Review: Runs the gamut of emotions
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2014
Very brief synopsis - We are at the end game, and all of the players are in position. There is laughter and extreme joy, which slides into horror and the agony of loss. There is no way, really, to summarize Steal the Night without giving too much away, and I do not want to spoil this extraordinary story for anyone.What worked for me - Ms. Blake has incorporated my all time, very favorite mythology into this series, with her own spin. That part of the story ended abruptly. I feel like that plotline will be revisited in the spin off series.Throughout the series, we have watched Dev, Daniel and Zoey learn to work together, and they really function as a team in StN. The trio has cemented their bond to each other, and it is a beautiful thing to see.The story grabs ahold and continues to escalate until this reader had to set her ereader down to take a deep breath, or several. We get extreme highs and devastating lows.What I am still having a hard time processing-***Potential Spoilers- If you are good at reading between the lines and don't want to be spoiled, consider yourself warned -*** Zoey is in a very dangerous situation. Dev and Daniel know where she is. She has a specific task that she needs to accomplish, but even after she has the tools she needs, she allows herself to remain in dire circumstances. I get that Daniel needed time to heal and gather forces. I understand doing what you need to do to survive, and good for Zoey for that. But it strikes me as so out of character for her to stay when she could have escaped, and most importantly, for Daniel and Dev to allow her to remain in such a horrific state...It made more sense as I was reading, but 2 days later, it's not correlating with what I know about these characters. The whole episode, which takes up about the last third of the book, squicked me out, and made me heartsick, honestly.Bottom line - This is a great series. Don't try to start with Steal the Night because it is not meant to be a standalone. Books 3 and 4 remain my favorites. Steal the Night was really hard for me to read in some places, and reminded me why Urban Fantasy really doesn't work for me, as a genre. If Ms. Blake wasn't driving this particular bus, I probably would have given up after book 2. That said, I am glad I didn't give up. I will be on board for the next run in this world. Time and money extremely well spent.