Review: Through a maze darkly
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
This part of the continuing saga ( 5 of 6) finds us back with Albert and his gal pals as they begin their exploration of the second 'temple' in the parallel world that is, or was, home to the Sentinels. There are new monsters, new scares, and a brand new box of chalk (someone knows their Greek fables - although there is no minotaur here, there is something else, much stranger and more dangerous). While the group wanders the seemingly endless maze, trying desperately to find their way through it and still stalked by the ever-present hounds (as well as other, newer, creatures), they are pursued by something which might give them an advantage later in the story. While the first part of this book seems to meander, (it is a labyrinth after all), things certainly heat up as we move towards the end. People are hurt, scared, tired, weary - although curiously not as hungry or thirsty as I might've expected (yeah had a bit of an issue with that part). Apart from that I was silently cheering on the group to find answers, to find their way out, and praying none of them became a victim to the ever-growing list of 'things that wanted them dead'. I've only just started on book 6, and there will be a lot more walking (and danger and darkness) ahead of us all.