Tyffany Hackett

Becky Moynihan

Genesis Crystal Saga Book 2

Fall of Night

Maria Elena Vitale Zelaia

All these feelings I’m feeling can’t be legal. 

Fall of Night picks up not too far from where we’d left off in Dawn Till Dusk. Tarik and Reagan are preparing to set off with the gang to look for allies outside of Nathra City. Sounds easy? Well, it’s not. Danger lurks around every corner from page one, when they still haven’t left the city. These characters barely have a moment to breathe, there’s so much tension, so many twists. I feared for their life almost all the time. My poor heart!

What I loved most about this book was the characters. We got to see more of the Fae rebels and I fell in love with them all, especially those pesky twins and Caspar. Nevaeh, Reagan’s friend, was more of a confirmation. A glowing confirmation. I loved her in the first book, but somehow loved her even more in this one. What is this sorcery? The authors did an amazing job at developing the group. Then, of course, there are Tarik and Reagan. They deserve their own paragraph. 

Tarik and Reagan. Oh. My. GOD! Despite the fact they’ve moved on from the enemies phase and settled into the lovers one, the tension between them is real. They’ve both gone through so much, but while Tarik was the one suffering the most in the first book, now it’s Reagan. She’s struggling mentally and physically, and things only get really bad before they start getting a little better. Tarik, who is still the hot-headed punch-first-ask-questions-later guy we know and love, learns to set aside his temper and dives into his tender side, giving her space and time or just being there and being amazing depending on what Reagan wants and needs. In the midst of all these precious moments, and all the twists and turns this book throws our way, Tarik and Reagan have several very intense scenes that had me begging for more. So much desire. So much angst! *cries*

I’m desperately waiting for book three because I need to devour it and hopefully have things go my way, which they probably won’t. Oh, the suffering!

Cristina Cicivelli 

Fall of Night is the amazing second installment in the Genesis Crystal saga, were truths are revealed, tears are cried (mine, if you are asking) and the fight to save the Fae of Nathra City becomes more pressing than it ever was.

A thing that really struck me about this book is how characters’ past traumas are not shoved under a carpet or healed instantly just because they have fallen in love: Tarik is still the hot-headed fae of Dawn Till Dusk, but what is most important is how he tries all the same to overcome his bad habits and his fears the moment he realizes how badly Reagan needs his calm and steady presence to not fall into a pit of darkness and guilt. And it really broke my heart to see that Reagan, after a life caged under Mortdecai’s rule and what happened at the Safe House ‘because’ of her, doesn’t know how to ask for help, for comfort, or if she even deservs to have all of it.
It’s funny (ah ah ah, Tiffany and Becky I hate u two) that now they both believe that they are not worth saving, that they have too much to atone and are basically ready to sacrifice themselves at any given occasion. And I mean, Reagan went through so much in this book that I feel like I’m going to riot if there is even just one threatening situation to her life in book 3 (but at least we had Emmy and Ramiel!!!)

Although I enjoyed it, Fall of Night is a bit weaker than the first book, mainly because it felt like a ‘bridge’ between it and the third one that is more focused on the word-building (I’m really intrigued by the Fae land!!! hopefully we will see more of it) and the character’ development than on the plot: the characters, their relationships and their feelings are in fact what ‘saved’ this book for me.
Related to this I must say that while Reagan and Tarik being a cute couple were adorable and I really loved how their relationship in this book was handled, I missed the tension of this two hating each other and slowly getting close… but I mean, that’s a totally personal thing, and they remain my babies anyway.

I can’t wait to see how the story is going to continue next year and I’m sure until then I will miss all these incredible characters (the twins included) deeply!!!!

[ I was provided by the authors with an earc of this book in exchange of an honest review ]

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