Spoiler Free Review 
 "The Darkling had told her he was destined to rule. He had claimed his throne, and a part of her too. He was welcome to it. For the living and the dead, she would make herself a reckoning. 
 She would rise." 
 PLOT RUNDOWN:(Now featuring more Dan and Phil!) 
 The irrelevants(Alina and Mal) are captured by King D(The Darkling) 
 And the Darkling being the Darkling 
 Alina being.... uh? Mal's body guard? In love? 
 Let's just say she's pretty useless for the first half. 
 (+ love triangle alert) 
 The Darkling disappears, Mr. Mystery pops up. 
 Alina is all "who is he?", while 80% of people, except for our super sleuth MC who can't can take a hint, know who he is. 
 Me waiting for Alina to go: 
 Instead Alina going: 
 @ The Darkling: 
 Alright, so yes Alina had action scenes, but she only acted when she was told to. 
 It's no secret I don't like Mal, he's in the majority of the first half. Alina is practically centered around protecting him and validating him. 
 I know I was supposed to find quotes like this endearing: 
 "And there's no way I'm leaving you alone with Prince Perfect." 
 "So you don't trust me to resist his charms?" 
 "I don't even trust myself. I've never seen anyone work a crowd the way he does. I'm pretty sure the rocks and trees are getting ready to swear fealty to him." 
 Instead it came out as insecure and odd. 
 I get it where Mal is coming from, but really, I find it annoying possessive. If she were to dump you, then you should respect that. If she's charmed by him, it doesn't mean she wants to be with him anyways. 
 A new character is introduced, though he seems mysterious, he doesn't give off the intriguing kind, at least not for me. His character is also very one sided, while I'd prefer someone to be more complex in more than just one typical nature. 
 In the first novel we had good and evil blurred, while here "good" is considered to be on one side. Basically there's still confusion on who to trust, but it's obvious who's playing for the "right" side. 
 Generally I feel like more time could of been spent demonstrating growth rather than building onto relationships. 
 Another main factor of why I couldn't get into it is because I was spoiled completely. 
 Overall thoughts: 
 if you go into this, don't have expectations when it comes to characters or plot. The writing is still great, it's just more lacking in other elements for me personally. 
 P.S. There are two moths in my room I'll keep you updated on what's going on. 
 P.P.S/UPDATE I caught one, the other bastard is still prancing around my room.