With the final moments of The City of Dusk, I’m looking forward to book two. Only gathering to discuss certain situations when needed. However, for the most part, the four main characters are doing their own things. Privately though, their relations aren’t that bad. In the eyes of the public, the four heirs do not like each other. On Godsnight, something huge is bound to happen. Taesia, Nikolas, Risha, and Angelica find themselves the pawns of a huge chess game. The person that’s freely voicing such an opinion is her mother. As the Mardova heir, it’s disappointing to everyone that Angelica can’t do the basics. Using instruments to access her powers is considered a downgrade to the people within Angelica’s world. Without a proper solution, Risha is worried that her world will be overrun by spirits.

Risha’s family are necromancers and they have to deal with reanimated spirits that are malicious and dangerous. Despite the banning of Conjurations, the city is revolting and people are scheming. He carries an immense amount of guilt which might be the reason why his powers were affected so much.įor Risha, keeping the dead as the dead is getting harder each day. To Nikolas, Rian’s death is the greatest blow. Nikolas was always reminded by his mother’s sad eyes and his father’s anger that he wasn’t supposed to be the heir. I think she might be my favorite character in The City of Dusk. Taesia showed how ruthless she can be, time and time again, but she is also kind-hearted. When a devastating event happened in her family, the Lastrider heir is desperate to do something. But the plot ramps up as each of the characters started to gain knowledge about the truth.Ī villainess potential, Taesia doesn’t walk the normal path. Also, I felt that things were quite slow at the beginning. The author did great in establishing the characters while building up the world. While Tara Sim doesn’t bombard you with information about the world and the magic system, it still can be overwhelming at times since it’s an adult fantasy. I took a long time reading The City of Dusk. Lastly, the Mardovas are the mages in the world. Since the Vakara House are necromancers, Risha naturally associates with death the most. While Taesia wields shadow, Nikolas from the House of Cyrs is bounded to light. Her family work as inter-emissaries of trade. Although Taesia isn’t the firstborn, she became the heir to the Lastrider House for some reason. Our 4 main characters in The Dark Gods are heirs to their own Houses which correspond to the respective gods. The consequences of The Sealing are slowly taking a toll on the people. They are all on the same plane of existence. The Sealing closed all the doors to the other universes causing Vitae inhabitants to be trapped within this world. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Ĭenturies ago, life changed for the people in Vitae.

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