Lauren (thebookscript)'s Reviews > This Dark Descent

Are you looking for a book with...

- Magical high stakes horse racing
- Peaky blinders meets the Scorpio Races
- Jewish based magic and folklore
- Dual POV diverse characters
- Dangerous secrets and unbridled power

This Dark Descent is an upper YA book that brings all the gritty atmosphere of the underbelly of a city mixed with the highlife of the upper elite. It has great morally grey characters, some even unlikable..but honestly in the best of ways that really made them all the more interesting.

This is a great book for fall and if you like horse elements in this story, then this one is for you. I love that danger was always lurking around every corner which made for a really fast paced book when everyone has something to lose. Every character is a little hell bent with something to prove which makes them interesting and when you bring them together the group dynamic is fantastic to read.

With multiple potential romances, hot headed arrogant male leads )but also softer ones), and never knowing who to trust. This Dark Descent is one to add to your TBR.

I LOVE Reid. More of him please.

"I will never tell you to not be angry. When the world has taken so much form you, sometimes anger is all you have left. But if you do nothing with it, it will consume you."

Can't wait to see where the next book takes us. 4.5 stars