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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Secrets in the Dark continues off right where book 1 Voices in the Snow ends and we jump right into the story.
I have a lot of feelings for this book and almost 98% of them are great and amazing the 2% I didn't like I'll explain at the bottom it will be hidden in spoilers since it is very very spoiler-y so, you have been warned.
Well I wanted to know what happened to Claire's sister Beth, now I know.... Even though we haven't actually met Beth we learn a lot about her from Claire and you can't help but like her. Beth is the overprotective mom-sister and you can't help but feel for Claire as she struggles to hope that Beth is alive.
In this book you get to see more of how the world has changed and is affected by the Hollows. We get to explore new places and face new dangers. We also see Claire struggle with how the world has changed, her morals, and her grief as she encounters people she once knew. I understand Claire's heartbreak during a certain scene but I also didn't like how she blamed Dorran, it was almost like she was looking to blame someone rather than deal with her own feelings and guilt.
That last chapter has me on the edge of my metaphorical seat. What a wild frickin ride, man. I was on the verge of tears I was so worried when the fate of one of my favorite characters was literally hanging in the balance and the worry still isn't over.
In this book we get to learn how the Stillness happened and what actually cause the Hollows. It was honestly pretty scary because the why is something that could actually happen if people aren't careful and that's frightening.
Now, there are absolutely major spoilers for the end but I need to rant so it’s going to be hidden. Read if you want too. But be warned this spoils the last few chapters of the book and a big revel from the middle and end.
!You have been warned!
I did not see Peter actually being Ezra which, I find kind of ironic because I should have caught it. It’s the oldest tick in the book, as the saying goes, and it didn’t even cross my mind; I was just like. “Oh he’s nice I hope he doesn’t try to keep them there or hurt them.”. I hope to God, Ezra’s code didn’t do irreparable damage to Dorran. I mean he was only under the “cure” for a few seconds maybe a minute at most but the after effects he's having has me really worried. Claire’s fight with Ezra made me so mad. I understand how, in the heat of the moment when someone you love is in pain and hurting, how it can cause you to act irrationally. But Claire down right ignoring Dorran’s very smart plan of going for the gun was so stupid in my opinion. It would have been nothing for her to grab the gun shoot Ezra or ever just hold him at gun point and then easily disable the code. Or disable the code and then get the gun then let Dorran out. I don’t know why it pissed me off so bad that she did the exact opposite of this. Maybe because I know this could have all been avoided.
I have a lot of feelings for this book and almost 98% of them are great and amazing the 2% I didn't like I'll explain at the bottom it will be hidden in spoilers since it is very very spoiler-y so, you have been warned.
Well I wanted to know what happened to Claire's sister Beth, now I know.... Even though we haven't actually met Beth we learn a lot about her from Claire and you can't help but like her. Beth is the overprotective mom-sister and you can't help but feel for Claire as she struggles to hope that Beth is alive.
In this book you get to see more of how the world has changed and is affected by the Hollows. We get to explore new places and face new dangers. We also see Claire struggle with how the world has changed, her morals, and her grief as she encounters people she once knew. I understand Claire's heartbreak during a certain scene but I also didn't like how she blamed Dorran, it was almost like she was looking to blame someone rather than deal with her own feelings and guilt.
That last chapter has me on the edge of my metaphorical seat. What a wild frickin ride, man. I was on the verge of tears I was so worried when the fate of one of my favorite characters was literally hanging in the balance and the worry still isn't over.
In this book we get to learn how the Stillness happened and what actually cause the Hollows. It was honestly pretty scary because the why is something that could actually happen if people aren't careful and that's frightening.
Now, there are absolutely major spoilers for the end but I need to rant so it’s going to be hidden. Read if you want too. But be warned this spoils the last few chapters of the book and a big revel from the middle and end.
!You have been warned!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Grief, and Body horror
Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, Death, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence
Decapitation and talk of suffocation.
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