This is a cross between urban fantasy and mannerpunk, likely to move into epic fantasy in the sequels. By which I mean it mixes action scenes and captures/escapes/rescues with formal social encounters and an adherence to societal norms, all of it with a potential Ultimate Evil brewing in the backgro...
This book was so good! I am not going to write out a full-on review for it because I simply do not have the time right now (I have school and other projects that need to be taken care of). So whenever I have a free moment, I just want to read. I will probably get back to doing full reviews when I ha...
Great, atmospheric, neo-Victorian, slightly steampunkish fantasy with Dark and Light elves, wild magic, rigid morals, high society and plenty of dangerous intrigues. I dearly loved it, literally inhaled the book and will be reading more. Recommended to fans of G.W. Dahlquist.
After much dithering, I have decided on a 3.5 rating.Liked:* The world is really interesting and is different than the pseudo-medieval of a lot of other fantasy. * The magic system is pretty cool too and I'm looking forward to reading more about it in the next books.* I initially thought the story w...
A very inventive fantasy story; the characters were very nicely drawn and the world was original to anything I've ever read. The Darkborn are people who cannot live in the light, sharing a city with The Lightborn, people who cannot live in the dark. I especially loved the Victorian type setting. It ...
I really enjoyed this one - more than I thought I would. What looks like another standard fantasy/paranormal romance is actually a political intrigue/adventure novel. An engrossing 'world' with an interesting magic system, and the underlying 'curse' which sundered the people into the Darkborn and th...
I really enjoyed this one - more than I thought I would. What looks like another standard fantasy/paranormal romance is actually a political intrigue/adventure novel. An engrossing 'world' with an interesting magic system, and the underlying 'curse' which sundered the people into the Darkborn and th...
Synopsis: For the Darkborn, sunlight kills. For the Lightborn, darkness is fatal. Living under a centuries-old curse, the Darkborn and the Lightborn share the city of Minhorne, coexisting in an uneasy equilibrium but never interacting. When Darkborn physician Balthasar Hearne finds a pregnant fugiti...
Darkborn crept up on me. The beginning was slow, and overladen with awkward exposition. I think it was around page 60, halfway through an aristrocratic party, when all the little details about dress and art and social norms started to build in my head and I realized just how carefully the author had...
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