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A review by jessthebookslover
The Vanishing Spark of Dusk by Sara Baysinger
4.0
Review of The Vanishing Spark of Dusk by Sara Baysinger.
Rating: 4/5 stars
What the hell have I just finished reading?
Sara never fails to surprise me. With a completely new story, she leaves the dystopian world for a sci-fi one.
And she nails it again.
Plot below:
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Stand up.
When Lark is stolen from Earth to be a slave on the planet Tavdora, she’s determined to find her way back home to her family, no matter the cost. Placed in the household of a notorious slave trader, Lark quickly learns her best assets are her eyes and ears. And if she’s brave enough, her voice.
Be heard.
Kalen is the Tavdorian son of a slave trader and in line to inherit his father’s business. But his growing feelings for Lark, the new house slave who dares to speak of freedom, compel him to reveal his new plan for the slave ships returning to Earth—escape. Together, they just might spark a change that flares across the universe.
Fight back.
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I already reviewed 3 book by Sara and I'd lie if I said that they weren't all freaking fantastic.
This one is no exception, but unlike the ones I've read before, it has some flaws in my opinion.
They're not really FLAWS but more like... Repetitions from her previous works.
We see some things in TVSOD that also were in the Black Tiger series, with different twists, but we still see them:
The humans on Earth that are part of Lark's community are farmers again, there's an "unknown tribe"/rebels against the government again, there's a sort of beast that is used against the rebels just like the Black Tigers were used, there's again an illness or plague showing up in the book, just like in White Dawn, there's again this "pull" towards a higher power, and then the little details: the inhale/exhale thing was present in Black Tiger as it is here and there's a guy who plays the guitar and sings again.
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What I'm trying to convey is that this book although great(!!) felt like a summary of what happened in the Black Tiger series with a new world and plot twists at its back.
Don't get me wrong: if you haven't read the Black Tiger series, all these things won't affect your reading, but if you have... You might notice them the way I did.
Also, if you read her previous works, you might also notice that Kalen is a mix of Forest (he doesn't believe in the rebel group, doesn't want to do anything illegal and so on) and Rain (my boy, Kalen falls for Lark, so he has to do something against what he believes in).
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But despite all this, I loved this book and its story, Lark and Kalen have a place in my heart.
Rating: 4/5 stars
What the hell have I just finished reading?
Sara never fails to surprise me. With a completely new story, she leaves the dystopian world for a sci-fi one.
And she nails it again.
Plot below:
·
Stand up.
When Lark is stolen from Earth to be a slave on the planet Tavdora, she’s determined to find her way back home to her family, no matter the cost. Placed in the household of a notorious slave trader, Lark quickly learns her best assets are her eyes and ears. And if she’s brave enough, her voice.
Be heard.
Kalen is the Tavdorian son of a slave trader and in line to inherit his father’s business. But his growing feelings for Lark, the new house slave who dares to speak of freedom, compel him to reveal his new plan for the slave ships returning to Earth—escape. Together, they just might spark a change that flares across the universe.
Fight back.
·
I already reviewed 3 book by Sara and I'd lie if I said that they weren't all freaking fantastic.
This one is no exception, but unlike the ones I've read before, it has some flaws in my opinion.
They're not really FLAWS but more like... Repetitions from her previous works.
We see some things in TVSOD that also were in the Black Tiger series, with different twists, but we still see them:
The humans on Earth that are part of Lark's community are farmers again, there's an "unknown tribe"/rebels against the government again, there's a sort of beast that is used against the rebels just like the Black Tigers were used, there's again an illness or plague showing up in the book, just like in White Dawn, there's again this "pull" towards a higher power, and then the little details: the inhale/exhale thing was present in Black Tiger as it is here and there's a guy who plays the guitar and sings again.
·
What I'm trying to convey is that this book although great(!!) felt like a summary of what happened in the Black Tiger series with a new world and plot twists at its back.
Don't get me wrong: if you haven't read the Black Tiger series, all these things won't affect your reading, but if you have... You might notice them the way I did.
Also, if you read her previous works, you might also notice that Kalen is a mix of Forest (he doesn't believe in the rebel group, doesn't want to do anything illegal and so on) and Rain (my boy, Kalen falls for Lark, so he has to do something against what he believes in).
·
But despite all this, I loved this book and its story, Lark and Kalen have a place in my heart.