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A review by bubblewombat
Darkness Calls by KC Kingmaker
5.0
CALLING ALL METALHEADS, THE CAT'S NAME IS BRUCE KITTENSON.
Great opener, wouldn't you agree? If I wasn't already going to read everything KC Kingmaker writes, naming a precious little cat after the lead singer of Iron Maiden would surely convince me to start.
Coralia's story has some similarities with Dawn's (Briarwitch Academy), except poor Coralia got whisked away through shadows, while Dawn mostly agreed to go to her school.
And Briarwitch Academy is also mentioned throughout the book, as is Dawn, and to my great surprise so is Levia (Dragon Shifter Dominion). SO THAT MEANS WE'RE GETTING A CROSSOVER IN THE NEAR FUTURE? PLEASE.
There was a cameo from a certain character that also makes me think it's likely to happen, so don't be surprised when you see me pushing the crossover agenda in all my reviews of this series.
SO. SO. SO. How did I like this? A tiny bit less than Briarwitch Academy since Dawn stole my heart so it'll take Coralia a while to find her own place there. But she's cool (and has good music taste).
I already have a favourite mate, so we'll see if I can be swayed in any other direction. It's Sunny. I knew, from the minute he was introduced that he'd be my favourite. BLAME THE TENSION, IT'S SO GOOD.
Venn and Dax are okay, I don't have strong feelings about them yet. I'm kind of mad at Venn though, for not telling Coralia what he was supposed to tell her. YOU HAD ONE JOB VENN, ONE JOB.
ALSO, AM I SENSING A FOURTH MATE? I thought he was a cameo too at first, you had me fooled KC. I think he might be my second favourite? So what if we only saw him in like two scenes? The man made an impression.
Then we have Charli. I like Charli, but sometimes her way of speaking seemed like it didn't fit her character. The expressions she used would fit someone like Marlow more.
I have a theory about Charli and Brucey, I think I'm right, I'll have to wait and see.
And lastly, I wish we saw even more of the classes, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ENOUGH!!! I need to know every detail, yes I do.
As for the ending, yes, there's a cliffhanger, but I like that a part of the main plot was resolved and we got some answers. NOW GIVE ME BOOK TWO.
4.5
*Thank you to the amazing author who provided me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honestly review*
Great opener, wouldn't you agree? If I wasn't already going to read everything KC Kingmaker writes, naming a precious little cat after the lead singer of Iron Maiden would surely convince me to start.
Coralia's story has some similarities with Dawn's (Briarwitch Academy), except poor Coralia got whisked away through shadows, while Dawn mostly agreed to go to her school.
And Briarwitch Academy is also mentioned throughout the book, as is Dawn, and to my great surprise so is Levia (Dragon Shifter Dominion). SO THAT MEANS WE'RE GETTING A CROSSOVER IN THE NEAR FUTURE? PLEASE.
There was a cameo from a certain character that also makes me think it's likely to happen, so don't be surprised when you see me pushing the crossover agenda in all my reviews of this series.
SO. SO. SO. How did I like this? A tiny bit less than Briarwitch Academy since Dawn stole my heart so it'll take Coralia a while to find her own place there. But she's cool (and has good music taste).
I already have a favourite mate, so we'll see if I can be swayed in any other direction. It's Sunny. I knew, from the minute he was introduced that he'd be my favourite. BLAME THE TENSION, IT'S SO GOOD.
Venn and Dax are okay, I don't have strong feelings about them yet. I'm kind of mad at Venn though, for not telling Coralia what he was supposed to tell her. YOU HAD ONE JOB VENN, ONE JOB.
ALSO, AM I SENSING A FOURTH MATE? I thought he was a cameo too at first, you had me fooled KC. I think he might be my second favourite? So what if we only saw him in like two scenes? The man made an impression.
Then we have Charli. I like Charli, but sometimes her way of speaking seemed like it didn't fit her character. The expressions she used would fit someone like Marlow more.
I have a theory about Charli and Brucey, I think I'm right, I'll have to wait and see.
And lastly, I wish we saw even more of the classes, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ENOUGH!!! I need to know every detail, yes I do.
As for the ending, yes, there's a cliffhanger, but I like that a part of the main plot was resolved and we got some answers. NOW GIVE ME BOOK TWO.
4.5
*Thank you to the amazing author who provided me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honestly review*