Review: Very Good but not the best in the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2014
I enjoyed this book quite a bit.  It followed the same set up as the first two books.  I have some issues with this book but I gave it 4 stars because I think it is that good.The story is really packed with things in the first half.  So much that I had trouble getting into the story.  Every time I got interested in something the story jumped elsewhere.  In the end the author does wrap everything up nicely.This book is mostly a murder investigation.  Except it takes Amber way to long to figure it out.  She gets information and then just forgets or dismisses it when its really important.The pace of the story is really slow.  Annoyingly slow.  In book 2 it was a big deal when Diana became Amber's mentor.  Its a completely useless event.  Diana isnt in book 3 and her "mentor" wasnt around when Amber needed help.  I find it laughable that there is nobody that can help Amber with her problems.  All the powerful Athanate and the only one that can help was written out of the story.The author keeps taunting us with Amber going Basilikos.  We know thats not going  to happen but the author never lets it go.  Amber also has this mental strong box she keeps her bad emotions in.  It feels like it comes up at least once a chapter.  It never gets addressed.Id like less story crammed into the next book.  More focus on a story that doesnt take me half the book to get into.Honorable mention.  Amber's relationship with her sister come into play again and it wasnt a good read.  Its the same thing for 3 books and there is no real change.  The necklace Amber needs to help the wolves comes up but that still isn't resolved.  Just get Amber the darn necklace.  Some things just get old to read over and over.