Book 122
The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This definitely follows the first (and in my volume they're now one book which seems right). It reads more as gothic romance than anything as a bulk of the story is about the whirlwind romance and marriage of Percy and Alexi. But the Whisper World isn't ready to let her go. The Darkness wants her to continue to be Persephone, goddess of the underworld and he's not the only thing after her. Lillian, not entirely vanquished last book, is after her and for some reason, Beatrice is creating new doors to the Whisper World through the school.
Percy marrying Alexi had changed the dynamics of the entire guard which they must deal with. Alexi, on the other hand, I wanted to punt more than once with his jealousy and mistrust (the jealous lover is certainly a romance trope but it's one I don't care for). Later we learn this is being influenced by the Whisper World.
It has a few surprises at the end and the climax is a good action scene. I think the story wrapped up very nicely.
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