3.86 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

lissherondale's review

4.0

I love it.

First I thought this is going to be the first love story that the darkling had. Boy how wrong I was. I even like Bahgra now, I always thought she didn't care for her son but turns out a mother is always going to be a mother.

I need a full book of the darkling.

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bea23's review

5.0

"It's my own name I'm afraid of forgetting."
"Your true name is written here," she said tapping his chest. "Tattooed on your heart. You don't let just anyone read it"
MY HEART-

ruin and rising spoilers:
AND THEN HE GOES AND TELLS ALINA HIS NAME-

I'm not a huge darklina fan but this MAKE ME FELL WAYS I CANT EXPLAIN
adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

meadowsolace's review

2.0

eh

zenithharpink's review

3.0

This was fine, my biggest gripe is that it's so short-but I can't really hold the brevity of a short story against it. As a peek into the Darkling and his mother, it was interesting-but I was left wanting so much more, and I don't think it added much depth to the characters. This story was a bit superficial, and I feel like there were likely multiple other moments in the Darkling's life that could have been used instead of this one. An odd thing to say, perhaps, but it is my conviction.

I recommend this only to those dedicated fans of the series. I think without context, there won't be much for an uninitiated reader to enjoy here.
dark emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brittaniethekid's review

3.0

Doesn't really help develop the Darkling's character, just gives a glimpse to a moment in his childhood.
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i like the premise of this bc u learn his background! the darkling!! 

but i dont know him so i have no connection to him so its mid rn but i’ll circle back when i finish the series n see how i feel uwu,