This has all the trappings of a great book!~ #NetGalley-thanks for the advanced read! #TheElectricHeir was a fun read!

If I thought The Fever King was great, this was incredible! What an amazing depiction of victims of mental, physical and sexual abuse. This book was painful to read in parts. But so so worth it because you really feel for these characters and their plight.
I fell in love with Dara and Noam in the first book and didn’t realize how much I needed this second book until I was reading it. These two boys go through so much. There is so much growth and self discovery.
Victoria Lee did a fantastic job of telling the story of this abuse and the mentality of abuse victims. People in abusive relationships can sometimes feel like they have everything under control or like they may be one that is different, the one that can change the abusers mind. Thinking that this person won’t go far enough to really hurt them. It was heartbreaking! But told so perfectly.
The magical system in this series is so unique and fun to experience in the book. I am so, so happy that I had a chance to read this book!

This book was rough and due to that I can’t rate it mostly because I couldn’t wait for it to be over.

**TRIGGER WARNING TO THE EXTREME** This book is hard to get through and I kept putting it down to the point that I knew if I didn’t push through it and just finish it all as fast as I could I wouldn’t have finished so if child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence is hard for you I recommend skipping this one.

“The Electric Heir” finds Dara struggling to survive the new dynamics of life on the outside knowing that the person he cares about most is still trapped inside. Noam on the other hand is relishing in his new found role as the right hand man but when the hunger for revolution brings the two together they must face the consequences of their actions and work to bring the monster to justice.

I know a majority of this review is going to be about how hard of a time I had with the subject matter but it’s really that bad. For me the worst part is when a certain character has the knowledge of what has happened and does it anyway and I know there’s the set up of grooming and an entire section in the book itself that goes over how to tell if you’re in an abusive relationship but to have that play out was nauseating and I felt just as gutted as the other character did when he learned that despite knowing they went through with it.

I’m no stranger to the subject matter and usually I can handle it especially since I try so hard not to dnf arcs but this one really tested me and honestly that gross feeling stuck with me to the point that the rest of the plot didn’t matter so I couldn’t even tell you how the politics or the magic system worked as that was my big question from the first novel but I can say it didn’t wrap up in the bloody climax that I would have liked.

This one was hard and I’m honestly sorry I requested it.

**special thanks to the publishers and netgalley for providing an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review**

While I loved The Fever King — a stunning debut, searing and magnetic, dark and clever — and cherished every second I spent tethered to its pages, The Electric Heir has changed me in ways that are difficult to parse, harder to articulate. Without crossing into spoiler-y territory, I do want to say that TEH is a sobering, unflinching portrayal of abuse (abuse of power, abuse of trust, the list is long and terrible) and its repercussions — those life-long, life-altering scars and stains, sometimes visible, sometimes not, that survivors are forced to contend with every day. TEH is not shy, not coy; TEH demands to be felt and seen, all of it, experienced in all its darkness and hope. Yet I would hesitate to call this book bleak — the message was not, you are locked in your trauma, it was not, your abuse defines you. TEH shows that there can be a life AFTER, that there is love, joy, a future rich with change and possibility. It tells you not to give up. Undoubtedly a story that will stay with me for years, decades.

I forgot how much I loved and missed Noam and Dara until I read their names out and my adoration for this book came back rushing.

This is a difficult series to get through, as it deals with extremely serious topics and it's a very hard story to read, but it was all worth it because it was brilliant. The characters were just so unique and you couldn't help but love them and worry about them. The story and the magic was also spectacular and I couldn't get enough of it.

I wish I could keep reading stories about Noam and Dara forever, but I'm also content with the ending of this book.