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There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool

7 reviews

mariavdl's review

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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fromjuliereads's review

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adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

You know, I was debating for a bit between a 4.5 and a 5 star rating and thought "screw it." This book was SO GOOD. I can't even tell you why I was thinking of a 4.5 because I basically have no notes?
The characters and plot are fantastic! I was on the edge of my seat, wanting to read so quickly to find out what would happen next or what twist was coming up. Sure I predicted one or 2 twists but GOODNESS I DID NOT PREDICT THEM ALL 😅 and these characters!? I already adore Jude, Anton, and Hassan! I have some mixed feelings about Ephyra and Beru but SO CURIOUS to see where their stories will go.
And the political and religious commentary!? *chef's kiss* Wow. I loved it. There is just enough political and religious/cult commentary that I was VERY intrigued and it played into the plot so beautifully. I cannot wait to see where this story goes next!

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kingrosereads's review against another edition

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adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

A compelling epic political YA fantasy about prophecies and the end of the world told through multiple POVs.

The end of the world is nigh. Magically gifted people called the Graced have dominated the upper and ruling classes for several millennia. It’s also been a hundred years since a Prophet lived. Now, a militant group known as the Witnesses led by the Hierophant are planning to eradicate the world of the Graced. The Last Prophet has been found and the Keeper of the Word must protect them. The final prophecy spoken a hundred years ago speaks of three harbingers and they will either bring about or stop the Age of Darkness.

It’s quite ambitious to start off a series with multiple POVs. It’s difficult to get a reader invested into any of the characters when the time is split between 5 of them and then the side characters that interact with each of them. The timelines also got a little confusing towards the end, it was hard to pinpoint whether or not the different POVs were happening around the same time or several days/weeks apart.

I found that I didn’t really care for the characters for majority of the book. It took until about 70% of the way for me to care about Anton. The information dump was also very daunting. I get this is only a trilogy, but there was just so much information being thrown at me. The concept was interesting enough, but it took nearly until the halfway point for me to even care about what was going to happen.

I love politically driven fantasies with multiple POVs and little to no romantic subplot, I also really like YA fantasies, but this one was difficult to say engaged with. I love the concept of it, and maybe in the future I’ll read the next two books, but I’m not rushing to them any time soon.

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