Review by lunaviolet - And I Darken

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And I Darken by Kiersten White

4.5

dark emotional

That was a lot. The complex sibling dynamics, the parental abandonment, the closeted gay yearning for a straight man, the powerlessness of being a women in a society that limits what you can do… it was a lot. But it was really good. I felt engaged the whole time. I just wish they talked to each other. There was so much sorrow and such little relief because these characters just refused to talk to each other or talk through anything with anyone else. It made sense for their characters why they wouldn’t, but for the love of god, talk.

Mehmed was annoying. By the end of the book I was like

can you please shut up and disappear? The other two would have been so much happier without him there bogging down the story. He was just sooo annoying!

I don’t understand why this is listed as a fantasy? There was no fantastical elements to this story. Like at all. The story didn’t need fantastical elements, it was complete even without them. But then why is this book listed as fantasy? It was purely historical fiction.

Speaking of tags, this book needs to have the lgbtq+ tag on it bc there was a LOT of gay people and gay feelings.

No one does unrequited love quite like a gay person in love with a straight person. And by that I mean, over 80% of this boy’s thoughts were about how he wants so badly to be this asshole’s gay lover but he can’t.

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