A review by thursdaygirls
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

2.5

Things I liked:

• The Nightmare.
• The Cards.
• Gothic fairytale atmosphere.
• Most of the prose.
• Emory and Ione as characters.

Things I wasn’t keen on:

• Elspeth while intentionally dull at times was made increasingly less interesting as the novel went on and the Nightmare became compelling.
• Ravyn, hate the spelling, more often than not fell flat along with the romance.
• At times the cliched use of fairytale tropes, regardless of the intriguing setting, grew trite and bothersome.

Despite my mediocre reception I do like the idea and at times execution of the novel. Hope the sequel delivers on my wants.