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Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab

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lyakimov's review against another edition

5.0

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
fuck this shit
I'm just so
UGHHHHHHHHHHH THAT FUCKING ENDING
I'm fucking done like I can't even omfg
Victoria was definitely NOT playing nice with this book, holy shit

I'm so shook and hurt and in PAIN i can't write a coherent review so I apologize in advance.

I forgot like everything that happened in TSS but I ended up remembering, thank GOSH for those expertly done recaps. But aside from that, I actually think I like TSS better than this one, though this one was still AMAZING. TSS just got me feeling some way idk I'm like hung up on it or something.

The plot and the characters and the world is just so UGH YES and I'm just like addicted to it; I read this book in a little more than a day. I thought the pacing was really good, no part was boring/did not hold my interest.
I loved the characters, as always Kate and August are SOOOOOO AMAZING I LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH and the character development in Kate and August was really well done throughout the series.

Everything went to total shit at the end, I was actually spoiled (my stupid bitch ass always gets spoiled) and I knew Kate was going to die and I was like oh shit FUCKKKKKK NO BITCH and so I was holding off reading this book for like 4 months, yeah that's called denial. And when the ending happened?
BETTER BELIEVE I WAS SOBBING.

FUCKING ALICE AND HER ANNOYING ASS AND HER AND KATE'S SHOWDOWN AND THEM KILLING EACH OTHER AND I JUST OH MY FUCKING GOD AND THEN AUGUST WAS BEGGING HER TO STAY WITH HIM LIKE SHE STAYED WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS DYING ASKJGJENFJJFJGNIFJENFKFKFJGVIDJBEJCIDJEHDCJJSFH
AND THEN HE HEARD HER VOICE IN HIS HEAD AT THE VERY END OF THE BOOK AND I WAS LJKE OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOSH
THANKS FOR KILLING ME

okay this "review" was long and rambly and doesn't make sense, I apologize. and I can't write anything more because I'm too shocked lmfao so I guess that's all I have to say.

ktripp's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

eesh25's review against another edition

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5.0

Our Dark Duet is the concluding novel to the Monsters of Verity series. It starts off six months after the end of This Savage Song. Kate is now hunting the monsters of Prosperity while August has taken over as the head of the Flynn Task Force. Kate has no intention of going back to Verity, until a new monster from Prosperity finds its way there. She feels responsible and goes back to help out, only to find that things have changed a lot.

For one, Verity is now completely cut off from the rest of the world and the north side is controlled by monsters, mainly Sloan, the bastard who simply refuses to die. It's war, and the good guys seem to be losing. Not to mention, August is now a different person.

You might remember from book 1 that August decided that in order to win the war, he had to let go of his desire to be human. In a way, that was progress. You can't change what you are, you have to accept yourself. But he seems to have taken his own (or Leo's) advise too seriously because he's now avoiding emotion entirely. It's sad to him this way but it makes sense. He has to make a lot of hard decisions and is struggling to find a balance between what he is and who he is.

Kate, on the other hand, is pretty solid. I mean, she will always be a bit of a mess (she wouldn't be Kate otherwise) but she's aware of the person she is, and what she wants. I loved her so much in this book. Almost more than August which, I know, seems scandalous because August is everyone's baby; but I was in awe of how much she's grown and how strong she was in the book.

All the characters were amazing, really. August, Kate, Henry, Ilsa, the new monster, August's team and Kate's team. Loved them all. And hated Sloan, obviously.

Also, last but not least, Alice. Alice is the monster that Kate created/caused, and I think I hate her more than Sloan. She was the Kate that Kate thought she wanted to be in This Savage Song, but more evil. Every time she showed up I was like, 'Why isn't someone killing her? She needs to be dead. Yesterday!' As a character though, good job, Miss Schwab. You really know how to ace your bad guys.

The one thing that I didn't like was regarding a characters Soro. Soro is another Sunai and was fine as a characters. Just... Soro is non-binary and Victoria Schwab used the pronoun 'their' or 'they' for... < insert pronoun>. It didn't flow well because those are plural pronouns. But it's not something I can blame on the author so instead I'm going to blame the English language for still not having a gender-neutral pronoun.

What the fuck, English?

Overall, not only was this a magnificent sequel, it was also a very satisfying conclusion. I'm going to miss these character; but maybe not the world because I don't think the author's done with it. I think there's going to be a spin-off series set in Prosperity featuring a group of characters that we were introduced to in the beginning of the novel. Maybe that's wishful thinking but I have a feeling I'm right. Am I? Please tell me I am.

ljesica's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.5

This is the second book in a duet. And I liked it. But I liked our Savage Song better. Kate has left Verity and been living in Prosperity for 6 months. Prosperity is supposed to be monster free, but it isn’t. So she is hunting monsters. And then she comes across something she hasn’t seen before and accidentally sends it to Verity. So now she has to go back.

August has been trying to save Verity along with he FTF. He’s given up much of his humanity and become what the situation needs to become. He has lost a chunk of himself.

Once the two are back together, they take on the Chaos Eater in hopes of saving them all. Because if not, there will be no humans left. Only monsters.

thesamesky's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

jowithtwoiis's review against another edition

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5.0

I didn't want to finish it because I hate leaving the worlds that V. E. Schwab creates but... I. Had. To. Know. And I wasn't disappointed. I was in my feels but I wasn't disappointed.