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Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff
4.0

The read a lot more like Nevernight fan fiction, as the plot was 1000% more fantastical than the previous books. While it was enjoyable, I found it hard to get through and it put me into one of the worst reading slumps I’ve ever experienced. It usually takes me 3-7 days to read a book, depending on how busy I am. This took me 6 months!

However, the characterisation was exceptional and consistent, the atmosphere was perfectly captured, and the writing was descriptive and thorough. It just seemed a bit much to go from “Mia trains to be an assassin” to “Mia trains as a gladiator” all the way to “Mia has special powers and has to save the world from evil god”…