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A review by drakoulis
The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim
5.0
The Midnight Kingdom has all the brutality, darkness and complexity of The City of Dusk while significantlly ramping up the supernatural element!
Taesia, Nikolas, Fin and Julian are captives of Phos (in the body of Nikolas' brother), the malicious god of light, in Noctus, the realm of Nyx - Taesia's god. Phos is cruel and ruthless and getting away from him will have a heacvy cost.
Risha is fighting her way through Mortri, the realm of death, determined to ressurect Jas.
Angelica is travelling to her stepmother's country, Azune (inspired by Shogun-era Japan) to gain the imperial family's support for her claim to the throne and also snoop around for Deia's fulcrum along the way.
Dante and Brailee go after their rogue aunt Camilla, determined to find a way to open a portal and bring their sister back from Noctus.
With the protagonists spread in different realma, the book at some points feels that it drags on (especially in Angelica's and Taesia's POVs for me) but everything will be connected in the end, the buildup is carefully leading there. There is a lot of focus to the heirs overcoming their personal demons and doubts. Angelica is even angrier, Taesia is even moodier, Nikolas is even sadder.
I have a small complain, Tara Sim seems to love Taesia and Angelica a bit more than the others, and unforunately my favourites are Dante and I live for Nikolas-Fin scenes (Tara Sim's Timekeeper vibe comes out there) thus they get less "screen time" and less developped plot lines character arcs than the girls.
Can't wait for The Dawn Throne!
Edit: The book is out now!
Thank you NetGalley and Orbit for the ARC.
Taesia, Nikolas, Fin and Julian are captives of Phos (in the body of Nikolas' brother), the malicious god of light, in Noctus, the realm of Nyx - Taesia's god. Phos is cruel and ruthless and getting away from him will have a heacvy cost.
Risha is fighting her way through Mortri, the realm of death, determined to ressurect Jas.
Angelica is travelling to her stepmother's country, Azune (inspired by Shogun-era Japan) to gain the imperial family's support for her claim to the throne and also snoop around for Deia's fulcrum along the way.
Dante and Brailee go after their rogue aunt Camilla, determined to find a way to open a portal and bring their sister back from Noctus.
With the protagonists spread in different realma, the book at some points feels that it drags on (especially in Angelica's and Taesia's POVs for me) but everything will be connected in the end, the buildup is carefully leading there. There is a lot of focus to the heirs overcoming their personal demons and doubts. Angelica is even angrier, Taesia is even moodier, Nikolas is even sadder.
I have a small complain, Tara Sim seems to love Taesia and Angelica a bit more than the others, and unforunately my favourites are Dante and I live for Nikolas-Fin scenes (Tara Sim's Timekeeper vibe comes out there) thus they get less "screen time" and less developped plot lines character arcs than the girls.
Can't wait for The Dawn Throne!
Edit: The book is out now!
Thank you NetGalley and Orbit for the ARC.