Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)

by Robin Lafevers

[Suz @ Bookish Revelations]

Dark Triumph is a heart pounding and dark enthralling sequel to, Grave Mercy. Brilliant in detail, rich in darkness, and rife with epic adventure it is young adult novel that will blow your mind! Fantastically compelling, you will not want to put this book down until the last page has been read. It dares to pull you back into a world full of deep betrayal, dark secrets, and dangerous treachery. It is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat, anticipating what dark secret may be revealed next, what dangerous twist is to come, and what daring move will be made.

Sybella is beautifully rich, complicated, and complex character. Gorgeously flawed, she is incredibly easy to sympathize with. Her fierce heart and loyalty to those she cared most about, is what really drew me to her character. Heartbreaking, I found her wonderfully intriguing. Robin LaFevers paints an interesting portrait of her, mad with grief from a truly tortured childhood, and yet a strong determined young noblewoman hell bent on surviving in her father's house. She is a gloriously written tapestry of hope in a disparagingly dark and deary world, an achingly beautiful heroine.

LaFever's writes her villains the way that villains should truly be written. There isn't any black and white involved and yet, they are just as dark and sinister as they are complex and intriguing. I marveled at how beautifully written and implemented, old characters were brought back into the fold so flawlessly, and how it only added more richness to the story being told. This is definitely one of LaFever's strong suits, when writing a truly brilliant and captivating story. Dark Triumph, never bored me once while reading, and continued to hold my attention strongly with it's gorgeous sinister plot twists, beautifully broken characters, and fantastic dangerous enthralling moments.

It seems as if Robin LaFevers has cornered the market on writing truly amazing heartbreak and betrayal. If ever there was a story revolving around that, then Dark Triumph is at the top of the list in all of it's stellar glory. This is a delectable, dark, and treacherous read that will ensnare you deep into it poisonous web of deceit and hold you there until the bitter end. There's reading a book that you think you'll enjoy and then end up loving and then there's delving into a world so imaginative, bleak, dreary, and darkly seductive in such a cunning way that you find yourself dizzy and drowning, yet yearning to know more. That is this book!

This trilogy will change you forever, but I don't have to tell you that. Just reading the first book, will be enough to do you in.