Our Dark Duet

Funny, she thought, that even monsters had fragile hearts. 10382950/5 stars RIP EMI, 1998-2017 I'm so dead.Victoria Schwab has killed me one too many times that I'm all out of lives. I just can't.The fact that this series is only two books and I'll never get to see my children again makes me so mad. I'm currently saving up for a lawyer so I can sue Victoria for emotional distress. Also sorry, this review is a complete mess, much like myself right now. I've been trying to write it for three days now and I just don't know what to day. Everything I want to say is so spoilerly and I just can't. If you read [b:This Savage Song 23299512 This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1) Victoria Schwab https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1445529989l/23299512.SY75.jpg 42855493] and was like “it's good but not my favorite” which, shame on you for ever saying that about a Victoria novel then you are gonna die even more than I did because this book wasn't even on the same level as TSS. I can't believe they are even the same series. We start off 6 months after TSS and holy f*ck shit has gone down in between books. Kate's off ignoring her responsibilities and monster hunting in a different city and being a bamf. August is in Verity running an army and slowly dying inside and every time he is sad I am sad and I don't like it. If you didn't know this already, August is my son. He's five years old and I love him very much. His first day of Kindergarten is in September and I am very excited for him to go off into the world and make friends. He's just growing up so quickly Then there's this creepy monster that feeds off chaos that goes to Verity to create chaos and Kate has to return home and reunite with her bff August to take down this monster downAnd that's when everythign goes to shit August Flynn First of all, someone please teach me to kill people with a violin like August does. I honestly want to be that badass. August is one of the most interesting characters to ever exist. This may be just a duology but his character development in these two book spanned a entire ten book series. It was just so spot on? He was so cute and naive in TSS and he still in in ODD but he's also strong and capable and thoughtful and acts so much older than his age. Also can we talk about fascinating he is as a person/monster/species. He was born from the ashes of a mass killing, gets tally mark tattoos on his body for not being a monster, can steal someone's soul using just a violin. I am so intrigued by him. I kinda wanna be him. My favorite scene in the entire book is when he reaps the soul of that mother. It was such a heartbreaking scene, but it really set up the theme of the book. Kate Harker Kate is literally human goals. She doesn't take anyone's shit. She does her own thing. There are big bad monsters that are intimidated by her. I love her so much. I love how she became this monster hunter in the city of Prosperity at the beginning and she made this great group of friends and she was starting to get to a point in her life where she could finally be happy. There's a major spoiler below that I just really need to talk about. Please do not click unless you've read the book He didn't want it-didn't want anything except to give it back, to hold her the way she'd held him. But he couldn't. He didn't know how. He closed his eyes as the light of Kate's soul flowed through him, strong and bright."I don't know," he whispered. "I don't know if the souls stay with me. But I hope they do." There was no answer. August opened his eyes. "Kate?"But the room was dark and quiet, and she was gone. Just typing that quote up. I'm crying again.The scene where Kate dies was absolutely perfect. It's weird to say that since it also happens to be the worst thing to ever happen to me ever, but it was such a gorgeously written scene. It really shows the stregnth and beauty of Victoria's writing. It highlighted the tragedy of this book and the battle that was at hand. The Monsters of Verity series is very much a book about the main characters. There are side characters, but they aren't the focus. I was barely fazed with Ilsa's death. While she was an important character, I never connected with her. So it really is Kate's death that shows just the extent of the world they are living in and how much darkness and sorrow exists within. Also, Kate is a very strong-willed, take-charged character. She constantly got herself into situations she probably shouldn't have been in. While most YA characters with similar personalities always come out virtually unscathed, Kate didn't. Her death made me feel like Victoria really knew her characters and the consequences of their actions. Kate acted invincible, but she wasn't.Damn you Victoria for making me understand a main character's death. I never thought it would happen. I'm still mad at you though. Her death will never make me trust you again. Conclusion As you can tell, I'm still haven't' found a way out of hell yet. I don't think I'll ever be able to read a book as good as this again. August Flynn is my baby and I love him so much.This book was dark af and I love it. Both Victoria Schwab series ended this year and now I don't know what I am going to do with my life until her next book comes out. This review is the worst. I'm sorry. I'm too dead to care.