darri_reads 's review for:

Darkstalker by Tui T. Sutherland

5.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I put reading this book in the series off for so long, but there was a sale going on and I was able to get the book for really cheap and so I gave in and picked it up. I didn't put it off because I disliked the series, no far from that, I loved the series and I can't wait for more. It was more so that I disliked Darkstalker so much that I could never bring myself to read his arc. Sutherland did an amazing job at writing Darkstalker as a villain in the Jade Academy series that I grew to despise Darkstalker. Why would I want to read about his backstory? So, I never bothered reading it. Though, I did speculate what happened using what we learned about him in Jade Academy and what we knew of of Clearsight in Jade Academy and Lost Continent. 

Now we go into spoiler territory. 

This book had me in a chokehold. I was unaware that we would read different points of views from Darkstalker, Clearsight, and Fathom, and even Indigo. We got the different personalities, thoughts, and feelings from the main characters involved in the historical event and it was addicting to keep reading. Darkstalker's backstory was vastly different from what I imagined. 

My only gripe about the read is how Clearsight instantly fell in love with Darkstalker even after having spent so much time looking at the bad timelines and knowing just how evil Darkstalker could get. Even if he was nice and charming and not bad yet, Clearsight could see so many timelines where he turns evil and destroys either the nightwing tribe or destroys some other tribe in Pyrrhia. I don't think I'd let that slide, personally.