By Victoria Schwab
Published: Greenwillow Books, 2017
Pages: 528 pages
Genre: YA, Fantasy
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For the majority of his short life, he'd thought of people as either good or bad, clean or stained - the separation stark, the lines drawn in black and white -but the last six months have shown him a multitude of grays.
The second book in a duology, "Our Dark Duet" begins six months where "This Savage Song" left off - Kate Harker is living under a false identity in a different territory and August Flynn is now following in his brother's footsteps as the public figure of the FTF. Verity is in chaos following Callum Harker's death with Sloan taking control of the Corsai and Malchai and attempting to gain control of the entire city. Kate soon discovers and new kind of monster, one with powers never seen before that leaves a trail of death. Kate and August must team up to defeat this new monster, but not before the monster goes after everyone they love.
So, wow. "Our Dark Duet" (ODD) was a fast-paced, fun read. I thought it better than "This Savage Song" (TSS). I enjoyed TSS, but it had an aspect of unbelievability to it. I know it's fantasy but at times I wasn't able to immerse myself into the world. ODD, on the other hand, I could easily slip into the fantasy - maybe because I was already familiar to it or maybe I just thought this book was written better than the first. I also loved the characters, Kate especially strikes a chord with me. I'm sad about the ending... an important character dies but that has to happen sometimes. I will definitely be checking out more of Schwab's novels.
RATING (out of five puppies)
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