The thing about This Savage Song that was a breath of fresh air when I read it last year was the fact that there was close to nothing romantic between Kate and August. “I’m willing to walk in darkness if it keeps humans in the light.” Working under the FTF, he leads the humans in the war against monsters. On the other side, August Flynn is a stark contrast of who he was in the first book. However hard she fights these monsters, she can’t get rid of her inner demons and the loneliness she feels, despite her bravado. In the conclusion of the duology, Our Dark Duet follows Kate Harker, who left Verity (or V-City) at the end of This Savage Song and finds herself in Prosperity, where she works with a group known as the Wardens, battling monsters and being an all-around badass. “Mourning was its own kind of music-the sound of so many hearts, of so many breaths, of so many standing together.” We return to the familiar setting of a monster-ridden, dark world where humanity is at the brink of extinction, both protagonists Kate and August are completely different characters, deeply affected by what happened in the end of This Savage Song – wicked grin – where each of them are leading different lives. However, in Our Dark Duet, lines have been drawn and both sides are at war. Schwab first introduces a world where monsters live among humans in the distant future, the sequel picks up 6 months after the events of This Savage Song. It was always, always, always a step ahead.” She could fight the first, but the second was more dangerous. “There were two kinds of monsters, the kind that hunted the streets and the kind that lived in your head. Having loved her Shades of Magic series and This Savage Song, I was prepared to be ruined by Our Dark Duet. The thing about Victoria Schwab is that she’s such an incredibly versatile writer that her writing style just bodes well with any genre she writes. I’d like to thank Pansing for sending me a copy of Our Dark Duet for review. She’ll face a monster she thought she killed, a boy she thought she knew, and a demon all her own. When a new monster emerges from the shadows-one who feeds on chaos and brings out its victim’s inner demons-it lures Kate home, where she finds more than she bargained for. In Verity, August has become the leader he never wished to be, and in Prosperity, Kate has become the ruthless hunter she knew she could be. Nearly six months after Kate and August were first thrown together, the war between the monsters and the humans is terrifying reality. August Flynn is a monster who can never be human, no matter how much he once yearned for it. Kate Harker is a girl who isn’t afraid of the dark.

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