A review by hotsake
The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

While better balanced and more entertaining than the first book The Blackest Heart still suffers from excessive amounts of whining and self-pity, in fact, if you cut out most of those scenes this book would’ve been at least 300 pages shorter. We follow most of the surviving POVs from the first book and had some others added on, but again, none of them were particularly entertaining. It took a while but finally, at around chapter 40, I started getting interested in the actual story. The book ended on a high note and almost had me starting the third book right away.