Review: Entertaining
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 4, 2013
This is a very well-written series of books with great character development. The only problem that I had with this box set is that the second book - ECHOES OF MAGIC - seemed completely boring and redundant to me. It just seemed that after reading SHADOW MAGIC, the first book in the series, which was as good as expected, every other book didn't seem as good. Because each book has the same characters in them with the same couples, each book is like a continuation or extension of the other, losing a bit of luster and innovation. A lot of the action was unfortunately, predictable and typical.The third book - DANGEROUS MAGIC - actually seemed more interesting because it brought the finale in the series with the showdown with Nigel, the evil villain in the story. It also didn't seem as contrived as ECHOES OF MAGIC which to me, seemed like a bad sequel to a good movie.Overall, the box set was entertaining. I just wish that there were more new characters and action in the stories to add excitement and newness to the plots.