The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

Overall I enjoyed the ending of this series a lot. It’s not like I think they’re a bad match or anything, perhaps I’m missing the basis on why they should be together narrative-wise besides oh ye Kaden and Pauline get a happy ending. Though, I did feel the Kaden x Pauline thing was rushed, but Rhys is a cute name for a baby (side glance I have an OC named Rhys). Even the happily ever after trope is milked for all it’s worth. aslkdfjasrer The long delayed happily ever after. RAFE GREW MELONS FOR HER AND THEY’RE GONNA WORK THINGS OUT. The queen too – even if we don’t see much of Lia’s parents, what we get is still solid.ģ) Ending – MY GIRL LIA is the ~Queen~ of Venda.

Just nice.ĭamn, I didn’t expect to like the king of Morrighan this much after just one chapter of him having it all figured out – being like “King Jaxon, you’re kneeling to the wrong person if you know what I mean…” damn. I didn’t really see much basis for it, but for what we got it was still nice. I did think her interactions with Kaden were nice. Pauline is so unhinged and ready to take names and cut a bitch. It just feels like there was significantly less of him because obviously Rafe is very important in this book. I did miss the abundance of Kaden we had before.

Kaden – HE GOT JUSTICE MY SON GOT JUSTICE. Rafe is so devoted to Lia (hand over heart) making some questionable decisions because he believes in her alkdsjfaefg. Rafe – I actually did feel a lot for Rafe in the last book – his life is falling apart and he has to take command of his own kingdom plus also look out for Lia bc of love and also deal with his parents’ death. This is how you do character development (hand over heart). book 3 Lia who basically became Morrighan’s king regent until she took over as queen of Venda after the battle. It’s amazing to compare Lia in book 1 vs. She took control, made hard decisions, and got shit done. That girl was taking names in the second half of the book and I was shook. I’m always pleasantly surprised if it’s a good plot that I can’t completely figure out in one go.Ģ) Characters – Lia continues to be a motherfucking badass, Kaden gets justice, Rafe grows on me, Viceregent GETS THE ROAST, Lia’s parents get some nice moments, PAULINE ALSO IS A BADASS leave Venda and try to save their kingdoms from Komizar’s power hungry clutches.ġ) Plot – Lots of twists and turns I could not predict. WE’RE FINALLY HERE AHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHH

The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson