Review: Best Ever
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2013
CoverThe cover is brilliant! The artwork for this series is what originally drew me to pursue getting a copy of Burn Bright. It represents a dark tale with a very strong, young female lead character. The artwork is beautiful and represents the feel and appeal of the story. All three covers are amazing, and I love the colors.CharactersI couldn't be more proud of Naif, her character development throughout the series is a constant. With everything that is thrown at her and the determination and unending days of fighting, she never falters on what is in her heart and what she believes is true and right. We see many characters come and go throughout the series, several die and several stop in just for their purpose to leave the reader not knowing where their story ended up. But all have brought this series full circle and I don't think there could have been a better ending.FavoriteNaif is by far my favorite character, but there are so many that are dear to my heart that it seems unfair to name just the main character.Lenoir, Liam!, Suki, the Uthers, all great characters.Least FavouriteI of course have never been much fan of the Ripers, but that Cal! Man, talk about close-minded, she ruffles my feathers.BeginningJumping right into the story from book two we find Naif and her group making plans to re-enter Ixion. Who will be going, staying and what has to happen. With some dialogue to refresh the readers memory on where we left off in the last book.StorylineNaif must find her brother and his group again to get all of the fighters on Ixion to rally together to fight the Ripers and Night Creatures. They can only win if they get the upper hand and get as many of the baby bats to rise up and fight; to realize that there is something wrong with the island and stand against it.EndingIt was a perfect ending. I stayed up until 1am to finish reading the last half of the book because it was so intense. I miss this series already and can only hope that there will be more! Please!!! I don't want to go as far as saying there was a twist ending, but with the story behind the darkness of Ixion... I would never have imagined that in a million years! Very sci-fi fun and engaging.ThoughtsI was apprehensive going into the book because I really do not want this series to end. The world is so imaginative and dark and I just didn't want to leave it. I tried to take it slow and savor it but as the story really got going I just couldn't stop. I was amazed at the imagery that is brought to the story. An incredibly dark world, with evil people and creatures varying from harmless to incredibly dangerous. From characters like the deformed Liam, to the mysterious Uthers and the different people on each Island. I feel that we barely even got to see a corner of this world and I want to visit each Island. I feel like a part of this whole story is missing and I want more! Naif was by far the best main character ever, she was perfect for the lead voice and I'm proud of her, up into the very last page.QuotesIt had seemed so mysterious when she'd first come. Sinister but beautiful: a place like nothing she'd known, redolent with musk and moonflower and haunted by strains of music that fired her senses. Back then she'd found it hard to resist its lure, but now she felt only apprehension and a desire to make Ixion safe.Despair threatened to overwhelm Naif as she held the gentle creature's paws. Nothing she had ever seen before had made her as sick to her stomach, or feel as hollow from its sheer callousness. Even in Danskoi, she had not been as appalled.