Review: Chasing Darkness
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2013
I laughed, I cried, I gasped, and I groaned.  Most of all, I felt.  With this novel Firman brings emotions to the forefront and does a brilliant job of passing them on to the reader.  Through her unique brand of vivid writing and show-not-tell mentality Firman takes the readers that she has immersed in this world with the first 2 novels of the series, and draws them in in an irrevocable way.The brilliant world that Firman has developed for this series continues to grow in this segment.  Everything remains the same yet changes drastically.  Firman's fluid writing and impeccable storytelling smooth the transition making it all seem natural.  She describes everything in such detail that you feel like you've walked through this world with the characters.Firman has a fluid writing style that almost mimics how people think and feel.  This, combined with her amazingly well developed characters leads to an intricate cast of individuals that you come to know and love.  Firman works amazingly deceptive characters into her world to create chaos and mayhem, while balancing them with characters of amazing compassion.  All the while, none of her characters are completely over the top, even if they are larger than life at times.  Each and every character is individually developed in such a manner that they could stand on their own, yet they never overshadow the main characters.The events that began in the first 2 novels of the series come to a head in this instalment, only to create the need for more time in this world.  As a reader, you find yourself so invested in the lives of the characters that you cannot, nay will not, extricate yourself from them.  At the end of this novel you are left with a sense of conclusion to one dilemma, yet fully needing more as you cannot leave the characters behind, especially with their latest fiasco at hand.Please note that I received this novel free of charge from the author in exchange for an honest review.