there will not come a darkness.

at least not for now.

i don’t know how to say this without sounding like a bloodthirsty assassin-for-hire, but i wish this book was bloodier and harsher and just darker in general. not that it isn’t dark. i just wanted... more.

but i did enjoy it. it’s a solid debut. the magic system is really cool. i could do without the instalove, but the other relationship more than made up for that. and i LOVE that two of the main characters don’t even have a love interest. i'm disappointed, but only because i expected something else. more, please!

also: please listen to the audiobook. the narrator is fabulous. i want to listen to every book he’s ever narrated. even if it’s horror. even if it’s—*shudders*—economics. i rounded up my rating exclusively for him.