I live for innocent female characters who slowly descend into darkness.

That was pretty good. And it went to some dark places! Lovely cover as well! Happy Reading! Mel 🖤🐺🐾

Rating & Review to come! (I promise, let me finish my semester lmao) Overall, really enjoyed this one.cw: death, grief, animal cruelty

Breaking Bad meets The Walking Dead in this twisty thriller.

1.5 stars - review to come on my channel but the biggest struggle this book had was the pacing. 70% of the book before you get to the actual necromancy discussed in the synopsis? No thanks.

That got dark.

“If you do this, Nedra, if you choose necromancy… I cannot follow you into that darkness.”“Oh, Grey,” I said, shifting my bag onto my shoulder. “What do you know of darkness?” This book looked like a generic, if fun, YA fantasy that just happened to have this really nice and intriguing cover. And then it turned out to be a story about a wonderfully crafted antiheroine falling into darkness in the face of relentless oppression, and then Really Doing That, and I was just shook. If you l

But it didn’t take love to sacrifice something of yourself for someone else. It just took desperation. Nedra is an aspiring alchemist. She leaves her small village in the north to go study at Yūgen Academy. But these are hard times on Luna Island. People are dying of a plague, The Wasting Death, in the masses. Nedra's fellow students and the rich folk believe the plague doesn't concern them and only kills those who live in filth (aka the poor). But Nedra is determined to find a cure at any co

Give the Dark My Love more like Give the Devil my Soul, My Sanity and A Shit-ton of Zombies.“A good book will give you answers to questions you didn’t know you had. A great book will give you questions to answers you thought you knew.”Phew, that was morbid.In the best way.Don't let this picturesque cover fool you. This book is dark. And when I say that, I mean do-not-snack-while-reading dark. You better buy some thick skin at Walmart first.I must say that this book piqued my interest but somehow...

It’s so interesting to me how everyone sleeps differently. Some people sleep on their side, some people sleep on their back and I’ve noticed that A LOT OF Y'ALL ARE STILL SLEEPING ON THIS BOOK. So, what’s this book about? Nedra Brysstain earns a scholarship to Yugen Academy, which also earns her many enemies, especially her rival classmates who think that a poor girl from a rural village should not be admitted to such a place of prestige. In Yugen, Nedra is tutored by the enigmatic Master Ostr...

“If you do this, Nedra, if you choose necromancy . . . I will not follow you into that darkness.”“Oh, Grey,” I said, shifting my bag on my shoulder. “What do you know of darkness?” Well. This book's darkness certainly creeps up on you. In the best kind of way.While reading the first half of Give the Dark My Love, I thought it was a decent YA fantasy. It checked a number of boxes that appeal to me - "magic" alchemy school with mysterious tutors, political intrigue, some diversity (view spoiler

"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul."-Pablo Neruda, Sonnet XVIIThis book is dark, heavy, and irreverent... and I love it. It is a book about necromancy, sure, but at heart it was an exposition on grief. Give The Dark My Love is one to add to my favorite books featuring an anti-hero and I think those who enjoy this type of unsettling novel will really take to it. At times it felt lyrical, and even poetic, but the writing is never so lofty...

Trigger warning: this book contains graphic surgical operation scenes, talks about deathly disease and also has some scenes with animal cruelty.Give the Dark My Love was one of my most anticipated books this year. In all honesty, the first thing that appealed to me was this gorgeous cover, then the synopsis.This was my first time consciously reading an anti-hero story, and God I loved it so much!I've heard before from many readers how anti-heroes stories are the best ones, but I guess it takes o...

DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK! This is necromancy fantasy at its finest and its heroine has one of the best descending character arcs I've seen.My official review:"GIVE THE DARK MY LOVE asks: How far will we venture into darkness for the ones we love? In the face of a deadly plague, Nedra's journey from compassionate medical student to ruthless revolutionary is stunning and shocking to behold."- Julie C. Dao, author of FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS

Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis is the first book in the new young adult fantasy series by the same title. The content of this series is on the darker side with dealing with things like a plague and necromancy but I’d also warn of animal harm (rats) for those that would be bothered.Nedra Brysstain is from the poorer area of Lunar Island in the northern territory but all of her life she’s wanted nothing other than to study medical alchemy. When signs of a new disease starts hitting the north

*Thanks again to Penguin Random House for sending me an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.* Nedra Brysstain is a seventeen-year-old girl from the northern territories of the Lunar Island. She likes her life up there but as a deadly plague starts spreading through the North, Nedra decides to leave her home to learn the trade of medicinal alchemy at the prestigious Yugen Academy. Nedra is determined to find a cure for the plague but as the disease begins spreading fas...

I've had this book literally sitting on my nightstand for almost a year. I guess it's better late than never but wow. I feel pretty accomplished and satisfied right now — calm down, Hollis, you tackled one book on your backlist. One.Anyway.This book was so good. I didn't know what to expect beyond necromancy and a girl crossing over into darkness. I didn't know why or how or what. What are those details, you ask? Plague. The desire of one small-town girl wanting to help. And then heartbreak and

Very entertaining, dark and twisted, kept me hooked throughout. The ending was abrupt, but I understand there’s a sequel to come... could have done without the romance, it was very unnecessary and added nothing to the story, but I did love the main plot, I was enthralled. The atmosphere of this was gripping and sickening, loved it.Edited: deducted a star a couple of weeks after reading it, letting it sink in I think there were more mediocre parts than I initially thought, that doesn’t take away

⭐3 stars⭐ A good book will give you answers to questions you didn't know you had.A great book will give you questions to answers you thought you knew. Grey was the worst part of this book. Without the ridiculous romance this would have been an awesome read.

When I saw that this book was written by Beth Revis I knew that I had to get my hands on it. For those of you new to the YA book world, Beth Revis is the author of Across the Universe, a sci-fi, young adult space opera that came out in 2011. Basically, that means that I've been looking forward to more of Revis' writing.Now, here we are with Give the Dark my Love. And while no, I did not love it, I think certainly was worth the wait! I don't know what it says about me but I do love a good villain...