Tag: DK Holmberg

Here’s the next installment of The Dark Ability series review. I am still loving it! One thing that really surprised me is the fact that I think I am way more invested in Rsiran’s blacksmithing ability than his Sliding. Every new skill/ability he learns just makes him more awesome which might be my favorite thing about this book. Sure having an OP main character right off the bat is great but I think it’s even better when the character slowly learns new “powers” over time to everyone’s shock. I just love those “oh shit he’s not a weakling” moments.

On the other hand, I have a love/hate relationship with those “I must keep secrets to protect you only for all of that to backfire and fuck everything up” moments which this book is a shining example of. So, I’m glad that part is over with and I can only hope the cast has learned their lesson on keeping secrets. While that part of the book is pretty frustrating there really only one thing I had trouble with in this book. That is Rsiran’s relationship with Jessa, specifically how quick it evolved into a real relationship. I guess as someone who’s used to a character pining after the love interest for at least 2 books before anything happens between them it was kind of shocking for them to all of a sudden be together with no preamble. That was the only thing I wished was different for this book. I wish there was a bit more build-up in their relationship. But even with this, I would still give the book an 8.5 out of 10 and I can’t wait till I finish the next one.

I’ve been reading a lot of urban fantasy recently so I wanted to take a break and read some high fantasy. With a little scrolling on my kindle, I found The Dark Ability by DK Holmberg and decided to give it a try. All I need to say is that I started it earlier this week and I’m already on the second one(lucky me I thought it was a standalone for some reason at first)! So far I am loving this series. I will say this though I was a little disappointed at first because I thought Rsiran’s ability was going to be controlling shadows(which is my all-time favorite magic power) but teleporting is a good substitute for me.

Now back to the stuff I love. I wasn’t expecting to love the blacksmithing parts so much but that might be my favorite part. I also can’t get enough of thieves/burgeoning criminals in a fantasy setting and this book is satisfying that need. Especially since I keep coming across books about reformed thieves but that’s boring, I want sneaky boys who steal things! So, I can only hope that Rsiran keeps growing into the perfect criminal in the rest of the books. Besides Rsiran being an ideal character, the mystery in this story keeps me very intrigued. I can’t wait for all of the pieces to come together. I can keep talking about each separate part of this book that I love, but I’m just going to boil it down and say that this book is a 9 out of 10. And I can’t wait to see where it’s going!