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# Now I Rise (And I Darken)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Bloody Brilliant
  

*by K***E on Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017*

This book made me want to read the history. I dislike historical non-fiction, but this book made me want to do some research. I actually did look up some of the main characters from this story and the whole story is now very familiar. It is so inspiring to see how this author has blended historical fact with fictional characters long forgotten to make us all interested in their fate.I feel like this story moved faster than the first book because it covered a much smaller time span. That seems wrong, but the first book covered decades and this story takes place over a year or less. This story alternated between Lada and Radu’s POV. Radu is sympathedic to Lada but wants Mehmed to love him. Lada wants her country and feels Radu’s rightful place is with him. Things are finally getting put into place for both Mehmed and Lada to achieve their life long goals leaving Radu with the scraps.I really loved the historical setting for this story. There is something to be said for writing historical fact into a fictional setting. The author describes this gritty time in all its uncomfortable glory. The clothes, the housing, the weather, it is all well laid out for the reader. I think the most interesting place we visited in this story, and there was so much traveling happening here, is Constantinople. The city is not at all what Mehmed and Radu think it will be, but somehow it is exactly what I imagined a 15th century city to be.Lada is ruthless in this story. Living in the 15th century she hates the way women are treated and she vows to change that for the women in her own country. She gets her hands dirty, she is under estimated, she is the warrior her country needs to lead them. Lada struggles with her sexuality. She doesn’t regret leaving Mehmed but she needs something to fill the void. Lada seems bloodthirsty but she is only the product of a bloody family line that takes what they know is theirs. Lada spends most of this story building alliances in preparation of one final stand to demand the crown she knows is hers.Radu leads his life with his heart.  He is torn between the safety of  Nazira, his wife who he has grown to love very much in a platonic way, and pleasing the sultan he desires. Radu is such a good man and he is just in his approach to life. He may not be the warrior Lada is, but he fights for what is right. His is sickened by the war created by Mehmed for a city that isn’t really great, but housing some new friends Radu knows are worthy of living. The most disturbing aspect of Radu is that he fights for a religion he feels home in that forbids his very nature. His trials are heartbreaking. Radu has grown so much from the last book becoming possibly my favorite character. I need to see Radu with the happy ending he deserves.This is fast becoming one of the greatest series ever. The characters are unforgettable. I can’t wait for the conclusion to this saga and I am secretly dreading it. Even the ending of this book was bloody brilliant. If you haven’t read this, I suggest you go right now and pick this up. Once again for this series,if I gave 6 stars, this sequel would get it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Lada is the perfect heroine for monsters. I love her!
  

*by A***L on Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017*

I love this book. Oh my gosh I love this book! It's the sequel so I'll spoil things that happen in the first book so only read if you have read And I Darken. Anyways, Lada is own her own with men she trust trying to take back her throne and it's not going well. Can I just say I love Lada with all my heart. She's mean, she's vicious, and she gets what she wants because of it. There were some points where I thought she can't get crueler but she does and I love her more for it. Now understand it's a historical gender bended retelling of Vlad the Impaler and totally fiction, Vlad was horrible so Lada is horrible. If Lada was real I'd probably hate her but she's not. I don't agree with her or how she acts but I loved how she refused to stop to get what she wanted. The story is split between her and her brother Radu and the different journeys they had taken from the first book. Lada going after her throne and Radu staying with the sultan going after Constantinople. Can I say Radu is an idiot and that he should have went with his sister without the world yelling at me? Sure he stayed for love but Mehmed didn't love him and didn't want anything to do with Radu outside of friendship. Their relationship and what Radu would do to survive in the war waged made me sad for him. He can't see his own worth outside of how other see him and it kind of broke my heart. Then the worth Lada gave herself was so much compared. They are the direct opposite of each other. I love it all. It was a relatively fast read when I had the time for the actual size of the book. I enjoyed the old side characters that made their appearances and the new ones. I really want another in the series that goes so far off the truth of history where Lada just rules the world but alas won't happen. If you want a good Slytherin book series this is it. It's filled with ambition and powerful people. I loved it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A fantastic sequel
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2017*

NOW I RISE by Kiersten White is the sequel to AND I DARKEN, a gender-swapped Vlad the Impaler retelling. If you haven’t read AND I DARKEN, I urge you to buy a copy from your favorite bookstore! Now, onto the sequel review. This will have spoilers for the first book, so head’s up!Lada Dracul has failed to secure the Wallachian throne, and now she’s determined to punish everyone who crosses her path. Radu is by the side of Mehmed, preparing to take on Constantinople. Radu is then sent to Constantinople as a double-crossing spy, and oh my god, y’all, this story was amazing. Just as amazing as the first one!I love Lada, and I especially love how determined she is to become the Wallachian prince – since there is no word for “princess.” She’s vicious and brutal and will not stop until she gets what she wants. Mehmed, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is the same way. He wants Constantinople. He wants to be the Emperor of the Roman Empire. The gold city is in his sights, and he wants it – even if it kills him and Radu.I was glued to the story. I read it quickly, even though I did try to slow down and enjoy the words because I didn’t want it to end. I hate having to wait until a year for the third, as-of-yet-untitled book!I love that Lada and Radu are separated in this story. I felt like we got to learn more about other characters in the story, such as Radu’s wife, Nazira, who I fell in love with. She’s so gentle and caring, and has Radu’s interests in mind even though their marriage a coverup for their sexualities. The story glimpses at Nazira and her secret wife’s, Fatima, relationship, and Nazira is as equally as loving with Fatima as she is with Radu. Nazira is probably the sweetest character in this story, and I longed for her scenes.Mehmed, of course, is a complicated character. I hate that Radu is pining over him; I want Radu to be happy and to find someone who loves him as much as Radu will love the person. (Nazira also wants this for Radu.) And I think he finds that person in Cyprian, to which the entire time those two had a scene together I was screaming “JUST KISS ALREADY.”Mehmed is still longing for Lada, who he does have an encounter with in this story – and it gets steamy. It’s quite clear that Mehmed and Lada are cut from the same cloth; they both desire places and will do anything it takes to get what they want. In a sense, they are made for each other, and it hurts that it seems like they won’t be able to be together.There are some uncomfortable bits in this story, such as Radu questioning his sexuality, and Christians calling Muslims “infidels.” It is in the text that the Muslims call the Christians infidels as well, but it’s still hard to read. It’s especially hard to read Radu questioning his sexuality as a queer person. There is also an extreme amount of squickyness involved – this is a story about a person called Vlad the impaler. Blood is shed in this story. Sexual harassment and assault is on the page.However, it’s still one of my favorite reads of 2017, and I am dying to get my hands on the last book in the trilogy. I recommend NOW I RISE to fans of the first book, AND I DARKEN, and I suggest the series to fans of darker young adult reads!

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