Review: Beautifully written but glad it's over
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2012
I rated this quite high because it is beautifully written with a realistic approach in the characters which is demonstrated by their bickering, misunderstanding and often childish behaviour even by the parents. It is too good to rate it less than a four but although I have enjoyed the series I am glad it is over and I had to wonder if I was thus being over generous.  There is a tendency to draw things out that started to wear thin, and the story line with Stacey and her diet habits  feels like they were added to keep the reader from being bored.  Well it does that but it also cheapens the plot a little, it's too pact, like the gory bits are for effect. You also start to get that feeling with the way Robert and Grace still misunderstand each other, as does Lark with Grace, with Stacey and so on.  It is still a great book but it should have been combined with "Black Halo" as the impact would have been stronger as a trilogy rather than as I said draw this last piece of the story out so much.  Don't get me wrong, this is a very interesting and beautifully written series as I have said in previous reviews but be aware that it does go on a touch too long especially in this last book.