Review: The Grace in Darkness is an intense and angsty conclusion to a beloved tale.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
This will be a difficult review to write, I think it’s because I had high expectations and also I hate angsty books, so with that said.WOW, WHAT THE HECK WENT ON IN THIS BOOK?There will be spoilers from The Edge of DarknessThe Grace in Darkness picks up right where The Edge of Darkness left off with that CRAZY, HAIR-PULLING CLIFFY! Oh my goodness, did you feel your heart break? Didn’t you want to reach through the pages and yell at Ryland to talk to Araya!Araya is at the school of blind, she’s making some friends and is dancing again. She also has an admirer, Peirce, a boy who can see and dance. Ryland is a mean train wreck. He’s distraught, a mess and is dealing with his situation the best he can, by staying with Sebastian (his brother), working with his sadistic father and drinking and fighting his nights away.Yes, he’s a bloody mess.One of my pet peeves is when the Hero and Heroine are not together in the book. I’ve never liked reading couples separated and it seems to be a very used plot in book 2 of series. The first 25% of the book could have been edited out. Basically it’s just Ryland going through is crazy mean emotions and Araya dealing with a broken heart.HUGE SIGHI get it, I needed to read the pain, the heartache, BUT I really didn’t want to. I skimmed this a bit because I just wanted them to interact!Finally when they do meet, it’s like rocket fire, it’s explosions and I’m like YAY!!!! I’m jumping for joy and I’m super excited, like a kid in a candy store.BUT THE FATHEROh man, Mr. Dare, he’s just so evil! I wanted to punch him in the face, I wanted to push him over a cliff and at times, I loved to hate him. The only problem I had with is how Ryland and Araya dealt with him. Overall, I felt like Ryland and Araya were pretty level headed, but sometimes, I wanted to shake them and just yell at them to figure it out.I had a few underlying questions when I finished. I didn’t understand what happened to Sebastian or why Araya’s roommate started to act odd. I wasn’t sure if there would be a spin off series, but I don’t like having questions when I finish a book.Yes I was very frustrated with this book and yes I skimmed a bit, but I think it’s because The Grace of Darkness wasn’t written in the style I like to read and also I had HUGE expectations because I loved the previous book so much.I do love how over protective Ryland is. He was a bit aggressive and mean at times, but I understand and see his love for Araya. I also love their unique relationship and I am happy there wasn’t a HUGE fat lovely happy ending. Yes there is a HEA, but there was still some heartache, at least in my opinion.It’s not an easy tale to read, but a must needed conclusion to know.This review was written by Jacqueline's Reads, jacquelinesreads.blogspot.com