Dark Rise (Dark Rise #1)
C.S. Pacat
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
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· 79 ratings · 463 pages · Published: 28 Sep 2021
Sixteen-year-old dock boy Will is on the run, pursued by the men who killed his mother. Then an old servant tells him of his destiny to fight beside the Stewards, who have sworn to protect humanity if the Dark King ever returns. Will is thrust into a world of magic, where he starts training for a vital role in the oncoming battle against the Dark.
As London is threatened and old enmities are awakened, Will must stand with the last heroes of the Light to prevent the fate that destroyed their world from returning to destroy his own.
Like V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic and Shelby Mahurin’s Serpent & Dove, Dark Rise is more than just high intrigue fantasy—it’s fast-paced, action-packed, and completely surprising. Readers will love exploring the rich setting of nineteenth-century London. This thrilling story of friendship, deception, loyalty, and betrayal is sure to find a passionate audience of readers.
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- magic 10
- fantasy 10
- young adult 7
- historical 7
- paranormal 6
- gay romance 6
- dark romance 6
- enemies to lovers 6
- found family 5
- urban fantasy 4
- queer romance 4
- slow burn 4
- tortured hero 4
- vengeance 3
- betrayal 2
- futuristic 1
- new adult 1
- georgian 1
- regency 1
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- england 4
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- death / grief 3
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The 'Dark Rise' series
4.35 · 132 ratings
historical · found-family · magic · death · betrayal · dark · fantasy · from hate to love · queer · england · length-long · young adult · vengeance · slow burn · tortured hero · m-m · paranormal · third-person-pov · past-sexual-abuse · dual-pov
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