Review: Exciting, fast-paced and delectably addictive, this heart-poundingly intense Young Adult read is just breathtaking!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2013
I am SO impressed by Milly Silver's spectacular "Into the Dark" series, which has captured my heart and unhinged my mind so as to leave me wanting more! A tantalizingly tempting treat that is so absorbing and fascinating, containing such inspired vivid creativity as to make you want to `jump into' the authors world. As a huge fan of the impassioned romance in Stephanie Meyer's `Twilight saga' I felt that this oozed such haunting longing, that it was such an exquisitely drawn romance as to shake the heart. Henry similarly to Edward Cullen seems to radiate that quality and exclusivity that makes him `stand-out' as someone notonly visually gorgeous but enchantingly mysterious and attractive. Emily is a fantastic heroic female protagonist, who like Hermione Granger makes cleverness seem trendy and who is intriguing and multi-layered.Emily blacks-out and is transported to another world, wherein `Misery-makers' rule supreme and you fight for your life as you run through different foreign worlds. This paranormal twist is complimented by the seventeen year old typical teenager who is just starting at Oxford University, who lives with her adoring Uncle and who leaves her best friend Ben behind. The harshness and brutality of one world is swiftly shrouded in a blanket of darkness, as Emily returns to modern day and normality; that is until strange occurrences and curious people like Henry and Seb appear..."What was a dead end in this world, became a launch platform into a myriad of hellish parallel universes..."I could envisage a love-triangle forming between Henry and Ben, as Emily seems to grow into a sophisticated young woman and tries to blend into normal life. She is constantly plagued however by the memory of Irene, whom three and a half years ago was swept along with her into an alternate universe only to be snatched away by a Misery-Maker and so left in a Neverending coma. As part-one closes on a dramatic cliffhanger, one is left wanting to read on and find out more about the group of select `striking' individuals, but also to find out who the boy is whose job it is in the other worlds to protect Emily - as if she is someone special. I love how there are so many questions unanswered as the author sets the scene for a magnificent YA saga, and one that is just intoxicating and spellbinding.I would highly recommend this as something truly exceptional, refreshingly original and totally remarkable as to send chills down your spine! I cannot wait to read the next installment within this series.*I was sent an e-copy of "Into the Dark - part 1" by the author, to read and review.*