Reviews - The Darkness Within Us

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The Darkness Within Us

Tricia Levenseller

3.89 AVERAGE

vidyasur's review against another edition

4.25

fast-paced

bobbelena's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

nnicolenoelle's review against another edition

4.0

💭 fav quotes:
"i don't want to be a weapon anymore. i want to be a person."
"power looks different on everyone."

📖 i didn’t love this one as much as the first, but i did really enjoy seeing the sisters reconnect and begin to understand each other. getting the sister’s pov added a whole new layer with her way of navigating the world is so different from alessandra’s, and i liked seeing how she grew into her own kind of strength. there were definitely some sad and emotional parts, especially when it came to her past. it’s a slower book overall, but a super quick read! the themes of healing, identity, and sisterhood were meaningful.

📝 tropes: companion novel // sister bonds // quiet strength // self-discovery // trauma healing // soft romance // found identity

aka_fall's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katie_macm's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

book_dragon73's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was in no way a challenging book to read but actually I quite enjoyed it!

I rated it slightly higher than book 1 and I felt this one was much faster paced with more twists!

This book is based on the POV of the sister to the FMC from the 1st book.

laviegwenrose's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“We can patch up plaster. Replace broken wood, pound out the dents to the brass. But wounds to the soul cannot be fixed so readily.”

would have been 4 stars if not for the final arc where miscommunication trope reared its ugly head in but with a wave of a magical wand, everything was fixed an everyone was in a happily ever after.

i’ve seen a lot of hate for chrysantha but this is the fmc more romantasy writers should adapt: mean, vain, and a penchant for killing men if they get in their way. she snaps and gets angry and makes stupid decisions and you get incredibly frustrated with her. i’m done with strong fmc with a strong moral compass and tries to be righteous and. a hero every goddamn time ugh! give me more mean girls!

really hated eryx demos at the beginning, he was abhorrent and i couldn’t understand why he was the mmc. and then we got the reveal and heartfelt confessions and good lord. i understand now, he’s not the best there is and certainly not the dreamiest but the sexual tension with chrysantha was chef kisses.

overall, i had high hopes that i would like this sister better because the shadows between us was disappointing, and i would be partially correct. chrysantha > alessandra but i wished the final arc didn’t happen the way it did.