Rhodes solidly builds on characters like Crys, Becca, Ferrel, and Maddox, and introduces some intriguing and fun characters like Al and the Goddess Cleiona.
One of the main areas being character development. This book excels in areas the previous book, A Book of Spirits and Thieves needed to improve on. Modern-day Toronto: Farrell embraces his dark side as he unwittingly falls further under the spell of Markus, the mastermind leader of the nefarious Hawkspear Society, who will stop at nothing to find Crys and Becca–and the remarkable book in their possession. They have no one to trust but each other, and the only thing keeping them safe is the book that sent Becca’s spirit to Ancient Mytica–the same book that their enemies would kill them for.Īncient Mytica: Maddox grapples to keep his newly discovered powers under control, while the ruthless goddess Valoria hunts him down. Modern-day Toronto: Sisters Crystal and Becca Hatcher are reunited after reclaiming the Bronze Codex and narrowly escaping death. In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes’s highly acclaimed Falling Kingdoms spin-off series, danger looms and the mystery deepens as two warring evils vie for possession of one elusive, powerful book. Overall, while there were a few plot issues I had with the story, I did still enjoy the overall arc of the story and have confidence that Rhodes will find her stride with the next book in the series.The Darkest Magic by Morgan Rhodes may produce Maddox, one of her darker characters in her repertoire, but the book delivers a shining bright touch of magic for its readers. A number of characters die throughout the book, some you got to know more intimately, others you barely knew, but regardless of how well you knew them, you became desensitized to their deaths - largely, I think, because of the distance I felt while reading. I'm not sure if it was a direct result of the perspective, but I did find that I wasn't as engaged in the story as I wanted to be and I could really feel that distance at times.
Yes, it keeps them separated, but I find it also distances the reader from the story and the characters. Writing style-wise, I'm not generally the biggest fan of third-person perspective, especially when we're dealing with multiple perspectives. Luckily, there was a list at the beginning of the book with details on who came from where, which helped a bit.
Firstly, it took me a hot minute to figure out who was who in the book, not necessarily voice-wise (they were fairly distinct and in third person, so their names were always used) but in terms of who was a part of which part of the world.
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