Darkest Mercy is an Urban fantasy

Urban fantasy

Urban fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times and contain supernatural elements. However, the stories can take place in historical, modern, or futuristic periods...

 novel by Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr (author)

Melissa Marr is an American author of young-adult/urban fantasy novels.-Poetry:*On Meeting the Surgeon *The Moment of Impact *Fighting the Tide *The Art of Becoming -Short Fiction:...

. It is set in the same universe as Marr's previous YA novels, but is not a sequel to Radiant Shadows

Radiant Shadows

Radiant Shadows is an Urban fantasy novel by Melissa Marr. It is set in the same universe as Marr's previous YA novels, but is not a sequel to Fragile Eternity; rather, it is a companion novel like Ink Exchange was, focusing on a different set of characters....

; rather, it is a companion novel like Ink Exchange

Ink exchange

Ink Exchange is an urban fantasy novel written by Melissa Marr. It is set in the same universe as Marr's previous novel, Wicked Lovely, but is not a sequel; rather, it is a companion novel that focuses on a different set of characters...

 was, focusing on a different set of characters.

The main characters are unknown. It is assumed that Donia plays a colossal character as she is the cover model. Darkest Mercy is the last book in the Wicked Lovely

Wicked Lovely

Wicked Lovely is a young adult/urban fantasy novel by author Melissa Marr. It was published by HarperTeen, a division of HarperCollins, in June 2007...

series and Marr has said that it concludes the story arc that started in Wicked Lovely, focusing on Aislinn, Seth, Keenan, and Donia.

Prologue

Darkest Mercy commences with a usual deep and dark gloom as seen in a few of its series. The last book of the Wicked Lovely series, begins with chaos. The courts are in disorder, people are missing, the regents in all the faery courts are all relatively new at their jobs. Most of the characters from the previous books in the series are back and we see all their stories tie together in the end as they fight the faery called War and struggle to find the necessary balance between the courts.