Darkness (Freya Snow #15)

Here we are. The final book in the Freya Snow series. This is one of few series that I have actually completed and the longest series that I have ever read. 15 books that I read from 2017 to 2020. In fact, this my three-year anniversary from when I posted my review of the first book in this series on Goodreads! I have delved into the Snowverse so deeply that now, I don’t know what I would be reading if I hadn’t started reading L.C. Mawson’s books! I have now read 42 of her books, and I can’t wait to read some of the new Snowverse branch series. 

Freya finally has the child that she and Damon were trying to have, but Freya is not in the mental state to be a mother. Damon takes her daughter away after she tried to sacrifice herself at the end of Sacrifice, stating that she was going to leave her daughter the same way Freya’s mom left her. This event made me sad, as I really was looking forward to seeing Freya and Damon parenting together. Nevertheless, I could see Damon’s fear of having the clearly unstable Freya around their child, especially when her mental stability is directly reflected through her powers that can be dangerous. 

It was sad to see Freya struggling so much, even though Damon and Alex did try to work with her through her struggles. Finally, we get to discuss mental health and deal with the deep roots of Freya’s struggles that she has dealt with since nearly the beginning of the series in one way or another. I wish that there had been a bit more healing of Freya done in this novel, as this was the end of her series. It seemed like this book was filled with a lot of pain, a bit but not much resolution, and a lot of action. Nevertheless, I expect to see how Freya is dealing with everything in future installments of the other spinoff series. 

I wish more had been done with Alice in this series, as she was such an important character in the first novel. It doesn’t seem like her story is over, but it felt like she had been popped in here and there throughout the series without much serious growth. Maybe there will be a spinoff about her adventures, who knows, but I would like to see more of this girl who was Freya’s sister so long ago. 

I felt like this book, albeit short, was a satisfying end to the series. I hope to see the characters make appearances in the other Snowverse novels in the future. Even though this is the end of this series, I can tell that this won’t be the end fo these characters. 

I would recommend this series to anyone looking for a new fantasy novel to read. 

I received a copy of this book and this is my voluntary review. 

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.