Review: Not a good addition to this series!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2013
I was so disappointed when I read this book! I didn't hate it, but in comparison to the others in ember it wasn't nearly as captivating. Ember was truly amazing, in fact it was so good I started reading just about any book I could get my hands on that Tess Williams has written because I enjoyed it that much! Dust was  the worst of all of her books I have read. It pains me to say that, because there was potential and she really is a great author. Also, the subject matter in this book didn't really match the rest of the ember series. I am a believer myself so the discussion of God and religion didn't bother me, however there was so much of it and it was so drawn out! Don't get me wrong, Jaden's internal struggles are an important part of the series, but for religion to be such a key part of it I think it should have been introduced earlier, not so suddenly in such large quantity! It was almost like I was reading a completely different book series!  I did think Ikovos's new romantic escapades were nice, but they seemed kind of thrown together. Make me LOVE the love story, Tess is usually so amazing at that!  Evelyn's character seemed to go backwards to me. In obsidian she grew so much and became so much stronger, braver, and wiser. She somehow reverted to her clueless old self! Don't get me wrong, she has always been naive, but in a " I just don't understand what your talking about" way, not in an " I am completely oblivious" way. I will probably read book four because I have made it this far in the series and I have enjoyed the rest of her books so much.