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I need Book 2, Two Twisted Crowns, ASAP! Looking forward to October 2023. I think, personally, it’s best to go into this book with not much knowledge and embrace the darkness.ĥ stars for pure enjoyment levels. However, I found One Dark Window gripping and innovative, where how using magic always comes with consequences, making the stakes much more fascinating and dangerous. Worlds with forbidden magic aren’t anything new, and if you’re an author building such a world, it needs to be done with care and originality otherwise, you risk getting flagged as tropey. I was utterly enthralled and could not put down One Dark Window.

KINGDOM TWO CROWNS SCYTHE FREE

However, no one knows there is a nightmarish ancient mercurial spirit that lurks trapped in the dark recesses of Elspeth’s mind… Protector or enemy, friend or fiend? Either way, she needs to team up with the King’s nephew to find twelve magical cards and thus free herself of the dark magic before she degenerates-because magic always comes with a price. FMC Elspeth Spindle survived the fever, and her family has treasonously harboured her, keeping her “infection” secret to protect her from the certain death that awaits anyone “tainted”, with the belief she has no resulting magical symptoms.

Marred by a haunted mist, Blunder is a village where magic is outlawed and comes as an infection in the night, granting magical abilities to people who survive it. Rachel Gillig’s darkish fantasy, and slightly gothic fairytale, was an atmospheric read with elements of slow-burn romance and a small touch of spice. We have an interesting cast of supporting characters.īelow is a list of all the One Dark Window characters that we encounter in a major, supporting or minor capacity:Ī creepy mist-plagued village and woods, a 500-year-old mercurial mind monster who talks in rhymes, a book within a book, and beautiful poetic writing without being too flowery. Ravyn Yew is the main love interest and I assume he’ll be many people’s book boyfriend (like Xaden Riorson is).

The main character is Elspeth Spindle, our female main character, who narrates nearly the majority of the book, except for a small sliver toward the end, which is told from an omniscient POV. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards-the keys to the cure. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. He keeps her secrets.īut nothing comes for free, especially magic. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. The monster might be her.Įlspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder-she needs a monster. The structures and developments in different islands can be tracked using the map in the pause screen.Elspeth needs a monster. On every island (except the first one) the Monarch can encounter gems to unlock new mounts, statues and hermits that can help them on their journey. Moving to a new island does not reset the overall day count nor the seasons cycle, but each island has its own local day count.Īll islands have similar geography, but each successive island gets progressively larger and harder, affecting the number of towers, walls and farms that can exist in the Kingdom. Repairing the boat and setting sail unlocks the next island in sequence ( see map). There are five islands in total, and only the first one is available upon starting the campaign. The longer they are away, the more gets destroyed or downgraded. While Monarchs are away from an island, the buildings there start to decay. In order not to wreck the ship each time, it may be a good idea to clear the dock portal and build a lighthouse first, before leaving an island. Monarchs can move between these islands with the boat and will occasionally have to revisit the same islands a couple of times in order to reach their goal. Islands in the Kingdom Two Crowns are pieces of land surrounded by a river, a sea and a mountain, where Monarchs establish permanent bases to survive the Greed, generate an economy and destroy the cave in the mountain. For the alternative lands, see: Challenge Islands.

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