Dark Heir follows exactly where Dark Rise left off: Will and his friends need to flee from the Hall and find a way to stop evil plans, except that now Will is very aware of who he is and is intentionally keeping it from the others.

I really appreciate the complexity of the narrative. Will IS a reincarnation of the villain, and you see Sarcean's personality peeking through here and there, but he also has no plans of world domination and lives terrified of being found out and abandoned by his friends.

At the same time, we get flashbacks and several POVs that flesh out the world and put into question everything we've been told. What really happened at the war? Was it all really black and white, good versus evil? Who's telling the truth?

The cast continues being a delight, where even the antagonists get an opportunity to share their point and we can see exactly why each character thinks their perspective is the right one.

While I liked this book even more than the first one, I still think this story would've had more space to thrive as an adult work; both in terms of character and plot.