The Demon in the Wood: A Darkling Prequel Story Review

    This short story takes readers into the Darkling's past. You will learn about him before his reign and before he was the Darkling. He once was like any other little boy, with the exception of a very unique gift. What happened in his past that acted as a catalyst for him to become the Darkling we know now?

     Keep in mind that everyone has their own opinion. This review is only my opinion, and you may have your own, different one. I would take into consideration what I say, but do not make a decision about the book solely based off of this review. Let's begin:

    This review will be extremely short because there is not much to say on it. It was a very short story, so there is not a lot of material to work with for a review.

    I really enjoyed reading this and getting a bit of information about who the Darkling was before he was the Darkling. Throughout the trilogy, he was very fascinating because of how morally gray he is. There were times where he did very bad things yes, but you could almost always see he did have a good side. He was not born a bad person- he was made into someone who may not have done the right things even though he had good intentions. Therefore, it was very cool to see when he was completely good and what happened that sort of twisted the way he thought in a more negative way. Baghra was a pleasant surprise too. It was fun to see her as she was before her son changed. The more minor characters were nice for not having the time to develop them completely. I have no complaints about how they turned out.

    That really is all I have to say for this one. If you liked the trilogy and you like the Darkling, I would definitely check this out. It was a nice, short read that really satisfied my desire to understand how the Darkling became the way he did.

Rating: 5/5 stars

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Publisher: Square Fish

# of Pages: 30

Genre: YA, Fantasy

Series: Shadow and Bone Trilogy (Darkling Prequel Story)

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