Ever since my favorite book of all time, Night film, this author has always been on my radar. I loved this book, it was the perfect puzzle game like a darker and juicier Jumanji. The story had no nonsense and felt like everything was very well tied together. 5 stars.

I loved Marisha Pessl's book Night film so I was extremely excited to get an ARC of Darkly. I was soooo intrigued by the concept of mysterious games (I loved Jumanji as a kid). This book was so good, and the short chapters made me read it so much faster. Great stuff

I was intrigued but the premise of this book when I saw the blurb as I love a mystery and a story that involves games too.

I did like the short chapters which meant the pace was quick and kept me engaged just enough. I also enjoyed how everything was revealed and then interlinked together, that part was very well thought out and written.

I found that the story became convoluted with ideas and at times, especially when explaining previous games and the current one, it became confusing. I didn’t form any connection to the characters and the romance parts felt forced as there was no chemistry between them. The ending was also an issue for me, it felt very rushed and out of character.

The book had alot of potential but unfortunately for me personally it fell a little bit short. I would give this a 3.5/5 overall

Thankyou to NetGalley and Walker Books UK for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Marisha Pessl does it again! I absolutely loved this. Loved it so much I may have finished work early so I could binge the final 100 pages. This book is addicting. Ever since Night Film, Marisha Pessl has been an auto buy author for me and its because of her ability to write stories like this. Her writing just scratches something in my brain. Its captivating. The story is the right level of complex, that has you not wanting to put it down because you need to understand the bigger picture. There's no filler or fluff, each page means something. It has intent.

This is a beautifully dark YA mystery thriller. A creepy Jumanji (1995). I want to play these games, even though I know I'd be saying "Wander where the witch lies" within 5 minutes.

Gutted I've finished this now tbh.