Darkness Brutal review - written by Rachel A. Marks

Attention! This review may contain spoilers that could reveal the story line or events that occur over the duration of the book. If this does not bother you, or if you would just like to get a better feel of what this book is about before you read it, please feel free to carry on and enjoy this review. 

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Quick overview:

With Aiden living on the street and his little sister, Ava, in foster care, things only get worse when you mix in demons. Not only is Aiden aware of these demons, but he is also the only person on the human plane that can see them. With Ava's 12 birthday coming up things are about to get real bad and real fast. From the time Ava was 3, demons have been tracking and trying to take her every 3 years. This year it is going to be worse. Aiden is desperate to save his sister from the demons out to get her, and the only way for him to save her is to accept his destiny... Which just happens to contain a human girl hunted by demons and a girl with a magic tattoo that perfectly matches his...

(Book 1 in the Dark Cycle series: Darkness Bruutal by Rachel A. Marks)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Rachel A. Marks on this Goodreads link

Personal opinion on the book:

This book was fantastic, I really loved the progression of the story. With books like this, they are typically focused wholly around one character and that one character has all of the great magical powers, but this book has everyone having magic (obviously the main character is the most powerful). I found that I was a jumper of ships while I was reading this book. I really liked the character relations. 
My main worries were when Ava _____ and _____ was killed... Haha, I guess if you want to find out what happened, and fill in the blanks yourself you will have to read the book! 

Books in the series:

1. Darkness Brutal 
2. Darkness Fair 
3. Darkness Savage  

If you like... then try...:

If you like this book, I recommend reading The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Both of these books are other-worldly and have some really great twists and magic in them. 

Read the full summary of The Raven Boys using this Goodreads link

Star rating (out of 5):
I give this book a star rating of 3.5/5 stars. I really liked this book, the story line was completely unique and had some great plot twists. My only dislike was how long it was, yes, the book needed to be this long to get all of it's awesome content written down. But I found that at times I wished the book was a little more compressed. 

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Thanks for checking out this review, this was a really great book to read and I thoroughly enjoyed it, make sure to buy this amazing book and to support the author. 

Until next time, keep reading.

-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)