Review: Quite good as usual
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
This book picks up directly after the end of The Last Oracle, which is good because it was quite a cliffhanger. To recap, this is the same world as the original Lumineia trilogy, saved in the Second Draaken War by Taryn, Braon and his friends after 2/3 of the world had been killed off. Now, it is modern times on Earth and mages have withdrawn themselves from the general population to avoid repeats of previous conflicts with the aurens (non-magicians). Tess, the last Oracle, has been prophesied to bring the two populations back together again. She completed her first year of mage school and help to beat back the first big offensive by the bad guys, opening up the same portal Draaken used in hopes of using his army again. Unfortunately, something else was in the portal, waiting to be released, potentially more destructive than the armies that almost wiped out the world. Tess, Hawk, and her friends now have mere months until the portal is opened again, and they have to figure out how to deal with the Dark.As always, I enjoyed this book. I really like the Lumineia books and read them as soon as they come out. However, they are a bit short, and I feel like I need to wait to give a full review until after the last book. There are a few things that are introduced or emphasized in this book that I just can't see how they are going to play a role in the battle that is coming up. However, knowing the author, I imagine that he has plans for making these things relevant.Again, initially, it was hard not to compare this to Mr. Potter, but that feeling, I thought, went away even faster this time. This book had a nice twist at the end seems to be building to something big. We seem to be nearing the completion of the Ianna's final prophesy. Again, I'm excited for the next book!