I told myself that I would make this book last for DAYS - to savour it and to cherish it because I’m going to have to endure a whole FREAKING year (and then some) for the sequel for goodness sake.
I finished Dark Rise last night with an upset tummy, a tremor in my hands, and my heart in my throat.
Oh did I mention the main character is bisexual? HERE FOR IT. I can already tell things are about to get really, really interesting. And then the last 50 pages and the ending happened and so I'm left screaming and panicking and already NEED the next book. However, while the beginning started off extremely strong, the middle half of the book kind of dragged a bit and I was looking at a 3 star read. We got a super slow burn romance, enemies to lovers, villain origin stories, characters reborn and reimagined, and basic YA tropes (chosen ones, best friend, warrior, love interest, etc.) all subverted and flipped on their heads. This is exactly the type of book I can see blowing up on BookTok (TikTok). I would shelve this as ' light fantasy', so newcomers are welcome and anyone looking for less high strung intricate fantasy. This was really good, in a slow moving and elegant kind of way. The book is the byproduct if Demon Slayer had a threesome with Lord of the Rings, and The Dark is Rising series.
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