It demands your attention, luring you back in, and the comparison to August’s music is an easy one, but it works. But when it’s right there in the title - when things have gone from savage to dark - that’s practically to be expected. This book starts out pretty dark and only becomes darker as it continues. But when Kate comes back to town, it’s because there’s a new monster to fight. Meanwhile, Kate Harker is in Prosperity, another city, doing her very best impression of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (complete with her own Scooby Gang). Our Dark Duet picks up six months after Savage Song leaves off, opening on August Flynn now completely focused on his mission as a member of the Flynn Task Force, keeping the monsters plaguing V-City at bay and helping those he can. This is the kind of book that leaves you affected after you read it. Suffice it to say that there is so much of a ride in this book that I almost wish I could go back and experience it for the first time all over again. And, having read This Savage Song last year, I knew I would be in for a ride. It was one of the books I’d looked forward to most this year. I saved Our Dark Duet for last for a number of reasons. Yours truly has read a lot of different books this week. By Cheryl Wassenaar 5 years ago Our Dark Duet outstrips This Savage Song by a wide margin, ensnaring readers from the prelude and holding on through the final page.
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