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I wanna love this but….it’s hard. The writing is too choppy the character are too try hard. I still wanna finish the series tho cuz I just wanna know what happened.

What a beautiful sequel to One Dark Window. I’m really looking forward to more books by Rachel Gilling because WOW.

Let’s start with the concept of duality in this novel. Each character and story line seems to be its own but the balance between the past and future repercussions of their actions really balances out in this novel. There’s no true main character here, but each character carrying an important portion of the overall balance between light and dark, good and evil, in this novel.

It’s quite exquisite the way this novel is written, even the romance, though not the spiciest thing I’ve read, really captures your heart, alarming and beautiful, like running through the woods and getting caught on a branch then see that tree is stunning.

I highly recommend for those that like a dark magic vibe with a deeper storyline and intricate magic that even we, the readers now, don’t fully understand.

Amazing!!

5/5 for storyline and

Pretty cool storyline, the writing could be a little more eloquent but maybe that will change in the second book.
Spice is 4/5 and who doesn’t love sexy pirates? I will still read the series but I hope the writing is better because it felt like there were random things thrown in to tie some knots toward the end.

This book took me a long time to read but it’s as worth it. Sheldrake takes the world of fungi and expands it to be the very central foundation of our entire world, and possibly worlds unknown. The fun and story infused chapters bring forth the different ways fungi have been used, are being used, and could be used, for so many processes. Their structure and evolution is fascinating and really opened my eyes to thinking about transformation differently, how do my plants grow? Why does food break down inevitably ? It’s amazing that we have barely explored this world yet humans have depended on fungi for as long as we can go back in history. I think this is a great read whether you’re into nature and science or not. Totally recommend !

So firstly, this story line is awesome! Spice is 4/5 and I love the main characters. You really get pulled into the story by going back and forth between different POVs. It’s enemies to lovers but not in your typical sense which was delightful. I can’t wait the second one. If you’re a fan of the show Supernatural and like that type of world building this is a great book for you. One thing I hope the author fixes in the second book is some of the repetitive text, there were phrases that were overused and I think could be more refined. Looking forward to the next book!

Ohhhh I did not expect this to go the way it did but I’m totally into it! This has a decent storyline that leaves a lot of room to build and already has complex emotions and characters. BRB about to read the next one.

This series keeps getting better and better with some insane plot twists I would have never thought up. This story is truly one that starts with this broad illusion of what we think is right and wrong and dives deeper and deeper into a more raw and dark story. I love the characters immensely especially our King Rot. Queen Malina is the most annoying person ever and reading her chapters makes me want to strangle her. I’m so curious to see what else will unfold. Definitely recommend!