A review by mistysbookspace
Our Dark Duet by V.E. Schwab

5.0

As I mentioned in the review above Destiny, and I jumped straight into this one after finishing This Savage Song because while the events in that book were concluded it still left off with a cliffhanger because things weren't fully resolved. If you haven't read This Savage Song, I suggest you skip this review because it might be spoilery. 

We are back in Verity but we also get a little glimpse of Prosperity because that is where she fled to after the events of This Savage Song. We learn a little about what the world is like outside of Verity but the author still never elaborates on what happened to cause this world to be in such chaos. I wish we could have gotten a little more back story about that but luckily that didn't affect my feelings on the book overall. 

We are still following Kate and August but things have changed drastically for the both of them. I still wasn't the biggest fan of Kate and I still loved August. I have to admit the whole time I was reading both of these books I was waiting for a romance to blossom but that never came. We did get a little whisper of a romance but for reasons I want name that never came to be and surprisingly I was totally ok with that. I really loved that there wasn't a romance because it totally made sense and it fit the story. 

This book broke me and of course I can't say why because of spoilers. Just know that I was grabbing my chest at the ending exclaiming NO!! Like why did it have to end that way. I loved the ending, which if you know me then you know why it's such a shock to me that I loved it so much it just shattered my poor little heart. 

This was an amazing duology and I wish I could read it again for the first time. Like Destiny said in her review for This Savage Song I wish we could see this on the big screen. If you haven't read this duology, what are you waiting for? Run don't walk and get yourself a copy of both of these books I don't think you will be disappointed.