manhaa 's review for:

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller

2.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I... I can't even. I was so excited to read this, especially after reading The Shadows Between Us (which was so good). I usually love Tricia's books but for some reason her sequels, that aren't part of the plot of the first book,  always end up subpar (like in daughter of the pirate king). But this wasn't just subpar it was awful. The male lead gave me such an ick. Let's name all of his red flags:

• BRO literally acts like a man child like wdym you don't know basic politeness, like dude can't even dress right. 
• This ugly ass mfkr really justified
  killing a bunch of people and putting other people in danger by saying that the people he be killing are evil (which they are but just admit that you're just killing ppl because they wronged).
  He's acting as if he himself is not evil. Like bro you're
  half demon
  bsfr. 
• Him also basically trying to make Chrysantha homeless made me so mad. Like you're seriously trying to get her out just so
  you can join a higher society all for you to get close enough to kill the king.
  This whiny ass baby. 

The attraction between the two mc's also felt really forced and tbh Chrysantha shouldve chosen Kyros. At least he can treat her right. (Chrysantha really gave me lesbian vibes with her going on and on about how all men suck or smth, but she still decided to get with the biggest man child ever in a book. Like homegirl can't get her priorities straight.) All in all, I would still highly recommend reading this authors other books because they are *chefs kiss*.