Review: Oohh myyy!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2014
Opening part four of this series brings a rather surprising relief to the weekly anxiety of waiting for the next installment of the Kraken King.I happily opened the book and found myself somewhere over Southwestern Australia making my way to the Red City on May 27th. I’m no longer in my comfortable home, but instead I can feel the hot desert air that’s scorching my skin and I’m surprised that I will miss the smugglers den as Zenobia and Ariq continue their journey to the Red City.Zenobia’s letters to her brother are most entertaining, her sense of humour shines through in her words to him and I can only hope that the author will continue with these. Avoiding boring dialogue between the characters, Meljean Brook manages to supply us with a fair amount of background information on who they are, their fears and hopes helping us understand them better and thus their actions too.Finally I know why they call it the Red City, I confess I was very curious about this.  How exciting, this is a city full of strange customs and even more peculiar people. There is something fascinating about airships and I love imagining them hovering above the cities, balloons, wings and steam engines, how can one not be captivated with these descriptions?There is no risk in repeating myself when I say that I am swooning at the sweetness between Zenobia and Ariq as this is the first time that the beauty of romance sweetens this book.  But now I risk repetition by saying that I was not disappointed by the extremely well written action scenes and the elaborate political intrigue that I look forward to in this story and always find. Did I mention that Australia is a fascinating country?Is that anyway to end this story? Another week of waiting, another week of agony before I can read what will happen next.