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The Dark Times Trilogy #2
The New Dawn
Sorrel's search for her brother and her boyfriend takes her to Dinawl, a city ruled above-ground by the ruthless Monitors and below by the rebellious Metro. In a world where things are not always as they seem, where survival depends on the kindness of strangers, and close friends make the bitterest of enemies, how will Sorrel know who to trust?
270 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2018
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Lorraine Thomson
4 books4 followersLorraine Thomson was born in Glasgow. She won a UK writing competition and was short-listed for the Dundee Book Prize. She now lives in Ullapool on the rugged north-west coast of Scotland.
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March 11, 2018
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
This is the second book of Trilogy....I thought it'll be hard to read the second book as more likely I'd forget the first book, but surprisingly I remembered many things.
My favourite thing about this trilogy is, It offers a good story and many characters still, It is too quick and easy to read.
Sorrell is working with Niven and Co(The metro) who were doing planning to take back Dnawl, but Sorrell realised that their reality is no more the same she thought, They are not working for me people but for Power but she is trapped with them and don't have another option other than to stick with them.
She finally met David, who gives her hope that her bother is alive.
At someplace I felt like the story is dragged, otherwise, I enjoyed it, Everyone is a bit mature than the first book except David.
Sorrell is a bit mature than the first book but still, there is a lot she has to learn.
David, he is too stubborn, who don't want to compromise on anything, he acted as a big stupid in most of Book.
Einstein, I don't know, he is good but I can't trust him completely.
Niven, Yolanda and Willow, I hate them all they are so cruel and heartless, they deserved a torturous ending as they decide for others.
Mara, is such a snake in the sleeve, she doesn't have heart, The only thing she cares about is POWER.
Overall I enjoyed it and would definitely read the last book.
This is the second book of Trilogy....I thought it'll be hard to read the second book as more likely I'd forget the first book, but surprisingly I remembered many things.
My favourite thing about this trilogy is, It offers a good story and many characters still, It is too quick and easy to read.
Sorrell is working with Niven and Co(The metro) who were doing planning to take back Dnawl, but Sorrell realised that their reality is no more the same she thought, They are not working for me people but for Power but she is trapped with them and don't have another option other than to stick with them.
She finally met David, who gives her hope that her bother is alive.
At someplace I felt like the story is dragged, otherwise, I enjoyed it, Everyone is a bit mature than the first book except David.
Sorrell is a bit mature than the first book but still, there is a lot she has to learn.
David, he is too stubborn, who don't want to compromise on anything, he acted as a big stupid in most of Book.
Einstein, I don't know, he is good but I can't trust him completely.
Niven, Yolanda and Willow, I hate them all they are so cruel and heartless, they deserved a torturous ending as they decide for others.
Mara, is such a snake in the sleeve, she doesn't have heart, The only thing she cares about is POWER.
Overall I enjoyed it and would definitely read the last book.
August 6, 2018
The New Dawn - Neuer Morgen (Dark-Times-Trilogie 2)
von Lorraine Thomson
beBEYOND by Bastei Lübbe
Mein Dank gilt Netgalley und dem beBEYOND Verlag für die Bereitstellung des Rezensionsexemplars. Meine Meinung wurde dadurch nicht beeinflußt.
Cover:
Wunderschön gestaltet, mit zarten Farben und einem keltischen Knoten. Ein Cover, welches mich persönlich sehr anspricht.
Rezension:
Der zweite Teil einer Triologie, der endlich die offenen Fragen aus dem ersten Teil beantwortet und auch wieder neue aufwirft für das Ende dieser Triologie. Die Protagonistin Sorrell (ich liebe diesen Namen, da meine Tochter so heißt ;) ) trifft auf ihrer Suche nach David und Eli, die unterschiedlichsten Personen, wobei sie lernen muss, nicht jedem der ihr wohlgesonnen scheint vertrauen zu können. Es gibt keine 100% Garantie auf einen positiven Ausgang ihrer Suche aber immer wieder Hoffnungsschimmer. Teilweise zieht sich die Handlung wie Kaugummi und es fühlt sich an wie ein Lückenfüller, dann wieder ist sie so rasant, dass man als Leser förmlich darin verschluckt wird und man Luft zum Atmen braucht. Alles in allem ein sehr gutes Buch, mit der einzigen Schwäche, dass manche Passagen zu langatmig geschrieben wurden. Mein Fazit ist, dass man oft genug selbst eingreifen möchte in die Handlung, weil man sehr involviert wird darin als Lesen. Das macht für mich ein gutes Buch aus. 4/5 Sterne
von Lorraine Thomson
beBEYOND by Bastei Lübbe
Mein Dank gilt Netgalley und dem beBEYOND Verlag für die Bereitstellung des Rezensionsexemplars. Meine Meinung wurde dadurch nicht beeinflußt.
Cover:
Wunderschön gestaltet, mit zarten Farben und einem keltischen Knoten. Ein Cover, welches mich persönlich sehr anspricht.
Rezension:
Der zweite Teil einer Triologie, der endlich die offenen Fragen aus dem ersten Teil beantwortet und auch wieder neue aufwirft für das Ende dieser Triologie. Die Protagonistin Sorrell (ich liebe diesen Namen, da meine Tochter so heißt ;) ) trifft auf ihrer Suche nach David und Eli, die unterschiedlichsten Personen, wobei sie lernen muss, nicht jedem der ihr wohlgesonnen scheint vertrauen zu können. Es gibt keine 100% Garantie auf einen positiven Ausgang ihrer Suche aber immer wieder Hoffnungsschimmer. Teilweise zieht sich die Handlung wie Kaugummi und es fühlt sich an wie ein Lückenfüller, dann wieder ist sie so rasant, dass man als Leser förmlich darin verschluckt wird und man Luft zum Atmen braucht. Alles in allem ein sehr gutes Buch, mit der einzigen Schwäche, dass manche Passagen zu langatmig geschrieben wurden. Mein Fazit ist, dass man oft genug selbst eingreifen möchte in die Handlung, weil man sehr involviert wird darin als Lesen. Das macht für mich ein gutes Buch aus. 4/5 Sterne
April 4, 2018
#TheNewDawn #NetGalley
Publisher synopsis: Sorrel's search for her brother and her boyfriend takes her to Dinawl, a city ruled above-ground by the ruthless Monitors and below by the rebellious Metro. In a world where things are not always as they seem, where survival depends on the kindness of strangers, and close friends make the bitterest of enemies, how will Sorrel know who to trust?
I love this series! It is not like anything out there today. It explores a lot of facets of human character. How someone can be good, but that person can become jaded by life. And then that person makes a choice.. try to see the good, or let the bad take over. This book took a hard look at David and Sorrel's relationship. (Contains spoilers) They both are working to find each other, and they finally through leaps and bounds do, but they are different people now. So they both try to make it work because they fought so hard and loved so much, but they are both different now and honestly I don't think they would like each other if they happened to meet at this stage in their life. Without too many spoilers I was surprised at David and all of his anger. But the end of the book was eye opening also.
I hope you read this story, and the New Dark first.
I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Publisher synopsis: Sorrel's search for her brother and her boyfriend takes her to Dinawl, a city ruled above-ground by the ruthless Monitors and below by the rebellious Metro. In a world where things are not always as they seem, where survival depends on the kindness of strangers, and close friends make the bitterest of enemies, how will Sorrel know who to trust?
I love this series! It is not like anything out there today. It explores a lot of facets of human character. How someone can be good, but that person can become jaded by life. And then that person makes a choice.. try to see the good, or let the bad take over. This book took a hard look at David and Sorrel's relationship. (Contains spoilers) They both are working to find each other, and they finally through leaps and bounds do, but they are different people now. So they both try to make it work because they fought so hard and loved so much, but they are both different now and honestly I don't think they would like each other if they happened to meet at this stage in their life. Without too many spoilers I was surprised at David and all of his anger. But the end of the book was eye opening also.
I hope you read this story, and the New Dark first.
I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 20, 2018
THE STORY
When Sorrel is looking for her boyfriend David and her little brother Eli, she arrives in the town of Dinawl, which is ruled by strange monitors. She encounters a rebel group, whose leader promises to help her find David and Eli, after she helped the rebels with their rebellion against the monitors. After the monitors burn down the Dregs Sorrel wants to help the people who lived there, but soon realises that good and bad are hard to divide.
MY OPINION
World
The portrayal of the world is just as well as it was in the first part. I didn‘t encounter any irregularities to the former describtions. Personally I‘d love to get to know more about the Before and the catastrophe which lead us to now. We get to know, that Dinawl and the Dregs were built by parts of the metro above the ground, but the part underground was forgotten. There are hints about the Before (like the zoo), which makes everything more believable. What I feel is abit odd, is that Sorrel doesn‘t know rats, although she doesn‘t live that far away from Dinawl, where she probably woud encounter some herself.
Characters
Sorrels character doesn‘t stray far from the first part of the series. She still wants to help the people living in the Dregs and doesn‘t back away from telling Niven. Her naivity lets her stumble into the craziest situations, which I can‘t comprehend. Yeah, she grew up in a small village and has to learn a lot about her work, but she doesn‘t seem to learn at all, still falling for the stupidest of things.
Davids character doesn‘t seem to grow, either. He still only knows hate, even after he finds Sorrel again and gets freed from his thrallband. He can‘t trust even the girl he loves, which makes him pretty unpopular.
Einstein is one of my favourite characters in this series. He still doesn‘t seem to have any faults, except for being a mutant of course, but we do learn a lot more about him and his life this time. Knowing more about him also makes his choices believable.
Niven is one of those characters who gave me the creeps from the start. I didn‘t like him in the first part, so it wasn‘t a surprise, that I didn‘t like him in the second part. He‘s very powerdriven and I can‘t tell why Sorrel doesn‘t see that from the start. He also doesn‘t seem to have any good character traits (as well as Yolanda), which doesn‘t make him too believable. He lacks the believable part, because other than his need for power he doesn‘t have any goals and knowing almost nothing about his past, doesn‘t help.
Story
I love that the second part starts as soon as the first part ended. There isn‘t a long story before anything starts and the reader just gets thrown back into the story. Sadly I found the first part of the second book a bit too predictable. The rebellion was over way too fast after they started it, but it brought Sorrel back to her first plan: Finding her little brother.
Personally I thought the books were parted rather weirdly. The last chapters always get a little boring and are more like what I imagine as the start of a book, where the reader gets exited for the big thing happening in the end. The way to find Eli for example would have been better placed in the beginning of another book. After all the rebellion and her following search for Eli are two very different stories.
CONCLUSION
After an okay start with the first book, the second book was a little better. This time I had a much better start, because the story started off right away. Sometimes plottwists were too obvious for my taste and some characters were too much bad guy, without anything likable.
Even with the negative things said, I liked it in the end and I really want to know the rest of the story, so I will be reading the following books aswell, even though I might not run to the bookstore as soon as they get published.
When Sorrel is looking for her boyfriend David and her little brother Eli, she arrives in the town of Dinawl, which is ruled by strange monitors. She encounters a rebel group, whose leader promises to help her find David and Eli, after she helped the rebels with their rebellion against the monitors. After the monitors burn down the Dregs Sorrel wants to help the people who lived there, but soon realises that good and bad are hard to divide.
MY OPINION
World
The portrayal of the world is just as well as it was in the first part. I didn‘t encounter any irregularities to the former describtions. Personally I‘d love to get to know more about the Before and the catastrophe which lead us to now. We get to know, that Dinawl and the Dregs were built by parts of the metro above the ground, but the part underground was forgotten. There are hints about the Before (like the zoo), which makes everything more believable. What I feel is abit odd, is that Sorrel doesn‘t know rats, although she doesn‘t live that far away from Dinawl, where she probably woud encounter some herself.
Characters
Sorrels character doesn‘t stray far from the first part of the series. She still wants to help the people living in the Dregs and doesn‘t back away from telling Niven. Her naivity lets her stumble into the craziest situations, which I can‘t comprehend. Yeah, she grew up in a small village and has to learn a lot about her work, but she doesn‘t seem to learn at all, still falling for the stupidest of things.
Davids character doesn‘t seem to grow, either. He still only knows hate, even after he finds Sorrel again and gets freed from his thrallband. He can‘t trust even the girl he loves, which makes him pretty unpopular.
Einstein is one of my favourite characters in this series. He still doesn‘t seem to have any faults, except for being a mutant of course, but we do learn a lot more about him and his life this time. Knowing more about him also makes his choices believable.
Niven is one of those characters who gave me the creeps from the start. I didn‘t like him in the first part, so it wasn‘t a surprise, that I didn‘t like him in the second part. He‘s very powerdriven and I can‘t tell why Sorrel doesn‘t see that from the start. He also doesn‘t seem to have any good character traits (as well as Yolanda), which doesn‘t make him too believable. He lacks the believable part, because other than his need for power he doesn‘t have any goals and knowing almost nothing about his past, doesn‘t help.
Story
I love that the second part starts as soon as the first part ended. There isn‘t a long story before anything starts and the reader just gets thrown back into the story. Sadly I found the first part of the second book a bit too predictable. The rebellion was over way too fast after they started it, but it brought Sorrel back to her first plan: Finding her little brother.
Personally I thought the books were parted rather weirdly. The last chapters always get a little boring and are more like what I imagine as the start of a book, where the reader gets exited for the big thing happening in the end. The way to find Eli for example would have been better placed in the beginning of another book. After all the rebellion and her following search for Eli are two very different stories.
CONCLUSION
After an okay start with the first book, the second book was a little better. This time I had a much better start, because the story started off right away. Sometimes plottwists were too obvious for my taste and some characters were too much bad guy, without anything likable.
Even with the negative things said, I liked it in the end and I really want to know the rest of the story, so I will be reading the following books aswell, even though I might not run to the bookstore as soon as they get published.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2024
"The New Dawn" by Lorraine Thomson is a captivating dystopian novel that transports readers to a world ravaged by environmental catastrophe and societal collapse. Set in a future where humanity faces extinction, the story follows protagonist Evie as she navigates the dangerous remnants of civilization in search of hope and redemption. Thomson's writing is vivid and immersive, painting a stark and haunting portrait of a world on the brink of collapse. As Evie grapples with the harsh realities of survival and the moral dilemmas that come with it, readers are drawn into a gripping tale of resilience, sacrifice, and the enduring power of the human spirit. With its compelling characters, thought-provoking themes, and pulse-pounding suspense, "The New Dawn" is a must-read for fans of dystopian fiction.
April 5, 2018
#Netgalley #TheNewDawn #TheDarkTimesTrilogy2
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the E-Arc copy of this novel.
I read the first novel and really enjoyed it. I have also recommended it to many others. I was excited to see the second one on Netgalley. I had read several comments from different reviewers that they felt it dragged on and on. I thought that this book was slower, but with purpose. It had a lot more information to be detailed about the characters. It builds up for the finale. I gave it four stars because middle books tend to flail or fly. I thought this one flew. Trilogies in general are hard because you want to keep your reader, but not give too much away. The New Dawn is defiantly worth reading, especially if you have read the first.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the E-Arc copy of this novel.
I read the first novel and really enjoyed it. I have also recommended it to many others. I was excited to see the second one on Netgalley. I had read several comments from different reviewers that they felt it dragged on and on. I thought that this book was slower, but with purpose. It had a lot more information to be detailed about the characters. It builds up for the finale. I gave it four stars because middle books tend to flail or fly. I thought this one flew. Trilogies in general are hard because you want to keep your reader, but not give too much away. The New Dawn is defiantly worth reading, especially if you have read the first.
August 20, 2018
Ich habe echt fast die hälfte des Buches gebraucht um wieder reinzukommen, und habe eigentlich nur weitergelesen, nachdem ich mir meine Rezesion vom ersten Teil nochmal durchgelesen habe.
Sobald ich dann aber wieder drin war, wurde ich wieder gefesselt. Die Story wird von Höhen und Tiefend durchzogen, die mal spanndend und doch auch mal langweilig und langgezogen wirken.
Jetzt muss ich erstmal erwähnen, dass David ein Mega Arschloch ist. Der Typ geht gar nicht. Auch wenn man weiß was passiert ist, kann ich sein Verhalten abzolut nicht nachvollziehen. Einstein hat meine vollste Sympathie.
Am besten liest man die Bücher nach einander durch, damit man drinnebleibt, aber ich freue mich schon auf den letzten Band, ich will nun unbedingt wissen, wie es mit Eli ausshiet.,
Sobald ich dann aber wieder drin war, wurde ich wieder gefesselt. Die Story wird von Höhen und Tiefend durchzogen, die mal spanndend und doch auch mal langweilig und langgezogen wirken.
Jetzt muss ich erstmal erwähnen, dass David ein Mega Arschloch ist. Der Typ geht gar nicht. Auch wenn man weiß was passiert ist, kann ich sein Verhalten abzolut nicht nachvollziehen. Einstein hat meine vollste Sympathie.
Am besten liest man die Bücher nach einander durch, damit man drinnebleibt, aber ich freue mich schon auf den letzten Band, ich will nun unbedingt wissen, wie es mit Eli ausshiet.,
May 23, 2018
I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is the 2nd installment in the trilogy and I didn't quite enjoy it as much as the 1st one. I didn't feel the same attachment to the characters and it all seemed a bit rushed. Granted, there was a lot going on in this book, and I did read it all in one sitting but it didn't leave me with the feeling of absolutely needing to know what happens next.
I'm definitely planning on reading the final book when it becomes available and I'm hoping it will be a bit better than this one.
This is the 2nd installment in the trilogy and I didn't quite enjoy it as much as the 1st one. I didn't feel the same attachment to the characters and it all seemed a bit rushed. Granted, there was a lot going on in this book, and I did read it all in one sitting but it didn't leave me with the feeling of absolutely needing to know what happens next.
I'm definitely planning on reading the final book when it becomes available and I'm hoping it will be a bit better than this one.
July 15, 2018
David just kinda pissed me off in this book. Even when he was starting to turn around he would go right back to fighting with Sorrel and Einstein. And I don't know, the pacing went from fast to really slow at times. I hope that like with Martin, we'll get some resolution with what happened in Dinawl because it felt weird to just leave and move onto finding Eli.
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I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own!
This was a series I was really looking forward to continuing. In The New Dark, we met some interesting characters that I was interested in seeing again although the reunion was not exactly what I was expecting. I think The New Dawn was a bit of the step down from the The New Dark in terms of pacing, plot, and romance.
To start off, I think I’d have to address the plot and pacing because The New Dawn felt very slow to me compared to the first book. It took almost halfway through the book for me to feel as if the story was actually going somewhere. Most of the book was spent going around the city it seemed with either Sorrel or David talking about how much they wanted to meet each other. It really didn’t feel like the story was moving towards something for a while and it wasn’t exactly clear. I wanted to see the rebellion progress and see Sorrel take charge, but her character felt… flimsy in this one which I guess leads into my next point.
Sorrel had opinions about what was right and wrong, but she didn’t often stand up for them. I felt like she needed to be more of a leader but it seemed like when it came down to it she just gave up on creating change and decided to just focus on what she wanted (to find her brother). It really left me wanting more because I didn’t get the strong female lead I was expecting.
And since we’re talking about characters: I spent most of the first book and this one waiting for the moment when Sorrel and David would be reunited. Although I wasn’t really invested in the romance I still wanted to see the moment when they were reunited and when it finally happened… they spent most of the book fighting. Honestly, it was just a real let down. David felt really immature and prejudiced. His character’s prejudice against Einstein/mutants was very annoying. Even after he decided to give mutants a chance and Einstein proved himself David was still cruel to him. And his decision/actions at the very end made me lose a bit of respect for him.
As for the other characters, they were really forgettable. No one else really stood out to me besides Niven and Yolanda. I felt like we needed to spend more time with them and not just jump from scene to scene. Yolanda was a character I never could figure out either. She seemed to give Sorrel warnings and kind of be on her side, but then she was always going against her as well. I just didn’t know what to make of her.
One thing that I really enjoyed in the book, however, was that we were able to run into past characters. I liked that we received some resolution with Martin and it makes me hope that we’ll get the same thing in the next book. I didn’t like how Sorrel and her friends left Dinawl without really seeing things through. Hopefully, the next book will tell us what happened after they left.
I really can’t say much else for the book except that I wanted more from it. I still thought the world was interesting and I wanted to see where the adventure went next, but I’m hoping the next book is more well-put together.
The New Dawn was released on March 1st.
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❝ She turned back to the children, and within moments they had gone, disappearing into the crowd, and suddenly Sorrel realised–she had sent them to Niven and he had used them as weapons.
Einstein was wrong–this wasn’t just a dangerous place for him–it was dangerous for them all. ❞
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own!
This was a series I was really looking forward to continuing. In The New Dark, we met some interesting characters that I was interested in seeing again although the reunion was not exactly what I was expecting. I think The New Dawn was a bit of the step down from the The New Dark in terms of pacing, plot, and romance.
To start off, I think I’d have to address the plot and pacing because The New Dawn felt very slow to me compared to the first book. It took almost halfway through the book for me to feel as if the story was actually going somewhere. Most of the book was spent going around the city it seemed with either Sorrel or David talking about how much they wanted to meet each other. It really didn’t feel like the story was moving towards something for a while and it wasn’t exactly clear. I wanted to see the rebellion progress and see Sorrel take charge, but her character felt… flimsy in this one which I guess leads into my next point.
Sorrel had opinions about what was right and wrong, but she didn’t often stand up for them. I felt like she needed to be more of a leader but it seemed like when it came down to it she just gave up on creating change and decided to just focus on what she wanted (to find her brother). It really left me wanting more because I didn’t get the strong female lead I was expecting.
❝ If Sorrel had learned anything since the destruction of her home, it was this: monsters came in many guises. ❞
And since we’re talking about characters: I spent most of the first book and this one waiting for the moment when Sorrel and David would be reunited. Although I wasn’t really invested in the romance I still wanted to see the moment when they were reunited and when it finally happened… they spent most of the book fighting. Honestly, it was just a real let down. David felt really immature and prejudiced. His character’s prejudice against Einstein/mutants was very annoying. Even after he decided to give mutants a chance and Einstein proved himself David was still cruel to him. And his decision/actions at the very end made me lose a bit of respect for him.
As for the other characters, they were really forgettable. No one else really stood out to me besides Niven and Yolanda. I felt like we needed to spend more time with them and not just jump from scene to scene. Yolanda was a character I never could figure out either. She seemed to give Sorrel warnings and kind of be on her side, but then she was always going against her as well. I just didn’t know what to make of her.
One thing that I really enjoyed in the book, however, was that we were able to run into past characters. I liked that we received some resolution with Martin and it makes me hope that we’ll get the same thing in the next book. I didn’t like how Sorrel and her friends left Dinawl without really seeing things through. Hopefully, the next book will tell us what happened after they left.
I really can’t say much else for the book except that I wanted more from it. I still thought the world was interesting and I wanted to see where the adventure went next, but I’m hoping the next book is more well-put together.
The New Dawn was released on March 1st.
March 15, 2018
I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
The New Dawn is book two of The Dark Times Trilogy. It follows the events of the first book, The New Dark. Sorrel is working with Niven and his followers in their plot to take Dinawl. Meanwhile, she's still on the lookout for David and her brother. She winds up finding David during riots that occur while the city is being taken over. Eventually, Niven takes control of Dinawl but then stabs Sorrel in the back. Sorrel and company escape the city and start on a journey to a place where Einstein believes Sorrel's brother Eli may be located. This was one marginally better than the first. I felt like the author tried to cram too much into this story in terms of characters, places, and events. There was way too much focus on the events in Dinawl and not enough on the places and events following that. This could have provided some good opportunities for world building. The main characters came across as lovesick, immature teenagers rather than people living in a post apocalyptic world populated by humans and mutants trying to survive.
The New Dawn is book two of The Dark Times Trilogy. It follows the events of the first book, The New Dark. Sorrel is working with Niven and his followers in their plot to take Dinawl. Meanwhile, she's still on the lookout for David and her brother. She winds up finding David during riots that occur while the city is being taken over. Eventually, Niven takes control of Dinawl but then stabs Sorrel in the back. Sorrel and company escape the city and start on a journey to a place where Einstein believes Sorrel's brother Eli may be located. This was one marginally better than the first. I felt like the author tried to cram too much into this story in terms of characters, places, and events. There was way too much focus on the events in Dinawl and not enough on the places and events following that. This could have provided some good opportunities for world building. The main characters came across as lovesick, immature teenagers rather than people living in a post apocalyptic world populated by humans and mutants trying to survive.
April 20, 2018
I was so very lucky to be invited to read this book! I read the first one, The New Dark and my review said that this was a book to lose myself in, a book which leaves me wanting more. This second book also leaves me wanting more. The New Dawn shows us greed, so much greed that anything and anyone is sacrificed to satisfy that greed by the power hungry Martin and also Niven. The book mentions the Before people who went to the brink of disaster and then went over the edge and the world entered a dark age. The Before people had it all and they destroyed it. The story also shows us that monsters are not always obvious, they can be the pretty people but dangerous and ugly inside. The mutants, who are ugly outside, can turn out to be the smartest and most compassionate. During this book, Sorrel grows stronger and stronger but never loses her compassion or kind nature. She finally is reunited with David, who has a hard time accepting Sorrel as she is now, mature, strong and compassionate. Her closest friend is a mutant, Einstein, and David becomes very jealous of him. Sorrel travels with Einstein to be reunited with Eli, her little brother. I just love this series!
March 15, 2018
I tried reading it and i could just just not get into it. It just draged on and on. I ended up having to put it down and pick up a new book.
April 3, 2018
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!
This is the second book in the Dark times trilogy and happily it did not disappoint!
I love the characters in this series, Sorrell, the main character matures and grows as a character throughout the series.
This is a series that is extremely easy to read, there were some parts that dragged but overall a great read and i will be buying the next book in the series!
This is the second book in the Dark times trilogy and happily it did not disappoint!
I love the characters in this series, Sorrell, the main character matures and grows as a character throughout the series.
This is a series that is extremely easy to read, there were some parts that dragged but overall a great read and i will be buying the next book in the series!
April 4, 2018
I read the first book a while ago but found it surprisingly easy to get back into the story. I neither liked or disliked the first book but was a little curious to see how the story continued and I'm glad I gave it a go as I though it was much better than the first. The character generally got more mature and although I was a little bored at some parts overall I really enjoyed it.
April 2, 2019
Reviewing for NetGalley
This is the second book in the series and I found it to be an easy read to understand. I haven’t yet read the first book but I thoroughly enjoyed the second novel.
This is the second book in the series and I found it to be an easy read to understand. I haven’t yet read the first book but I thoroughly enjoyed the second novel.
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