Review: Chain of Illusions, A Review for the Blog Tea and Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
The world of the Bringer and the Bane is heating up in Boone Brux's third book of the series. Chain of Illusions tells us a story straight from the shadows. About right and wrong, good vs evil and where the line in the sand really is.Rell was captured by the Bane as a young teenager, before she could even fall in love for the first time. Captured and converted.. for thirteen years she struggled. A Bane and yet still trying to retain something of her humanity. She kept you sister, a full human, with her and taught her as best she could. But even that was not enough to keep the darkness from slowly taking over. Year by year she got darker and darker.. but one man made a difference. A captured Bringer, held and tortured, Rell would sneak in and heal him, feed him and care for him. Creating a bond that could not be broken forged in the very depths of hell. But now, all bets are off.. she has been captured by the Bringers and a chance to reclaim her life has been given to her, if she is brave enough to take it.Siban is a man who has faced the shadows. For two long years he was held in the shadow world, tortured and all but destroyed. One light in the darkness was Rell, a Bane, A Demon with a heart. And she had captured his. Now finally there is a chance for them. Rell has conceded to attempt to reclaim her body and her life. Loosing her soul from the darkness. But will she be the same? Will Esmerelda the Bringer be the same woman as Rell, the Bane? And will Siban be able to accept the changes?Rell and Siban fight a battle against evil that no other Bringer can understand. Rell has been Bane and Siban has faced the darkness. They too live in the shadows at times. Rell and Siban have a hard path to follow. They must learn how to work together and to trust each other. Siban, especially needs to understand that while Rell may be new to human form, she has her own heart, dreams and goals. She is a woman of strength that doesn't need protecting. Just loving. But Rell too needs to learn that it isn't a weakness to lean on someone. That there are all kinds of strengths. Sometimes letting someone care for you takes strength and is much harder than doing it all yourself.There is much going in in the world.. Members of the Bringer council are trying to take control of the Bringer world, claim ultimate power and refuse to acknowledge even the existence of the Bane. Gregory, the Bringer King has come through the arch but can not return until they find his older brother, the true king kidnapped at birth. Rell refuses to let go of some alliances from her past. And even in the world of the Bane, political uprising is coming! Action packed but managing to maintain the core of true romance. Chain of Illusions is an extremely well written book taking a fabulous series, ever deeper into the darkness.ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Chain of Illusions, provided by netgalley