Witches are coming back. Get ready for witches to just own 2018. And Brooklyn Ray's DARKLING has to be on your list.

I had so much fun reading this little novella. I first saw it on Twitter and when I saw it on Netgalley, I just had to request it because I was very interested by it. It didn't disappoint, it was superb and fun and I love the dark-ish feeling and the magic and the relationship between all characters it had.

Ryder, the main character, is such an intriguing character!!!! He comes from a line of necromancers but also a line of Fire magic, so his powers are super rare. He is coming to terms about his dark magic of a necromancer going wild and in order to get them under control, he has to do this ceremony where he has to die and come back to life. Also he is finally starting a relationship with his best friend, Liam, after crushing on him for two years. I adored their relationship and it was great and their support for each other made me go AWWW. More, more more please!

It was such an enjoyable read and I was like "I want to do a Halloween book recs 2018" post already to include this one but I'm sure I will include it in something else as well before Halloween lmao. It was such a good ride and I so want to know more about the characters and not just the main ones, but also the supporting characters that appeared in this story. I hope they get their books? That'd be fabulous.

I enjoyed this story for the most part. It was interesting and I liked the witch topic. The writing was good and it moved at a nice pace. The only thing I didn't like was that the male/male relationship really took me by surprise. I'm all for love, but this just wasn't my cup of tea. I wish there would have been some kind of warning about it, or that it were labeled differently. Maybe I just overlooked it on accident. Overall it was a good story.

A quick supernatural read that does well with paralleling contradicting abilities to fully fuse two halves of oneself into a deeper more meaningful whole.

This book take off right from the beginning into a world of magic and the internal struggle that is blooming to the surface as our main character tries to come to terms with who he is and how to handle that change while also allowing himself to be happy with the boy he loves.

It’s an interesting set up and offers a snapshot into a world that has many possibilities for expansion it’s almost sad that it’s a bit of a novella in length because I would have loved to see this story play out longer to not only see more of the main story, but also go deeper into the connections and relationships in the coven as well as Ryder’s family and their gifts.

**thank you to netgalley for providing an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review**