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A review by celjla212
Darke by Angie Sage
4.0
So the Darke things that were hinted at in the previous 5 books are finally getting real. Merrin Meredith has been hiding in the Palace for weeks now, and has used the power of the Two Faced ring to place a Darke Domaine on an area of the Palace. Unfortunately what could have been quickly contained is accidentally let loose by the always slightly incompetent Silas Heap. And so everything within the castle walls becomes engulfed in Darkenesse, and it's up to Septimus to save the kingdom.
There were so so so many characters and subplots to keep track of in this book. The story skips around from Merrin, to Septimus, to Beetle, to Jenna, and so on. Not that it was hard to follow, but it was a bit bothersome to get into what was going on in one chapter only to have the point of view quickly change.
I liked that the author was not afraid to get into what's considered some pretty sinister stuff for a YA book. There is death, dismemberment, and other gory details I won't get into. But while is can get quite heavy at times, there is plenty of humor interspersed throughout to add a little levity to grave situations.
I also have to wonder about Marcia's previous decisions to keep letting Merrin go free even through all the bad things he had done before. If Marcia had been stricter on him after the events of the previous books, none of this would have happened. But, there is one more book left in this series. I can't imagine what else could happen to the characters in this world, as I thought this book had a pretty well-done ending. But I'll be there to read Fyre when it comes out.
There were so so so many characters and subplots to keep track of in this book. The story skips around from Merrin, to Septimus, to Beetle, to Jenna, and so on. Not that it was hard to follow, but it was a bit bothersome to get into what was going on in one chapter only to have the point of view quickly change.
I liked that the author was not afraid to get into what's considered some pretty sinister stuff for a YA book. There is death, dismemberment, and other gory details I won't get into. But while is can get quite heavy at times, there is plenty of humor interspersed throughout to add a little levity to grave situations.
I also have to wonder about Marcia's previous decisions to keep letting Merrin go free even through all the bad things he had done before. If Marcia had been stricter on him after the events of the previous books, none of this would have happened. But, there is one more book left in this series. I can't imagine what else could happen to the characters in this world, as I thought this book had a pretty well-done ending. But I'll be there to read Fyre when it comes out.