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# Now I Rise (And I Darken)

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Now I Rise (And I Darken)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    And I loved it. It became one of my absolute favorite ...
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2017*

Last year I had the opportunity to review And I Darken early. And I loved it.  It became one of my absolute favorite reads of 2016! And then the next year was slow, slow torture as I waited for book two. But then, luckily, I got to read it early as well! In February. And the next year will again be torturous.Now I Rise picks up very shortly after And I Darken ends, with Lada on the way back to Wallachia, where she intends to claim the throne, wreaking amazing havoc and attempting to pick up allies on the way. Lada was an incredibly strong character who I almost instantly fell in love with in the first book in this series, and I was not disappointed in her here! She makes no apologies on her way to accomplish her goals or for her means to that end. Is she brutal? Absolutely! And I loved every single sentence I read about her story. I loved watching the relationships between Lada and Bogdan, Mehmed, and Hunyadi evolve. Honestly, I could go on and on about my love for Lada, but now I have to rave about another character.Radu. Oh, Radu's story was every bit as incredible as Lada's! At first, I wasn't too sure about the dual points of view once Lada and Radu went their separate ways, then I found myself completely loving each. My only complaint is that I wish I'd gotten a full book from each of them - a chapter here and there wasn't enough! Radu's story takes an unexpected turn in this book, with him heading to Constantinople on behalf of Mehmed and his ultimate goal of taking the city for his own. New characters and old are present as are new and old romances, all of which were incredible! Radu really came into his own in Now I Rise, accepting himself as he attempted to take control of his circumstances. I have always been able to sympathize with Radu, but this time he broke my heart a time or two.I've mentioned that there were quite a few secondary characters important to the story, both new and old. My opinion of Mehmed definitely changed a lot during this book, although I was already on the fence with him in And I Darken. He really did keep me on an emotional roller coaster. I ended up feeling a lot of feelings I did not expect for Hunyadi! And Radu's companions in Constantinople... I'd need pages to tell you of my love for them. I have such high hopes for that storyline in the next book!As you may have gathered, I absolutely adored this story. Each main character went in a totally different direction, but I adored how their stories played out and intertwined. Everything tied back to the first book and nothing was randomly thrown in as filler, which seems to happen in second books. Speaking of, this book never seemed to suffer from second book syndrome. There was strategic planning and awesome battles on both ends and I was always on the edge of my seat. I loved the intricacies of the battle between the Christians and Muslims and am certainly more interested now to learn more about that history. I can definitely see myself reading this series over and over!This book spanned many vastly different locations, and all of the settings were incredibly well written. Even now I can clearly picture Wallachia, Constantinople, and everything in between. Kiersten White really has a way of writing that makes me feel like I'm actually in the action and can see everything as it happens!I really cannot say enough good things about Now I Rise! I've already said I wasn't sure I'd love it as much as And I Darken with Radu and Lada on different paths, but it exceeded all of my expectations and left me with a serious book hangover. I am crossing all of my fingers and toes for an ARC of the next book and hoping I survive that long! If you love historical fiction and badass characters, this is definitely a series you don't want to miss!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    My son loves books
  

*by K***F on Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024*

He lives at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    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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