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A review by paz_books
King of the Dark by Ariana Nash
5.0
I'm not too sure how to word what I want to say about this book. The world building is absolutely immaculate; I love how high fantasy and intense it is. I am really intrigued about our main guy Niko as his past is so interesting- and even more so fascinating is the way he thinks. Its cool to me as I feel like he thinks so utterly different than myself, he perceives everything differently and thus reacts differently- and even though it is a little odd, it also makes perfect sense why he thinks/says/does some things.
As spoiler free as I can say this... I had already read a spoiler, but the betrayal in this still absolutely hurt- from the spoiler I read, I assumed a certain someone just died, but no... it was worse. There are, without a doubt, some gruesome and horrible scenes in this book so please read the full trigger warnings if you're interested. I have seen a lot of comparison to Captive Prince, and it is a very logical comparison, so if you liked that series then 100% check this one out.
In all, I adored seeing how unique these main characters were, I adored the plot, the secrets, the politics, the world, the writing and honestly everything about this. it was so well structured and emotionally driven. I'm starting the second one straight away.
As spoiler free as I can say this... I had already read a spoiler, but the betrayal in this still absolutely hurt- from the spoiler I read, I assumed a certain someone just died, but no... it was worse. There are, without a doubt, some gruesome and horrible scenes in this book so please read the full trigger warnings if you're interested. I have seen a lot of comparison to Captive Prince, and it is a very logical comparison, so if you liked that series then 100% check this one out.
In all, I adored seeing how unique these main characters were, I adored the plot, the secrets, the politics, the world, the writing and honestly everything about this. it was so well structured and emotionally driven. I'm starting the second one straight away.