5 Stars
I dove right into this book after finishing the first one
(and am currently reading the third one as I write this). I actually liked this book even better than
the first, except for one thing…the ending.
It wasn’t that the ending was bad.
If there is one thing I hate the most is a bad ending, which for me
means a sad ending. I don’t read books
in order to feel the sadness and hopelessness of others’ lives. Although I don’t mind when this happens in the
middle of a book, but I need my hero/heroine to overcome their struggles. Not everyone has to be happy, but I need my
hero/heroine to at least be content. My
next least favorite things in books are love triangles and cliff hangers. No love triangles here (thank goodness), but
there was a major cliff hanger. The more
I think about it, I don’t think the author meant it to be that way. The first book felt more complete because the
object was to get away from Volcrian through the swamp. This was accomplished and Sora met her
mother. The ending wasn’t amazing simply
because Burn and Crash left, but this being the first book I knew I would see
them again so it was good for me. The
ending of the second book just feels unfinished. Ok I will give you a quick summary first…
Sora is with her mother and learning the healing arts. They have noticed livestock falling sick to
an unknown disease, but it is not until they come across a farmer that is
showing the signs of a magical curse rather than a biological disease. At this point they decide that Sora must
travel to find Burn and Crash, they must destroy the weapons of the dark god
and destroy Volcrian. This is the quest
for the entire book. To do this they
learn they must travel to the lost isles so as a reader you expect to read
about them finishing this quest, but that is not to be. I think that in this third book we will get
some resolution, but still not sure how much.
It is as though the author had too long of a story and needed to split
it up somewhere. Other than this part, I
thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this story.
It seems like there might be something building between Sora and
Crash. Nothing has happened yet, but she
is becoming more aware of him as a man.
She still sees all his flaws, but is also getting glimpses of a man who
seems to care for her (at least sometimes).
I do hope something develops here.
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