Overall: 3/5
Plots and Themes: 3/5
Characters: 3/5
Writing Style: 3/5
Attention Grabbing: 2/5
In Darkness Forged is the start of a new series by Kenley Davidson. I thought it was a series of standalones but it might be interrelated quests? I'm not quite sure, but this book feels pretty self-contained. Aislin needs to save her family from a cruel lord unwilling to accept their continued deferral on rent. To do so, she risks her life to collect a rare ingredient for a night elf lord on the brink of death. She is paired with another night elf to do so, one who wants little to do with her and is completely focused on his own revenge.
I was disappointed by this one. I loved The Faceless Mage, even did a reread of it last year. This didn't feel like it spent enough time working on the lore. Though it's in the same universe and maybe we were just supposed to build off preexisting knowledge, it felt like way too much was just happening with sort of the expectation that we would just follow it. Not the worst, but definitely not as good as The Faceless Mage.
I liked Aislin well enough, she seems a bit forgettable but she wasn't overwhelmingly annoying or anything. Not much to say beyond that, I'll continue to read Kenley Davidson but this one just wasn't exciting enough for me.
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