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June 17, 2026

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This review contains a few random statistics, my personal thoughts, and a content review! ♡
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• Book - Darkness Will Fall
• Author - Noëlle Stevenson
• Genre(s) - YA fantasy, Christian fiction
• Published - Not yet lol
• Recommended time to read - Summer
• Cliffhanger - No
• Vibe - 🪽🗡️👑🌱🧝‍♀️
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→ Setting - 3/5
→ Characters - 3.5/5
→ Writing - 3/5
→ Vibes - 4/5
→ Plot - 3/5
→ Pacing - 4/5
→ Romance/Ship - 5/5
→ Overall - ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
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Recommended to fans of-
✔︎ Elves
✔︎ Christian themes
✔︎ Forgiveness
✔︎ Found family

♫ Now Playing - Love Broke Thru by TobyMac ♫
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╰┈➤ My thoughts (spoiler free)
♫ ”Had to be the last thing on my mind, when love broke through.” ♫

Using this for my bestie’s first draft that I read! Omg it was so nostalgic. I actually helped write some of this like what, two years ago maybe? I remember it was during my kotlc phase, so literally EVERYTHING was a romance moment, but reading it now, it’s hardly even there 😂

I love the vibes and aesthetic of this. Think “Kingdom Dance” from Tangled. There’s elves, and princesses, and a creature called Alatus that Noëlle made up herself. They’re like humans, but they have feathery wings! Alatus is latin for “winged” and most of the main characters are Alatus.

This definitely needs some work, but it’s a first draft and Noëlle started writing it when she was pretty young, so I already know she’s improved since then. I’m so excited for the day this is shared with the world!
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╰┈➤ Characters
♫ ”You found me in the darkness, wandering through the desert.” ♫

Crest - She has a good foundation, just needs some more depth. I do like her character development. (Fancast: Madelyn Keys)

Viviana - Her storyline needs to be a bit more believable, but I do really like her. (Fancast: Alex Hook)

Evander - My baby 🥹 I love him so much. Ever the gentleman. (Fancast: Louis Partdrige)

Uriah - Evander’s twin brother! I love that they’re twins. I never see that in books, especially for the mmc (which is Evander)! He’s very sweet and I love his relationship with Vivi. (Fancast: also Louis Partridge)

Archenora - Her character needs to be more consistent, but I love her. She’s so cool. (Fancast: McKenna Grace)

Queen Angel - She’s nice 😊 I think her grief should be more detailed, but overall I like how she cares for both Crest and Vivi. (Fancast: Emma Watson)

Lyli - Awwww we love the sunshine character. Seriously, she and Atlas need to be in this more. They’re so fun. (Fancast: Hannah Dodd with red hair)

Atlas - He’s so cool, I love him. More than Evander? Possibly 👀 (Fancast: Timothée Chalamet)
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╰┈➤ Spoilers below!
♫ ”I was a hopeless fool, now I’m hopelessly devoted, my chains are broken.” ♫

Shhhh no spoilers! The book isn’t out yet! 😉
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╰┈➤ Content review
♫ ”I did all that I could to undo me, but You loved me enough to pursue me.” ♫

➸ Age Rating - 10/11+

➸ Language - None.

➸ Romance/Sexual - Two non descript kisses, a little bit of talk about feelings.

➸ Violence - Some killing and death in a battle, an attempted assassination, characters are kidnapped, a character is whipped (off page), stumbling across a dead body.

➸ Religious/Spiritual - Mentions of God and other Christian themes.

➸ Magic - None (I don’t think?)

➸ LGBTQ - None.

➸ Alcohol/Drugs - Characters are drugged once I think.

➸ Other Notes/Possible Triggers - Death of a father, two characters were orphaned at a young age.

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