Title: Gathering Darkness
Author: Morgan Rhodes
Published: December 9th 2014 by, Razorbill
Series: Falling Kingdoms book #3
Genre: Fantasy, YA
Stars: 4.5/5
In GATHERING DARKNESS, book three of the New York Times bestselling Falling Kingdoms series, the stakes have never been higher as three teams push forward on a race to find the Kindred, the four elemental crystals possessing ancient all-powerful magic, first:
Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces. Now he must choose between family and justice as his father, the cruel King Gaius, sets out to conquer all of Mytica. All Gaius needs now are the Kindred - the four elemental crystals that give godlike powers to their owner. But the King of Blood is not the only one hunting for this ancient, storied magic...
• THE KRAESHIANS join the hunt. Ashur and Amara, the royal siblings from the wealthy kingdom across the Silver Sea, charm and manipulate their way to the Kindred, proving to be more ruthless than perhaps even the King of Blood himself.
• THE REBELS forge ahead. Princess Cleo and vengeful Jonas lead them, slaying with sweetness, skill, and a secret that can control Lucia's overpowering magic - all so they can use the Kindred to win back their fallen kingdoms.
• THE WATCHERS follow Melenia out of the Sanctuary. They ally in the flesh with King Gaius, who vows to use Lucia's powers to unveil the Kindred.
The only certainty in the dark times is that whoever finds the magic first will control the fate of Mytica... but fate can be fickle when magic is involved.
Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces. Now he must choose between family and justice as his father, the cruel King Gaius, sets out to conquer all of Mytica. All Gaius needs now are the Kindred - the four elemental crystals that give godlike powers to their owner. But the King of Blood is not the only one hunting for this ancient, storied magic...
• THE KRAESHIANS join the hunt. Ashur and Amara, the royal siblings from the wealthy kingdom across the Silver Sea, charm and manipulate their way to the Kindred, proving to be more ruthless than perhaps even the King of Blood himself.
• THE REBELS forge ahead. Princess Cleo and vengeful Jonas lead them, slaying with sweetness, skill, and a secret that can control Lucia's overpowering magic - all so they can use the Kindred to win back their fallen kingdoms.
• THE WATCHERS follow Melenia out of the Sanctuary. They ally in the flesh with King Gaius, who vows to use Lucia's powers to unveil the Kindred.
The only certainty in the dark times is that whoever finds the magic first will control the fate of Mytica... but fate can be fickle when magic is involved.
So in terms of the characters, they pretty much stay the
same. The four main protagonists; Lucia, Cleo, Magnus and Jonas are very much
alive and taking hold of the book. Additional characters are included such as
Amara, Ashur’s sister, and who very much is a snake. And of course Felix.
I can’t put my finger on him, what him and his power’s exact
purpose is. Towards the end you realise he was just a lonely boy looking to
make some real friends. However, at the sudden turn of events, the readers are
left wondering where his true loyalty lies. He’s just an interesting fella.
There’s one major relationship within this book and that’s
between Magnus and Cleo. I know I’ve said in my reviews of the two previous
books that I really want Cleo and Jonas to become an item and how I hate Magnus
due to his disgusting feelings towards his sister (adopted or not adopted)
however, that mayyyy have changed a bit in this book (eeike). Okay, I really
like love-hate relationshops and Magnus and Cleo’s relationship is the exact
definition of that. They hate each other so much and they have reasons to,
especially Cleo. But there’s these moments in the book where they see the other
side to the person and can’t help admiring them......butttt Magnus (majority of
that time) just goes and ruins it all by saying something or doing something on
purpose. That boy is just so afraid to let anyone in. And also there is no
attraction on Cleo’s behalf towards Jonas. It’s towards the end when I was
really clutching the pages and desperately hoping for something to happen
between Magnus and Cleo. Safe to say we are not disappointed!
Majority of the plot line in this book is to find the four
crystals that have been scattered all over the place. There’s some secrets
spilled in this book, some people that you just cannot trust and one major villain
appearing at the end of the book. Anddd we just all know Lucia has gone and
turned that forever curling leave right over to the dark side *cue dramatic
music*.
Like I said, these books just keep on getting better and I
have no idea how this is all going to play out at the end.
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