Lenore Kosinski
4.5 stars — Honestly? The whole story went in a few directions I was NOT expecting. I can’t explain, but the plot laid out differently than I was expecting in so many ways. Sometimes that meant there were lulls in action…but in those lulls we got to learn more: either about the world, the magic, or our characters. So it’s kind of hard to be disappointed in that, you know? And the absolute ending satisfied both of my opposing needs, which is kind of hard to do, and yet Ms. Wolf accomplished it. I know, vague, but you’ll survive. In general I was immensely happy with how Zera grew in this book. It was coming to a point of no return for me, but she made leaps and leaps. I loved the things she learned about herself, about the world, about love, about people. She really made me think at times. And she’s a freaking shining star in this book. Her ability to befriend people, to care about people, to have them look outside themselves…it’s just kind of hopeful and awesome. She sees so many things that others don’t, and she inevitably makes everyone around her better people as well. Also, she’s freaking HILARIOUS. And not just her, the whole group of them. It’s the way she brings out the sass in everyone around her as well. The bantering, the bickering, the just plain fun they had at times was delightful. It completely caught me off guard at times, because I expected a lot of anxiousness and worry and angst (and we got that too). It was such a relief to have that balance. I’m going to miss this world. But mostly I’m going to miss these characters. They were so weird, but lovable and awesome.
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