Review: A worthy sequel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
After reading Spirit: Awakening, I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into its sequel and find out what was in store for Adele, Llaine and Iden. Lyrically written, Spirit: Reckoning's deceptively simple prose belies a land whose heartache and need you'll feel as palpably as Adele does.Adele's battles are not only external but internal as well, which adds depth and nuance to the story - a rarity in fantasy. Losses are present, which is the only thing a book can really do to make us fear the characters' failure; after all, we expect them to succeed.Though refreshingly original for the genre, Spirit: Reckoning does include one of my favorite literary devices: the one in which the worst qualities of our adversary echo an element also present inside our protagonist, a thought which secretly terrifies the good in them. A worthy conclusion to a unique series.