Review: She just keeps getting better.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2013
So much to say and so much I can't without giving everything away. Urban's growth as an author is evident with each new installment of Erin's story. In her acknowledgements, she tells Lee Clark that "patience is a virtue." I guess she'll be telling me that a lot now, too.The queen of cliffhangers and anticipation has me antsy for the next book and she's just not writing it fast enough. This is a problem inherent with falling in love with the characters and worldscape of a series. The only distraction from the wait is to read someone else's work until book 4 in the Erin series is finally available. (Do you remember the midnight madness when a new Harry Potter book came out? Yeah, I'm that bad.)Erin's return to school after the disastrous loss of control at Sean's birthday party is just as bad as she feared. Now she isn't just mocked for how ugly her birthmark makes her, the other students treat her as a pariah. It's only with the support of Kasey-ray, their friends and unexpected support from a couple of teachers that she is able to continue going to schoolLouise still has Sean and he seems to be getting worse. Without telling Erin, everyone decides to kidnap Sean, hoping that keeping him from Louise will bring him to his senses. Except there's more going on than they anticipated. Louise is really not playing nice and her aunt is up to her elbows in this mess.Dr. Hammersmith confirms their suspicions as to what is wrong with Sean. The gang (again without telling Erin) decides to do some investigating. Maybe they can find out how to bring him back to normal. With Justin at the helm, they get their answers. Unfortunately, the answers only lead to more questions. They also increase everyone's fears for Sean.When I got to the end of the book, I was thinking "really?!" with my head cocked sideways. I thought about what had just been revealed and then about a few statements made by one of Erin's teachers. Urban now has her foot squarely on top of my favorite genre. Fantasy. She was already there with her reveal about the meteor in the bottom of the lake and its effects on the residents on Galladale.I hope she keeps Erin's story going for a long time. Hey, maybe there will be spin-off. There's some possibilities here, don't you think? Hmm?