The Faithful Dark

Overall Rating: 5/5

Cate Baumer has created a true masterpiece reminiscent of Leigh Bardugo, or Ava Reid ...

This is the city of miracles, but not everything miraculous is good.

The Faithful Dark tells the story of a decadently dark, sinful world ... a world steeped in mystery, in murder, and in the story of a Church that wants all. Of a Church that wants absolute power and moves to have their hand in everything in the holy walled city....

Baumer has created an absolutely powerful and at the same time, utterly terrifying vision of just how bad church corruption can get if left uncontrolled... if allowed to grow and allowed to turn into the bitter and pestilent bloom that it can be....

This overarching theme of the Church & how corruption can affect it is wrapped into a vividly beautiful, and very much living tale of resilience, of religious trauma, of faith, carnage, and loss...

A tale that is full of an emotion that is so raw, and bittersweet as our characters attempt to conquer their own burdens ... satisfy their own desires....

And to be able to see the magic of Baumer's beautifully made world grow more as our characters grow? It just cemented my love for The Faithful Dark even more, and I cannot wait for its sequel....