A review by hannuhreads
Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton

3.5

3.5  Stars. 

The vibes: 

• post apocalyptic
• Heavy themes
• Slow burn 
• Book 1 in trilogy 
• Enemies 
• Underground prison 
• Found family 
• Closed door 

My thoughts:

This is a tricky book to review because I had a lot of conflicting feelings about the journey 🤣. I enjoyed it from the aspect of it being a unique read. The world building felt slow, but I assume we get more in the next book because there will be quite a lot of explaining to do. 

As far as the romance goes, I wanted a little bit more from each main character. I enjoyed their dynamic but after I finished the book I was questioning just how much I knew about them individually and together- and the answer felt like not very much. 

The setting for most of this book takes place in prison, which made for an interesting setting. It sets the book in a heavy way and is a great backdrop for some of the dark themes that are in this one (ie hopelessness/assault). 

With a lot of the focus on the prison dynamics, I found myself asking a lot of questions about the scenarios that were occurring in this supposedly high security prison. I don’t want to be spoilery so I’ll just say that a lot of the prison developments/activities didn’t quite make sense to me logistically. Nobody is noticing the hangouts and conversations happening that are not “allowed”? 

While I did question things and had moments that didn’t fully make sense for me, I did still really enjoy this read. It was something that felt different to me which I love to see. It almost reminds me of Shatter Me in the vibes and also in the way that I enjoyed the journey while having a lot of concerns and questions by the end. 

Note - closed door (not “clean/wholesome”); some language. 

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