Darktail’s Judgment

Warriors Super Edition #19

by Erin Hunter

Darkpaw is no ordinary kittypet. Raised in the Twolegplace by his mother, he eagerly awaits the return of his father, Onewhisker, a WindClan cat who promised to raise him as a warrior. But as the seasons pass with no sign of Onewhisker, Darkpaw begins to doubt that his father ever planned to come back for him.

Chafing against the boredom of kittypet life, Darkpaw’s hurt transforms into deep anger—at his father, at his Twolegs, and at the other kittypets who don’t treat him like the warrior he’s destined to become. When tragedy strikes, a hardened Darktail makes it his mission to hunt down the one cat responsible for all his misfortunes.

As a rogue, Darktail learns to use his influence—and strength—to recruit other cats in his pursuit of Onewhisker. But as his hunt intensifies, as well as the violence required to maintain his following, Darktail transforms into a villain who will haunt the Clans for seasons to come—and is forced to pay the ultimate price.

Genres: Fantasy, Animals, Middle Grade, Cats, Audiobook, Young Adult, Ebooks

464 pages, Hardcover

First published September 8, 2026

About the author

Erin Hunter is the pseudonym of five people: Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Tui T. Sutherland, Gillian Philip, and Inbali Iserles, as well as editor Victoria Holmes. Together, they write the Warriors series as well as the Seekers and Survivors series. Erin Hunter is working on a new series now called Bravelands.

Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having a great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior, shaped by her interest in astronomy and standing stones.

Reviews

[Harper Cearley]

maybe i’m a pessimist, especially when it comes to warriors, but i’m unsure why exactly darktail of all cats needs a super edition. we already know what happened via onestar’s confession of nothingness, and i believe there’s alot more characters who would benefit from one. maybe a novella would be fitting— IF WE STILL HAD THOSE!

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darktail's Judgement will be a divisive super edition. You will either feel it unnecessary to tread old ground, or you'll find it to be a fascinating POV to experience past events through. I absolutely fall into the latter - this book is twisted, tragic, and above all else...really, really, well done.

With this book, the Erins have knocked Tigerstar out of his longstanding place as the ultimate Warriors villain. Once readers experience what it's like to be inside of Darktail's mind as he commits the famous acts we’ve read, (alongside all of the past ones that led him there,) there can't be any argument that THIS is the most villainous cat who ever walked the forest or the lake.

There are some wonderful cameos from well-known (and some very beloved) cats, and each one plays a key part in shaping Darktail's path. And while readers already know how the story ends, those cameos still find ways to surprise and delight. More than anything else, it's really enjoyable to see how Darktail views the cats and the clans that readers love.

I will note this for parents of younger Warriors readers: while this book is no more violent than any other Warriors book, it can be a bit more...chilling? I say this only because the POV of the most violent moments usually falls to a cat who is (or will be) the hero of the story, so although there is violence on the page, it reads in a hopeful tone. With Darktail's Judgement, the POV is darker than you'd imagine, as Darktail is no hero. When he wants to commit a villainous act, he lays it all out, explaining the emotions driving his choices, and some of it is more mature than younger readers might be used to. If the series is geared toward 8-12 year olds, I'd place this one toward the top of that age group.

And for older and longtime readers -- this book won't serve as a "Darktail is an anti-hero!" story. Even knowing and understanding his motivations, he's still a big bad when all is said and done. This book fills in the gaps of the A Vision of Shadows arc (which I've always felt was a bit off in its pacing) and more!

I'd rank this one very high on my list of Super Editions that Warriors has produced. It's really excellent storytelling, filled with moments that will stay with me for a long time.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Audio for an audio ARC of this book in exchange for this review. I cannot wait to physically add this to my collection!

[DOGLVR · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was very interesting to retread this story through Darktail's point of view. It is made extremely clear that Darktail is meant to be the villain (a stark contrast to Mapleshade's Vengeance, where Mapleshade's unreliable narration made some readers believe she was the "good guy" despite the awful actions she had committed). Seeing Darktail try to justify the atrocities he's committed over the course of the book is very interesting and I wish Warriors would give us flawed, notable protagonists more often--Alderpaw's anxiety was forgotten about once he began training as a medicine cat apprentice, there's Bristlefrost I guess? but she switches over to the good guys afterwards. Starlingpaw in the newest arc seems promising! Ivypool and Jayfeather remain iconic.

This super edition definitely does justice for Smoke's character. She becomes almost morally gray in this book, grappling with the actions of her son but loving him unconditionally nonetheless. I wish she'd gotten more book time before she died or maybe another appearance as a ghost so we could see what she thought about who Darktail was becoming, but her death was good for plot I guess.

Sol's presence in this book was a surprise, but not entirely unwelcome. It did feel a little fanservice-y to give him another role in the series but his parental relationship with Darktail paid off. Unfortunately, he gets into a relationship with Beatrice ("Meadow"), which felt a little unnecessary since it didn't do anything new for either of their personalities besides advancing the plot. And I never saw Sol as the kind of cat to fall head over heels over someone else, so it felt like it didn't do justice for his character.

I liked Marigold, but she felt a little dry in personality compared to Basil and definitely Rain. Darktail's romance with her makes sense, since she's been compassionate toward him, but he only really thinks about her beautiful eyes once she's dead instead of the type of person she was, so we don't really learn much else about her.

Speaking of Rain--he is so interesting! The development in his relationship with Darktail is very cool to read about. This book completely changes how I view him, although I do wish we had more of a build-up to his rebellious behavior instead of timeskipping to when it's more noticeable. Also, his interest in Needlepaw as an apprentice is really creepy and gross, but nothing new for the series, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The amount of death in this book is a little extreme for a story that doesn't really have a theme. Despite all the violence in this story, all of the deaths are Darktail's fault or just a matter of circumstance. So, what's the moral of this story? "Don't kill people?" "If you become a murderer, you'll ruin your life?" Kinda feels like the authors just wanted to write about Darktail killing people for 600+ pages instead of having the story resonate with the reader.

The characterization for the members of SkyClan was very noticeable. Hawkwing trying to please his father Sharpclaw, Echosong's skepticism in Darktail's words, even the elders were characterized. The same can't be said for Darktail's Kin, though. Besides Rain, Needletail, and Violetpaw, most of the members of the Kin just show up in-between timeskips and are given little to no personality. You'd think we'd get more focus on Raven since she's so prominent in many scenes, but we don't actually learn much about her. In terms of Sleekwhisker's characterization, I'm going to pretend this book doesn't exist regarding her. She's so interesting and one of the only female villains in this series, just for her motives to get watered down to "I have a crush on Darktail so I'll do whatever he says." Yikes.

Despite feeling like this was one of the better recent super editions besides Ivypool's Heart and possibly StormClan's Folly, I'm not sure I'd recommend it. An interesting read for sure. Whether that's good or bad is your choice.

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

This goes out to all the deadbeat dads and failsons alike—your circumstances may not be entirely your fault but they’re also not an excuse to be an asshole to everybody. I’ll hold you gently as I say this but you being hurt is NEVER a reason to hurt anyone else. And, I’m sorry life couldn’t be kinder. We all surely deserve better. But, the only remedy to that pain is to try and BE better ourselves.

Anyone who thinks these books are just for kids is kidding themselves~

[Alex T. · Rating 3.5 out of 5]

As far as Super Editions reiterating books we've already experienced from a different POV go, this one isn't half bad. Yes, it is pretty exhausting to go through all these events we know already, but thankfully there's also plenty of new content.

Darktail's POV was kinda messed up (he's definitely one of the darkest Hunter villains to date), but that made him engaging to read. It was interesting to see how he was basically Sol's son for a while (projecting his daddy issues onto Sol), and how complicated his relationship with Rain was.

The book doesn't handle background characters very well (similar to StormClan's Folly, where minor character just kinda pop into existence when the plot demands they be there, rather than them being introduced gradually). I also spotted a few typos, both in punctuation and the text (a wrong space before a comma, and at one point it said "them" instead of "the".) One cat has an amputated front leg "below the knee" (hint: cats only have knees in their hind legs. I think they meant "elbow" here). It was also kinda creepy seeing Rain take a particular interest in Needlepaw/tail going as far back as her being an apprentice. Granted, there's no power imbalance here as in the Kin everyone but Darktail is an equal, but Rain was DEFINITELY already an adult at this point, and Needlepaw was described as apprentice-aged and smaller. They don't really get together until both are adults, thankfully, but since we're meant to see Rain as sympathetic it kinda gave me the ick to see him already interested in her as an apprentice.

It's a good book overall but has some duds as well.

Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/20...

[Brianna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Daddy issues final boss. Truly did not need this psychopath’s POV

[Arden Young]

Now this is an example of a super edition I'm actually interested in!!

I feel like the super editions are hit or miss; they're always one of three things: new stories with fan favorite characters that take place between arcs (Squirrelflight, Ivypool, Firestar, etc.), new stories with new characters that take place in the past/present (Moth Flight, Stormclan, Hawkwing, etc.), or stories that are just a retelling of old events with old characters (Onestar, Leopardstar, Riverstar, etc.). (I haven't read any of the last 3 for a reason). Anyway, this one seems like a mix of all three, like we might actually learn new stuff. And the cover is ACTUALLY GOOD? I'm so hyped for this.

[Married to Sandstorm]

The cover is so prettyyyyyyy

[Zero XD · Rating 3 out of 5]

i am always interested in retelling of stories from different perspectives but the latter half of this book got very lazy and in general was a regurgitation of AVOS

many of the relationships darktail had in his life were explained excellently and framed perfectly through his lens as an unreliable protagonist, and i think he may have some of the most unique personality material among the many villains that exist in the series. i am especially impressed by this book’s ability to detail darktail’s anger management issues, as it is briefly touched upon in AVOS, however darktail’s malicious and cunning behavior is more present than his anger issues during that arc, so

i enjoy the explanation we receive for his unique bond with violetshine, but i wish it was more supplemental than “i relate to this lonely cat who was born outside of the clans and has no one to rely on because i see myself in her.” darktail has shown himself mostly unable to feel any kind of empathy, especially after he kills marigold, so this explanation felt slightly out of place, i wish that the erins had found a better way to explain their dynamic without retconning the events of AVOS

it never ceases to amaze me how many lives sol has ruined in this series, he is truly one of, if not The most
manipulative character in all of Warriors. I am not kidding

i am fond of the mutualistic relationship that forms between sol and darktail after smoke dies, and seeing darktail find a father figure in his anguish and chaotic state was very profound to me

at the same time i am disheartened by the amount of times darktail was let down. Especially when he wants to do better after making horrible mistakes in his life. this book really capitalized on the potential for angst and naturally it made me very sad

darktail’s dynamic with rain always fascinated me, and i am very content with the explanation we were given. It makes a lot of sense and fits very well

I have many good things to say about this book, such as the quality of darktail’s characterization, but after he kills marigold it deteriorates significantly. Maybe the shift is meant to represent the solidification of darktail’s resolve and dedication to a sinister path, but either way i wish every paragraph in the last 10 chapters wasn’t ripped right out of AVOS. There was like one or two unique sentences in each chapter at this point so

i have only read it once but i will read it again sometime within the next few weeks or months and i may revisit this tangent eventually.

If you’re ok with the amount of reused villain tropes in warrior cats (rejected by one or both parents as a kit) you will enjoy this book

darktail is still one of my favorite villains the series has to offer but i was kind of disappointed by the delivery of this book

[Jane Sock · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's no surprise I enjoyed this book as much as I did.

The Erins' writing did not disappoint me, like usual. I felt Darktail's anger and hurt, and yet I could tell when he was taking it too far.
I really enjoyed seeing more of his complicated relationship with Rain and how they'd met/grown close.

The ending, however, I can't decide if I love it, or if it's uncomplete. Darktail's last few lines really shook me. I was so surprised to see him feel remorse without redeeming himself.

Yeah, that's all I have to say. Definitely a good book though!

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the closest a warrior cats book has ever been to a slasher movie. Good lord lol. I’m honestly shock that I ended up losing count of how many cats the protag of this one kills either directly or through 4D chess self-gaslighting subterfuge.

It’s so over the top and gratuitous and edgy preteens will love it.

[Jay Semeniuk · Rating 5 out of 5]

such an odd feeling reading a 400+ page warriors book about a villain,,,

[Luma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Querido equipo de Warrior Cats, por favor, dejad de contarme los mismos arcos que ya he leído una y otra vez. Lo entiendo en formatos distintos como las novelas gráficas, pero aquí no tiene sentido. Todas estas novelas se superponen una y otra vez, ya he leído esto tres veces, en la serie principal, en otra super edición y en esta otra vez. No aporta. Si queréis reutilizar personajes, contad historias que sucedieran fuera de las sagas, haced universos alternos, pero contar lo mismo una y otra vez es muy cansino. Aprovechad los otros grupos que hay en el mundo para contar nuevas historias, dadle protagonismo a algún secundario, que los tenéis abandonados, pero por dios os lo pido, no hagáis una de estas con el malo de The Broken Code, ni con el de Starless Clan, no vale, no sirve y no aporta, o si lo hacéis, hacedlo bien, porque esto no ha habido por donde cogerlo. Terrible, no tengo nada más que decir.

[Makenzie Knudson · Rating 4.25 out of 5]

Going into this, Darktail was my favorite villain. I was curious to what went on behind his view and what his early life was like. After reading this book I was slightly traumatized lol

Darktail starts out as Darkkot to paw like a warrior because he is proud hus father, One whisker, is a windclan cat. What I like was hoe the relationship with Smoke and Darkpaw was like. Smoke never told him the clans were bad but she did give false advice to Darkpaw saying Onewhisker would come back.(she knew that wasn't true) Darkpaw often was teased by other kitty pets, especially Dudely and he kills him. It was clear from a young age Darktail had some kind of anger issues. Unfortunately Smoke and Darktail had to leave which ultimately leads to Smoke being killed by a car. Darktail was upset but he doesnt think its his faults but Dudelys and the other kittypets for making fun of him.

He eventually finds Sol and they hit it off. Both are terrible at hunting so instead they boast to a small group of cats about how they fight foxes and badgers. They end up getting free prey and hospitality, despite theyre lies. Darktail is happy and settles with Dol for some time until Sol gets a mate. This causes Darktail to become furious and eventually is driven out. His anger grows and he leaves. Sol pointed him to Skyclan which causes him to find them later but first...

Darktail almost drowns and badly injures himself. This is one of my favorite parts to read as Smoke says "look Darktail.. the river divides". One path being bloody and the other is him with kits. This shows Darktail truly jad a choice and chance to be someone new. He finally had the chance to have real friends and a mate. He was saved by Rain and Marigold, Basil treating him. Though Basil wasn't his favorite cat, he still respected he knew healing herbs. I liked the way the book included Darktail definitely had some serious anger problems and was trying his best to control them. Darktail didnt care to listen to Basil all the time but he did start to like Marigold and Rain. He even fell in love with Marigold.

Once she brings up the idea of kits to him, he freaks out. He remembers One whisker ans doesnt think hell be a good father. Marigold really wants kits and makes this clear to Darktail. Darktail decides he needs ro let his anger put by torturing a rabbit. This was graphic to read as he was slicing open the rabbit and it was shrieking. Marigold catches him and is freaked out (rightfully so) which causes Darktail to confess this is his way of getting his anger put so he wont hurt her. She runs away and Darktail runs after her. She kills her and thats the scene that really shocked me. Then Rain got dragged into it by being told to kill Basil since Basil "murdered" Marigold. This is the moment we knew Darktail chose the bloody path.

Rain was then his best friend, the only cat that Darktail had truly cared about. The authors mention Rains eyes looking like Marigolds and they haunted Darktail. The best but yet saddest part of reading this book was seeing how manipulated Rain was. One of the best things about this book was the character development on Rain, we dont see him as a true villain, but someone following Darktail because hes the only cat he has left that reminds him of Marigold.

Rain was forced to do Darktails dirty work at times even though he didnt want too. We see that with the kit Rain was forced to take then later brings her back to the windclan territory. His eye was scratched out by Darktail too because once again his eyes looked closely like Marigolds. Rain tried to kill Darktail as hes sick of this all (and almost succeeded). Darktail kills Rain and ends up telling him he killed Msrigold and Basil was killed for no reason. I really hate how horrible of a life Rain had with Darktail. Darktail respected no one ever.

Even as he fought Onestar in the end he felt fear and darkness. The epilouge chapter he realizes that cats hate him and realizes he cant blame them. He had chosen a life of hate and went down a dark path.

Over all this book was tragic to read but solid. I lived reading about Rain and loved the idea that Darktail could've had a happy life with kits.

[Kriska · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darktail's Judgement most might say Darktail got what he deserved. I don't fully agree. Yes, sure - he is a very evil cat. He wasn't exactly raised that way, in the way that some might think he was since Smoke said if Onewhisker did not keep his promise she would raise him to hate the Clans. Funny enough, it was not exactly her that raised him that way. Did she point out facts. Yes, the Clans do only care about themselves. They have brainwashed thoughts that they are better than everyone else, especially rogues, loners, or kittypets. They are raised to not understand there are different ways of living. They are raised to believe there is only their way, and no other way. Again I will say it. That is why I truly like the Wildcats ways of living. There is another common theme to this book. Darktail constantly blames everything that happens to him on the Clans. He never accepts responsibility or accountability for his own actions. Was Onestar wrong for what he did. Absolutely. He pretended to be something he was not, and was too embarrassed to speak the truth. Onestar did sort of get what he deserved. He made a promise he could not keep and/or did not intend to keep. Onestar did feel some guilt at times in his Super Edition on how he did never return to get Darkkit. They both in the end got to kill each other. I don't fully quite understand why Darktail did end up in the Dark Forest/The Place of No Stars since he was not fully a Clan cat. He was born with half Clan blood, but he was not raised in the Clans so why he ended up there is questionable because as even Darktail said himself, the Clans nor StarClan accepted him. So why now? Was it his punishment to not really go to the place he was supposed to go so he would not see his old companions? I wondered what happened to Basil. He was like a medicine cat. I wanted to know more about him. I'm also not quite certain what Darktail's destiny was supposed to be. Was it really to try and destroy the Clans? To show them how wrong they are on their ways of treating outsiders? If it was, it was not him entirely that lead up to it since it was really Ashfur's final actions that led the Clans to finally considering to change the Warrior code. And it is not even yet, their beliefs on how they should treat others outside their Clans. It is more on allowing them to switch Clans for those they love, which is a start. But they are not there yet. Another item that bothers me is all the kittypets that knew Darkkit, made fun of him. Instead as he got older maybe they should have told him the truth about his father. How they knew him instead of choosing to bully him. Or maybe it was Smoke who asked them not to say anything. But either way, we all know how that turned out. I did enjoy seeing how Darktail made his plans and how he made it to SkyClan, how he spied on all of the Clans to have his plans work. It's sad that Darktail only thought that since he felt rejected by all that he would not make a good father. He could have had a good life with Marigold. But he had so much hate that it consumed him, making him evil. He still could have shown the Clans their ways were wrong, just not in the way that he chose. Sort of like the Wildcats. There are also the Sisters, that have their beliefs. If anything, StarClan should have gotten to know the Wildcats hunting grounds much sooner, to learn that they can still be a Clan, but not have that ugly attitude that there is nothing better than them.

[S.L. Sullivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Local manchild with daddy issues couch surfing in innocent peoples' basements enters villain era, more at eight.

The most interesting thing about this book is all the other side stories around Darktail plotting in the corner. None of this is particularly groundbreaking information. The most interesting thing was a Warrior Cats chapter book calling Ravenpaw and Barley mates in dialogue, what Sol was doing and the inner workings of SkyClan before the Clans reunited. That's... Kind of it. There was no moment where I went "ohhh! So that's what happened then!" In fact, if I didn't see some side characters that I really liked, I would have definitely rated this lower. But it didn't deeply irk me, so it got that extra point.

I found it very strange that we needed a sequel to the lowest rated Super Edition, but whatever. I guess they needed a new lowest rated Super Edition or...

I don't really see the point in trying to humanize Darktail. It was just funny. I couldn't care less about his daddy issues or his desire for revenge or even his love issues with a character we knew for all of two chapters. I really couldn't. He just sucks! At no point did I have sympathy for him whatsoever. I don't think very many people will, to be fair. If you love a toxic MC like I do, you'll vibe with this. Otherwise... Just read AVOS.
Darktail himself isn't a particularly unique Warriors villain. We could have had this book be about oh, literally any of the other Warriors villains and the plot points of bad childhood and abandonment issues would largely stay the same. But I know Darktail has fans, so maybe this book is fan service for them and just not for me. Hey, hope they enjoy it!

The writing is fine. I don't know who in particular wrote this in the Erin Hunter umbrella, but it's not BAD. I preferred the writing in StormClan's Folly. I still think whoever is editing these books needs to open their eyes. There's no reason we should be referring to "Bellapaw, a SkyClan apprentice" who had been Bellaleaf, a SkyClan warrior the chapter before and two sentences after.

The point of a Super Edition is to add something to a main series character or elaborate on a plot. I'm still waiting for the results of StormClan's Folly. But this one... Why does this exist, honestly. We already have AVOS and Onestar's Confession. I've been here before. A few times, actually. Maybe I've just missed something deeply vital and all will be revealed in time, but somehow... I don't think so.

[Vitalia Strait · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes and tragedy in Warriors Super Editions... or whatever it was Ben Franklin said.

I had very low expectations going into this one, since I didn't care much for the Darktail saga, but I am happy to say I'm on the side of the fandom that ate this up. It was dark (no pun intended), insightful, and unpredictable, even though some of the plot points were, obviously, covered in the main series.

As several Super Editions do, this one suffered from some pacing issues here and there, but nothing too bad. I also was okay with glossing over those, since the character growth felt consistent. The book accomplished two things I didn't think possible: making me think Darktail was a decent villain (I'd have to reread his series books to make a claim for there, but in this book, yes) and making me sympathize with Needletail, who is one of my all-time least favorite cats.

I also must say, I love that Warriors books can still make me gasp in my mid-twenties.

[Leann Reeves · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been slowly making my way through this whole set of books as a whole. I had just gotten to this part of the arcs when I saw this on NetGalley and had to request it. I was so happy to receive it. It is not often that I have a book that I liked but absolutely hated the main character. So for with most of the Super Editions or side novellas, I have been able to come around a little bit to their side. But the more I learned about Darktail, the more I hated him. I did enjoy learning more about his childhood and getting that backstory, and to see some of his thoughts he had during the last stories. So glad I was able to get past this though and on to the rest of the stories, that I'm sure Darktail will pop up in again. The evil ones usually never actually die.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was not excited at first when the concept of this book was released as I thought it was a waste of time to go over a villain whose story was already told in the main arc, but I’m glad to say I was wrong. it’s refreshing to have a villain that is truly just evil, most media nowadays needs to have some sort of redemption, there is no redeeming Darktail, he was a psychopath from birth, and I liked that. He is truly insane and you can tell from his narration. I also liked knowing what he was up to before taking over Skyclan, I’m also glad they had an old character show up, if you know what I mean lol.

[Nyah · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is DARK and good! i love the unreliable narrator aspect and it was interesting reading darktail make excuses and twist it to blame even marigold's death on onestar's paws. the bit at the end where he basically embraced death was genuinely amazing. however the age gap between rain and needlepaw is gross. its whiplash when darktail's internal monologue talks about how young apprentices are but we just ignore the fact that rain was crushing on one. also -1 star for the fact this book is just a retelling of previous books

[Blizzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow . . . a Warriors super edition that didn't completely destroy the main character's previous characterization? What a world we're living in! Darktail is by far my favorite villain in the series, so I was cautiously optimistic for the book (considering the series' track record with similar stories). Darktail is a very disturbing character to read from his POV, and this book did it all amazingly. Every aspect of Darktail's character was handled just as it should've been. The final chapter and the epilogue have some of the best writing in maybe all of Warriors

[Kaylee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review will be finished when I have time!

Huh. Four stars for now. This was weirdly pretty good.

Writing (better? Maybe because there are more fights?)

Plot
Rehashing and retelling, but better this time because it’s actually necessary

Characters
Literally only Darktail; everyone else is supporting cast
THE BAD: AKA read my StormClan’s Folly review, also great more sexist portrayals of female villains hooray; RIP Sleekwhisker’s character ig

The main character is the villain

Overview

[Kiri · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's always fun to be in a villain's head. This guy is so messed up, and I wonder if he could've been helped, too. Apparently, there might have been a chance. Also fun to see Sol again, wonder if that guy is still kicking around somewhere in the modern stories or not.

[Breanne Deelstra · Rating 3.75 out of 5]

This was kind of disappointing. I think the first super editions are written a lot better and carefully than the new books. The gaps and transitions could be done better, but it was also really good in a way, because the story is interesting however displayed

[Anna]

I don't know why they felt the need to write more of Darktail's story and what the point was. We already knew he was psychotic and a killer and everything. There really wasn't any point for this, other then to have his perspective. So yea it just felt like this wasn't really needed.

[Jackie J · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty solid for a warrior cats book

[Emily Raker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genuinely one of the best warrior books ever written, Darktail is a complex character who is treated as such- down to some interesting representation of ASPD tendencies. Absolutely gripping.

[Jetta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why Spoil? i suggest read it or listen by audio.

[MacKenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have so many thoughts and barely any coherent

[Chelsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably one of the best super editions of late. I really enjoyed the story of Darktail. I listened to the Audiobook available on Audible. The narrator was great. Definitely recommend.