Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely)

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I must say, I liked how this book worked out. I had some doubts coming into it, i.e. "Seth, if you die, i'll be very mad..." but somehow, miraculously, EVERYTHING worked out. EXACTLY the way it was supposed to. I didn't expect that.
Niall went kinda crazy, they all got super mad, someone died, but managed to avoid death, Leslie came back, and pretty much every character we'd seen in the series previously had a role in this book. the only characters that didn't have a role in this book were the ones from Radiant Shadows, which made me sad :( as i liked Ani, Devlin, and Rae and wished we could more adventures with them. 
all in all, though, it was a rather awesome book, and a fitting conclusion of the series.

Vicky  Nuñez 

It's over!!!! *sobs*

Melissa Marr departs of her debut series with a heart-wrenching finale. In less than 400 pages Marr ties all loose ends, but not without a few deaths and some sacrifices. 

If you love Seth, Aislinn, Donia, Kennan you will definitely love this book! 

I wish I could say more, but I don't trust myself from spoiling you the ending and I feel you should discover it by yourselves. I loved every second of the ride that is Darkest Mercy and was only thrown off guard by Kennan's apparent sentiments that either I'm wrong or just appeared out of the blue in this story, but it was okay once I got used to it.

OVERALL, IT WAS AMAZING!

So, go READ IT!

Renee Delcourt

** spoiler alert **
           Have you ever read a series you loved so much that by the last book you try to stretch the reading process for as long as you possibly can because you don't want it to end? Yeah, well...I definitely just had a cases of the never-ending-book because of that. I think I began reading this a month ago. I'd read ten or so pages and then find a reason to do something else. When I was asked why I was still carrying around the book I told them that it was a sacred book that could never leave the inside of my purse and whose pages would eventually flower into a tree if I was faithful to the god of books....needless to say they didn't appreciate my sarcasm. 


Darkest Mercy is the final book in the Wicked Lovely series. I remember when I read the first book. I had reread the first three pages, who knows how many times, over the course of a month. I was convinced that since the first couple of pages didn't catch my attention it was awful. After that initial introduction to the book, it sat on my book shelf for nearly a year before I picked it back up and forced myself to continue reading it. Two days later, I returned to the store to pick up Ink Exchange, the second installment. Ever since, I have loved the series. It's different and leaves you wishing you could walk right into the story to experience it first hand. 


There are a number of characters that are heavily focused on throughout the series, but the some characters already have their ending from the previous books. The main characters focused on are: Aislinn, Keenan, Seth, Irial, Niall, and Donia. Then there is the antaganist: Bananach. And who could forget out supporting characters: Sorcha, Gabriel, Chela, Tavish, Far Dorcha, and Evan. However, no matter how minor some of these characters are in this book, they are all important in some way. 


In Darkest Mercy, all the faery courts that haven't been closed off in faery are preparing for a battle against Bananach, the embodiment of war, that is destined to come; it's just a matter of when and will they be prepared. Keenan, the Summer King, is still missing and Aislinn, the Summer Queen, is trying to keep the court strong with the on coming changing of seasons with out her coregent or Seth, who returned to faery after a fight that lost many members of the Dark Court. With Irial, deathly injured, Niall is losing his sanity little by little, leaving a very weakened Dark Court with out anyone to balance him out since the High Court is now and forever sealed off with the new Shadow Court to balance it in Faery. 


The courts must work together against Bananach if they ever hope to fight her in the possible end of fey as they know it.


This book just screws with all the characters. We have the previous Dark King dying, and conflict with Aislinn and Seth's relationship because of Keenan. To top it all off Bananach is rallying faeries to her new "Dark Court" from all the different courts and anyone not open to leaving their court for her's, she kills. Left and right there are people dying, people fighting for love, and courts on the verge of extinction. This book flips around everything you knew from the previous book, and it keeps you hanging trying to figure out what in the hell is going to happen to resolve the conflicts, if it even were to be resolved. The characters are so well developed and complex, just like reality. People aren't just good or evil, black or white; they are all complex a little of good with a dash of bad. When you think you know how one character will react they complete flip on you and your left going, "How did that happen?" I think that's what is important about these books. People are never how they seem. They change depending on the situations and decisions they make in life. Each decision each character makes has consequences, good and bad.


I adored this book, really the entire series in general, but to see the outcome for everyone in the end, was great. I think the end couldn't have been any better. I highly recommend these books to anyone who loves fantasy. They are easy to read young adult books that are written incredibly well. I wouldn't rate them on the same level as Harry Potter or the Narnia series, both of which have become wonderful young adult fantasy books, but I think that if you loved those books you should at least give this series a chance.

Lauren Love

I love and hated this book. It was well written, as always, and clever when it needed to be. I just sort of wish....we could get the other version of it.

******SPOILERS****

What I mean by other version is more like the other parings to see how that would have ended up. 

I love seeing Ash so powerful, but I hated who she ended up with. Maybe it was just me, I don't really know, but I have always disliked the whole Donia/Keenan relationship. I get where Marr was going with it, the opposites attract way....but I just felt like Ash/Keenan had MUCH more chemistry. 

I loved what she did with the fighting and what not. Though some part of me still wishes Seth would have died.....

Oh it's way to late at night to be writing a comprehensive review, but those are my simple thoughts on this book.

SARAH OLSON

Great ending to a great series. It's hard for a fan to admit that every series must end, but I felt this was the right time to complete it. The ending was very clever and I was quite happy with it. It felt like everything was tied up nicely and I was able to let go of the Wicked Lovely world with a happy heart. Thanks Melissa!

Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely)

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