{ARC Review+Giveaway} Black Dawn by Mallory McCartney @MalMcCartney

The end of an Empire, The rise of a Queen

Emory Fae enjoys leading a quiet, normal life. That is until two mysterious, and handsome soldiers show up at her apartment, and the life she knew is instantly whisked away. Memphis Carter and Brokk Foster come from the magical and war ridden world of Kiero, and upon Emory's arrival she will discover she is the long lost heir to the Royal Line and is thrown into the Black Dawn Rebellion with a dynamic role to ignite the rebels and reclaim her throne.

With both men being darkly woven in her past Emory uncovers hidden secrets, a power held long dormant, and will soon realize there are worse things than supernatural humans, love, loss, betrayal, and a Mad King.
Some things are better left in the shadows.

Black Dawn is the first book in a new adult fantasy series by Mallory McCartney. I have classified this book as new adult because the character are in their 20s, but the content is very clean so I can very easily see this also appealing to younger readers and lovers of young adult fantasies. Black Dawn is a really cool story, and is the set up for what looks like it is going to be an awesome series. I really enjoyed book one, but because there was a lot of world building and background setting, I did have some bumps along the road. However, Black Dawn is a story that just kept getting better and better as it went along. And I think I am going to love book two even more than I did book one. Can I please have book two now Mallory??

Black Dawn starts off in multiple perspectives, rapid fire three different people in the first three chapters and throughout the book we get to see even more perspectives, with random chapters thrown in from Nyx and Adair. Because we started out with three chapters from three different characters perspectives, I was a bit jumbled at the beginning of the book. However, after the very quick start the book falls into a pattern of multiple chapters from the main woman’s point of view. I liked this more because I was able to better get to know Emory. I really liked Emory, but I felt awful for her, to be dumped in this world that is in turmoil, with her memories all mixed up must have been really hard. But she didn’t waste any time jumping in.

The world in Black Dawn was really interesting. The crazy, and very violent King, Adair was a great villain character. And I loved how multifaceted the group of main characters were. There are lots of shades of grey with each of them, and I loved that most of all. Throughout the story, especially toweards the end, I found myself wishing the book would slow down from its very rapid pace because I wanted more of the story. I wish this book was about 100 pages longer because I didn’t want it to end. I really am hoping that the second book is closer to 300 pages, rather than the 180 this one was. There is so much more that I want to see in this world.

Bottom line: Black Dawn is great for young adult and new adult fantasy fans alike. I loved the magic, the world and the characters. If you are looking for a qick, fast paced fantasy read, Black Dawn is the book for you. I really enjoyed it.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

2/6/2017- Literary Meanderings – Interview

2/6/2017- Literary Dust– Review

2/7/2017- Daniel Riding– Excerpt

2/7/2017- Bibliobibuli YA– Review

2/8/2017- Books,Dreams,Life– Interview

2/8/2017- A Dream Within A Dream– Review

2/9/2017- Don’t Judge, Read– Guest Post

2/9/2017- Book Briefs– Review

2/10/2017- Kayl’s Krazy Obsession– Excerpt

2/10/2017- Taking It One Book at a Time– Review

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2/13/2017- Two Chicks on Books– Interview

2/13/2017- YA and Wine– Review

2/14/2017- Margie’s Must Reads– Excerpt

2/14/2017- Lost in Ever After– Review

2/15/2017- The Autumn Bookshelf– Interview

2/15/2017- Fiktshun– Review

2/16/2017- Wandering Bark Books– Guest Post

2/16/2017- Mundie Moms– Review

2/17/2017- Captivated Reading– Excerpt

2/17/2017- Owl Always Be Reading– Review

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