Sloan and Alice’s contemptuous alliance is fun to read, as both of their personalities are so different from each other and also from the humans whose deeds spawned them. Sloan still longs for the day that he can kill Kate, whereas he is content to let Alice go after August. South Verity now belongs to Sloan and he is making plans to take out the Flynn's once and for all. In Verity things have gone from bad to worse, there is now no connection to the outside world, and only North Verity provides as long as you join up to fight. August’s life is much more militaristic and constrictive than previously seen which is sad, but it’s interesting to see more of how the FTF is run. It is interesting to see Kate struggle with caring about others and letting them into her life and being aware that they are more than just her team.Īugust has also changed a lot since the events at the end of This Savage Song, with Leo’s voice in his head, he has stopped asking questions about whether he has a soul, and now leads a team that flushes out the sinners from the refugees coming from South Verity, as well as destroying as many Malchai and Corsai as possible. Kate has also realised that although she doesn’t want to make connections she is tired of being on her own and has surrounded herself with a team of hackers known as The Wardens who alert her to these attacks. Although these monster attacks are not being portrayed as such. Kate has moved to Prosperity, a town richer than Verity, but slowly being corrupted by monsters, but these aren’t the monsters that she is used to the Corsai, Malchai and Sunai. The review for This Savage Song can be found here. You should read that novel before going any further with this review. She’ll face a monster she thought she killed, a boy she thought she knew, and a demon all her own.Ī gorgeously written dark fantasy from New York Times-bestselling author Victoria Schwab, and one to hand to fans of Holly Black, Laini Taylor, and Maggie Stiefvater.Our Dark Duet continues the stories of Kate Harker and August Flynn, six months after the events of This Savage Song. When a new monster emerges from the shadows–one who feeds on chaos and brings out its victim’s inner demons–it lures Kate home, where she finds more than she bargained for. In Verity, August has become the leader he never wished to be, and in Prosperity, Kate has become the ruthless hunter she knew she could be. Nearly six months after Kate and August were first thrown together, the war between the monsters and the humans is a terrifying reality.

No matter how much he once yearned for it. August Flynn is a monster who can never be human.

Kate Harker is a girl who isn’t afraid of the dark. The bestselling sequel–and conclusion–to Victoria Schwab’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller This Savage Song.

Our dark duet