Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms, #3) in Hype or Like Friday

Jun 17, 2018 Sofii♡ (A Book. A Thought.) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, fantasy, young-adult, magic, read-in-2018

OMG! love this book so much, it's absolutely my favorite of the series so far. The characters are fire, so many things happen here, is crazy. Every time I continue with these books the plot becomes more and more interesting, I can't wait to continue, and at the same time I don't want it to end!, it's EXCELLENT

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5/5 Stars

You can find this one and more of my reviews on my blog A Book. A Thought.

In Gathering Darkness we can see how the plot began to focus even more on the magic crystals and elemen
OMG! love this book so much, it's absolutely my favorite of the series so far. The characters are fire, so many things happen here, is crazy. Every time I continue with these books the plot becomes more and more interesting, I can't wait to continue, and at the same time I don't want it to end!, it's EXCELLENT

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5/5 Stars

You can find this one and more of my reviews on my blog A Book. A Thought.

In Gathering Darkness we can see how the plot began to focus even more on the magic crystals and elemental magic as such. As you know, I can't said too much because I try to make my reviews spoiler free but I'll tell you as always a little about how I felt with this book, which you'll have noticed already, I LOVED.

I think this book in particular is the most deep and impressive so far, some things are reveal, that will finally make us know the deepest desires within each character and it's incredible, you know that I love the good characters development in books and In this opportunity there's a lot of that. I like how each of them, despite having clear objectives, they begin to have doubts about their loyalties and relationships, that makes us see a much more human and real side of each of them.

Individually I think that Cleo's so strong and resistant, my love for her continues to grow and I liked to see how she has been much more involved in the events of this book , also her relationship with Magnus has taken the most interesting turn, I think that their scenes are too addictive. When you meet these characters, if you haven't done so yet, you'll understand what I say and if you have already read the books then you know exactly what I mean. Both are so complex and well created, these characters don't stop amazing me. Magnus continues to be this kind of dark and ambitious character but at the same time it's obvious that the only thing that has always wanted is the love of his father, and the interactions of Magnus with King Gaius are also very well created, you can really feel the tension between them. A part from that, I think many things are more clear in Magnus' head and I think his growth is beginning to be noticed a lot and his goodness is coming to light, I just love this character is great .

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On the other hand, we have Jonas, and I had mentioned in my previous review how I thought he had stolen the show in the previous book, but in this book he is not left behind either, I really liked to see the cruel side of Mytica through Jonas's eyes, he continues to be very brave and loyal and it's a pleasure to follow his story. Finally we have Lucia and WOW, she surprised me in this book, I think that her importance has grown a lot and due to she's the only one of the main characters with a true link with magic, that made of her a very important character in this book and her growth as a character is AWESOME, it's the one that has grown the most and her personal quest to accept her destiny is the most captivating thing , the end left me just wanting for more. It was perfect.

Plus: I just keep loving Nic more and more as I read about him, I love that he begins to have more scenes in the plot, he's fantastic and his friendship with Cleo is gold. In additionm there are some things changing in his life and that will make him discover himself

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The appearance of new characters only improved the plot and gave it more drama and action, as the brothers Kraeshians and Felix, all of them solid characters and very well created. I really believe that the way in which the writer creates her characters is fantastic and worthy of admiration, makes them so complex and unique that you can only love them

As always we can enjoy the fabulous Mytica scenarios, I really love the world where this story unfolds, I think it's so diverse and beautiful, with different seasons and rulers it's very nice to travel along with the characters

I want to highlight something about the plot: As long as you follow the point of view of a character you know that he has his own motivations and things that keep him going forward and you know that his goals are different from each other, but even so, in the end, the author makes that everything is connected and all their stories become one and that's wonderful. I think it's one of my favorite aspects of these books in general, but the way this happens in Gathering Darkness is the most interesting and best created so far

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I really hope that by now you have decided to give Falling Kingdoms a chance, I can't recommend this series enough, even when it's complex it's so easy to read, it has something very addictive, it's worth trying. If you like unexpected revelations, strong characters, betrayals, family dramas, kings, princes and all those things that make an incredible fantasy, I highly recommend these books. Especially if you're more of contemporary reads and you're not sure what to try when it comes to reading fantasy, I think this series is a very good place to start.

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Sep 25, 2016 Debby (Alwaysbooking) rated it really liked it

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Basically my whole review could be “Hey you like this character… BOOM they are dead!!!!” I’m pretty sure that’s what Morgan Rhodes thinks when she writes these. (maybe she even cackles a little) On a side note bad people are finally dying so I can do a little fist pump. I’m not sure I have anything unspoilerly to say. … So you should probably leave because the rest will spoil you for this book or any books before it! Thanks for stopping by!

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Basically my whole review could be “Hey you like this character… BOOM they are dead!!!!” I’m pretty sure that’s what Morgan Rhodes thinks when she writes these. (maybe she even cackles a little) On a side note bad people are finally dying so I can do a little fist pump. I’m not sure I have anything unspoilerly to say. … So you should probably leave because the rest will spoil you for this book or any books before it! Thanks for stopping by!

SPOILERS BELOW YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…

Okay let’s start with Magnus… I still don’t like him. While he had tons of revelations in this book I still don’t ship him with anyone. Maybe once he settles down and starts fighting against his father I will like him? I still cannot believe he slept with Amara in this book like WTH. I was so pissed at him and so hurt for Cleo who I don’t even like that much! Obviously Amara is a bitch… ugh.. Magnus why???

Cleo… not really a fan either but at least she also made some progress in this book. I feel it took a life or death situation for her to overcome her spoiled bratness. I still love how she tried to really love Lucia and she tried to be nice to Magnus but of course he just rebuffed her in the beginning. Then of course Lucia tries to kill her. She really only has one ally at the moment and that is Nick.

Nick is by far my favorite character and then Asher wormed his way into my heart. Nick is so loyal to Cleo and the ones he loves. He might be a bit daft at times but his heart is in a good place. He offers to take Cleo away and she tells him no….then Asher kisses him and he starts to doubt everything. Asher was a nice twist I’m really sorry he’s gone . I was hoping some magic seeds would pop up somewhere. Hopefully Nick gets to deliver Amara’s death blow later.

Jonas probably had the most growth in this book. I don’t know why, since he still makes bone head decisions. His alliance to to Cleo is still strong and I really enjoy that. I love characters who stick with the person from the get go. Even though in the beginning he planned to kill her, he learned very quickly that she didn’t deserve that. ...more

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