Reviews

There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool

issianne's review against another edition

1.0

This book started off interesting. I thought it’d be similar to “Six of Crows” since there’s alternating chapters from different perspective and they all have different roles. But it ended up being a book with unfleshed out characters with a plot that didn’t really amount to much. Just bored.

enterprisingyoungman's review against another edition

5.0

I'm in love with Jude

mels_reading_rook's review against another edition

5.0

This is an amazing beginning to a new fantasy series. It's got wonderfully flawed characters, an engaging plot full of twists and turns, and a whole heaping ton of heart. I highly recommend this book to any lover of fantasy stories, especially those in the vein of Dungeons and Dragons, and I cannot wait to read the sequel later this year!

amandalyn's review against another edition

4.0

This was an very interesting read. I really love the world and the magic system. And I loved the characters. The only thing I struggled with was that it was so dark! It started bleak, middle was bleak, and only the ending had a small sliver of light. It made it hard to want to listen to sometimes. I just wish she would have put in a few more light hearted moments, instead of the maybe three we got in the whole book. Just something to break the grimness. But I liked it a lot and will definitely read more from here.

sophiesmith's review against another edition

3.0

I agree that somehow in this book, so much yet so little simultaneously happened. The plot itself seemed to be quite shallow yet drawn out. Personally, I didn't feel any sort of attachment to the characters until I was 3/4 of the way through, and the plot didn't really entice me too much either. That said, I enjoyed the last 1/4 of the book and because of that, I'll be reading the sequel. I think I would have preferred this book if the five characters were more personally involved with each other. They have not all interacted with each other, some did, but not all five at the same time for sure. I'm hoping the sequel will bring together a reason for them to come together, but by the way this book ended, I think that's unlikely.

el_fj's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Fun, fast-paced, kept my attention no matter which POV we were in. All but 1 or 2 of the "twist" reveals weren't a complete surprise, but still enjoyed the ride! Not necessarily looking forward to the fact that this is a trilogy(+?), but hopefully it can keep up the pace in book 2.

drymming's review against another edition

1.0

DNF at 5%. I COULD NOT FINISH THIS. I Just couldn’t. It felt so boring, a very slow beginning i even tried reading it over. Nope nothing. I had zero compulsion to carry on with it, i never thought about it, nor about picking it up. I literally don’t care.

mushytoads's review

adventurous 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

4.25

hdegrave's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

asreadbykat's review against another edition

4.0

It's very rare for me to find a book with a style and story so engaging I don't want to put it down -and this is definitely one of those books!

However, this won't be for everyone. If you're looking for a lot of action, you may want to pass this over. If you're looking for heart-racing romance, you may want to miss this.

But if you enjoy stories that are entirely character-driven, that use the small moments of action and romance to enhance the story and move it forward instead of trying to steal the spotlight, that isn't worried about using a slower pace to help build up the world and the characters-

This might just be the story for you.

Nothing in this story will really surprise anyone; I guessed one of the biggest plot points early on. But the story seemed more interested in studying how the other characters reacted to those twists and turns, and how those plot points moved the characters to their final points in the book.

I really enjoyed this, and can highly recommend it!