Review: Exciting fantasy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2013
I enjoyed the first book in this series and started this volume as soon as I finished part I. It's actually a little better than the first. Part I had two story lines which centered on the characters Shale (a young apprentice magician) and Olivinia (a powerful Seer). When those two met, the story lines merged into one.Part II is more complex with multiple story lines told from the POVs of different characters. Despite the complexity and number of characters, I had no trouble following the plot. And the plot is exciting and keeps you reading, with lots of old secrets which are gradually revealed. As before, this volume is a 'to-be-continued' tale with a cliffhanger ending which left me eager for part III. The characters are well developed and each is a unique individual (just like in real life - well, except for their magical talents). I admit that I like lengthy tales of this type.There is more violence than in part I, mostly in the form of a plague. I hate spoilers but I don't think I'm giving anything away since plague is part of the title. I still don't think anything in it would be disturbing to teens and would rate it as a PG-13 movie - meaning it qualifies for the young adult genre as well as adult.The plot and characters are excellent. I will say that I found some typos and format errors (line spacing, etc.) of the type which can occur when you upload an eBook. However, the number was not large and did not distract my attention from the story in any way.