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arwen_w 's review for:
The Darkening
by Sunya Mara
Quite a beautifully written world and story (definitely teen romantasy)- great book,. There is a lot of world building alongside the characters being introduced.
There are heartbreaking moments of sacrifice and strange magics going on- its definitely different to magics/omnipotent powers I've come across in other stories, and not influenced by mythologies or fairy stories that I recognise - which is definitely refreshing. From about 100 pages from the end you can see some of the direction it will take but the ending wasn't the exact type of ending I would have expected -which leads nicely on to book 2. The romance and connection is fairly innocently written. The big flaw is that very solid emotional attachments (not not just the romance but other solid relationships) are built in an unrealistically short time frame, but still a very nice fantasy story and I'm keen to know "what next"
There are heartbreaking moments of sacrifice and strange magics going on- its definitely different to magics/omnipotent powers I've come across in other stories, and not influenced by mythologies or fairy stories that I recognise - which is definitely refreshing. From about 100 pages from the end you can see some of the direction it will take but the ending wasn't the exact type of ending I would have expected -which leads nicely on to book 2. The romance and connection is fairly innocently written. The big flaw is that very solid emotional attachments (not not just the romance but other solid relationships) are built in an unrealistically short time frame, but still a very nice fantasy story and I'm keen to know "what next"