I was hoping he would be more cocky and charismatic but so far I haven’t really felt that way about him so I think that’s what’s missing for me. I just haven’t connected with him at all and find him a little ‘flat’ to be leading a rebellion. While Cleo has evolved and changed and Magnus is exceptionally complex, I think that Jonas’s character needs more depth. I still feel like there is a little something wanting in these books though and it’s taken me a while to pin point what it is exactly. I love that the author is giving the reader time for the characters to earn their forgiveness. I am glad this series has more books planned because I don’t think the damage can be repaired in just a couple of quick books. One minute they are at each other’s throats and not trusting each other, the next they are daring to hope that there is good in the other.īoth Cleo and Magnus are flawed and ‘damaged’ with a lot to forgive in both each other and themselves. The relationship between him and Cleo is interesting and as a reader you never really know what direction their relationship is going to take. I never really know what he’s going to be. Magnus is easily the most interesting character for me. When I started this series I wasn’t entirely sure I was going to like it based on the fact that Cleo was so ‘young and dumb’ but now she’s evolved into the complex young woman.

All of the characters have evolved so much from the first book and the story has gotten so much more complicated and I LOVE that. This book so far has been the best in the series. When Magnus learns a dark secret about his father, he is forced to choose between family and what’s right. Magnus remains conflicted, on one hand he wants to win his father’s respect but on the other hand, he wants nothing to do with his father. Jonas, the leader of the rebels, begins to doubt if he has what it takes the beat the King and restore order in the kingdoms. The rebels continue to try and find a way to take down the King, but every potential plan ends in more death and destruction. They propose an alliance with Princess Cleo but Cleo is hesitant to accept….there is something about them that she doesn’t trust. The King looks for witches who can tutor her and teach her to temper her powers but so far, there have been none.įrom across the sea comes two visiting royals, Ashur and Amara who also seek the Kindred. The King plans on using Magnus’s sister, Lucia, a powerful sorceress, to find the Kindred but her magic threatens to consume her.

Cleo and Magnus know that the King searches for the legendary Kindred in hopes of gaining absolutely power through their magic. His son and heir, Magnus, is married to the former princess, Cleo, against both of their wills. The King of Blood continues to rule over the kingdom of Mytica with an iron fist.

Gathering darkness morgan rhodes