And that is about the only tiny moment of happiness Serefin saw this entire book (I told y’all, nothing good happens in Ruthless Gods). I love this wicked cinnamon roll though and wonder what he’s planning next, because I know it’ll destroy my soul. I wanted more heavily wicked banter and more intriguing moments with Nadya. I felt we were missing a chunk of his personality that didn’t come out until the very end. My boy Malachiasz was *almost* everything I needed him to be. Every time Malachiasz showed his truly monstrous self I cringed because the mental picture is WEIRD Y’ALL. This was reallllll creepy and realllll bloody. This was a big case of book two syndrome. I was pulled in from the beginning, the middle definitely dragged on way too long, and then the ending gave me a interesting enough conclusion that I know I want more. The scope of what someone is willing to do for love of country, and person pushed boundaries that left me reeling by the end.

This will hurt your soul most of the time and leave you questioning if a happy ending is ever possible. The desperation and darkness that leaked from these pages was astounding. While Ruthless Gods let me down a bit (and was way too long), there is still enough in here for me to need a conclusion to this wicked tale. I should first acknowledge, will I read this third book? YES. Thank you to the publisher, Wednesday Books, and Netgalley for the e-ARC. Duncan paints a Gothic, icy world where shadows whisper, and no one is who they seem, with a shocking ending that will leave you breathless. In her dramatic follow-up to Wicked Saints, the first book in her Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Emily A.

The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet-those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something. Malachiasz is at war with who–and what–he’s become.Īs their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him.

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