job building the world in which this book takes place and the character development though not super rounded out, was also fine. There was enough development that the characters are easily identifiable and able to stand on their own but not developed enough that they jump off the page which, when I’m reading dystopian novels, I crave the ability to be immersed. It’s the usual story of these unexpected heroes tied to a love story that Romeo & Juliet adjacent.<br/><br/>Though this is a pretty lengthy read, it was a relatively quick one. The pacing is a bit inconsistent so that’s unfortunate since the actual story is a good one. When there was action, it was great but the in between leaves some things to be desired. All in all, I hope this is the beginning of a series because the actual plot is good and representation matters.<br/><br/>Set for publication 7/5/22. Mark your calendars.<br/><br/>⭐️⭐️⭐️"
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