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This Dark Heart
by Zeena Gosrani
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is an exciting YA romantasy with a fresh take on magic and a unique world. In a world of magic, the kingdom is terrorised by Dayaan at night, dark shadow creatures created by an incredibly powerful mage, Thiya's aunt. Thiya is the princess and when her girlfriend Amara is kidnapped, she will do anything in her power to get her back safely.
It turns out that Thiya is a mage too and as she works to control and strengthen her magic, she and a group venture on a path to save Amara and the kingdom. I really liked all of the characters in this story and thought the magic element was intriguing. There are also plenty of fight scenes which were tense and exciting and I was rooting for them to succeed on this quest.
I did think that Thiya was a little selfish and naive at times. She didn't even care about saving the world, she only focused on saving Amara which made it seem like she didn't care about the people of the kingdom so long as she was happy.
Overall, this is a good fantasy with a cute sapphic romance about the lengths Thiya is willing to go to for love and to save the kingdom. This is a good debut novel and I am looking forward to seeing what Gosrani writes next.
It turns out that Thiya is a mage too and as she works to control and strengthen her magic, she and a group venture on a path to save Amara and the kingdom. I really liked all of the characters in this story and thought the magic element was intriguing. There are also plenty of fight scenes which were tense and exciting and I was rooting for them to succeed on this quest.
I did think that Thiya was a little selfish and naive at times. She didn't even care about saving the world, she only focused on saving Amara which made it seem like she didn't care about the people of the kingdom so long as she was happy.
Overall, this is a good fantasy with a cute sapphic romance about the lengths Thiya is willing to go to for love and to save the kingdom. This is a good debut novel and I am looking forward to seeing what Gosrani writes next.