A review by cloudsofescape
A Darkness So Sweet by Emma Hamm

medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

โ€œ๐˜โ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.โ€ 

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ.โ€ 

โ€œ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ. ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.โ€ 

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.โ€ 

โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.โ€

โœจ Tropes โœจ 

  • Troll x Human
  • Fantasy Romance
  • Arranged Marriage
  • Found family 
  • Slow burn 
  • Grumpy x sunshine 
  • Forced proximity 

This is literally my first monster romance, I was drawn by seeing the HOTTEST art of the MMC Ragnar. Now I will currently be reading more Monster romances, I am a changed woman. 

This book was so good. I loved the enemies to lovers type vibe, seeing Ragnar go from brooding to slowly allowing himself to be vulnerable around his โ€œlittle humanโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ฉ ergh the whole plot and relationship had me screaming. Seeing Maia grow and coming out of her shell was refreshing to see as well, going from shy, anxious and timid, to a woman who didnโ€™t take no shit. I LOVED that the male trolls literally worship the women, the things Ragnar would say to Maia ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ 

The plot was a nice pace and I loved the whole idea with the trolls living under the mountain but it having forests and being more advanced than the humans, it honestly sounded magical especially with the wisps, definitely avatar vibes! Oh yeah, THE SPICE WAS BLOODY SPICING!!!! ๐Ÿ‘€ 

So um yeah *๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ* you guys should definitely read this ๐Ÿคญ