mawu_lisa 's review for:

Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Immortal Dark asks the question what it looks like to be monstrous, to compromise your unflinching morals and self hatred, to see the world as it is. It asks the reader what it means to be ugly, and to face that ugliness. Kidan is an unflinching main character who must accept her monstrousness in order to survive and it is delicious. There are moments when the book becomes somewhat trope heavy but the moments that outweigh it genuinely push it over the edge of mediocrity.