Review: Very good; keeps the series strong
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.The Space Beyond is the second book in Kristie Cook’s new adult, paranormal trilogy, The Book of Phoenix.  The final book, The Space Within is scheduled to be released on July 14th, so no long wait to find out how it all ends.  This is a very good thing since The Space Beyond ends with a cliffhanger.In The Space Beyond, we continue to follow Leni and Jeric, Twin Flames and Guardians of Earth’s souls.  I love Leni and Jeric.  Their relationship is so sweet and passionate.  We get to know a little about Asia and Brock, but not very much.  There’s something strange with these two.  I don’t know what yet, but something is going on there, and I’m very interested to find out what.  We also get a couple of new characters: Bex, who we get to know really well in this book, and Nathayden, who remains a mystery for most of the book.  There’s more I could say here, but I’ll leave it alone so I don’t spoil things for anyone.I really enjoyed this book.  For me, it wasn’t quite as good as the first book, but that could be due to the darker story line of the sad and very serious subject of domestic violence.  I felt it was written well and believable.  It is hard for someone who has never been a victim to understand how a person can get into this kind of situation.  We may question how things can be overlooked and/or how the victim goes back time and time again.  I believe until you walk a mile in that person’s shoes, you can never fully understand how it came about or the strength and support it takes to get out of it.  I hope that we will all be helpers instead of judgers.I would have liked to have gotten a few more answers than this book gave, which is the reason for my rating of 4.  Overall, I enjoyed it very much and can’t wait to read the final book in a couple of months.  I have so many questions that I can’t wait to have answered.  I know I will miss living in this world when the series comes to an end.