kvmreno.blogg.se - Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat

With Dark Rise, although I didn’t absolutely love or particularly bid my time for all the different POVs, I will say that they lent themselves screen time. It waters down my connection and makes it harder to root for someone if I’m constantly being shifted. Only because I find myself invested in a certain character and want to know about their POV and storyline, and adding so many different perspectives loses that connection.

Usually, I’m not a fan of stories told from multiple points of view (more precisely, 2+ POVS).

James, whose dark magic and ruthless cunning make him a foe to fear and admire.

Katherine, a girl whose aspirations to secure an auspicious marriage put her right in the heart of danger.

Cyprian, a powerful Steward-in-training who is searching for his lost brother.

Violet, a girl forced to turn against the only family that she’s ever known.

Will, a boy on the run after his mother was killed.

Told from multiple points of view, all the characters in place add to the layers of this complex and dark story.

Will Kempen has been on the run since they murdered his mom and her last words to him were run and a promise forged as her dying wish. Great towers and palaces, fragrant gardens, and marvelous creatures.” -Excerpt from Dark Rise by C.S. “Long ago,” said Justice, “there was a world of wonders-of what you and I might call magic. Details that should be kept in mind for when the inevitable comes, make all the more sense. Things half-told, and hinting at what’s to come. Set against the backdrop of a magic-less 1821 London, Dark Rise starts with a sense of urgency. For the dark is never truly gone it only waits for the world to forget, so that it may rise again.” -Excerpt from Dark Rise by C.S. Only those who remember have the chance to stave it off. “When the past is forgotten, then it can return. Will must stand with the last heroes of the Light to prevent the fate that destroyed their world from returning to destroy his own. But as the young descendants of Light and Dark step into their destined roles, old allegiances, old enmities and old flames are awakened. When an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, Will is ushered into a world of magic, where he must train to play a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark.Īs London is threatened by the Dark King’s return, the reborn heroes and villains of a long-forgotten war begin to draw battle lines. Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Only the Stewards remember, and they keep their centuries-long vigil, sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns. Its heroes are dead, its halls are ruins, and its great battles between Light and Dark are forgotten. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Point of View: Third Person (Will, Violet, James, Katherine, +)