Review: okay story, with a risk-taking heroine,
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to author Janeal Falor.)Serena may have gained her independence, but now her younger sister Cynthia is about to come of age.Will Cynthia do as society decrees and sell herself to a warlock? Or does she have other ideas in mind?This was a story about one girls fight for independence, and a life worth more than being someone else’s possession.Cynthia was a girl who wanted to stop hiding, and stand up for herself, but she really did worry me at times. Even though the things that she wanted wouldn’t be unreasonable to us, in the world in which she lived things were very different, and I did wonder just how much trouble she could possibly get herself into! I understood her need for freedom, and her wish to be as powerful as any man, but dear me, she certainly took some risks.The storyline in this wasn’t really what I was expecting, and while I understood the way that Cynthia tried to free herself, I also worried about what would happen because of it. It’s quite difficult to say more without possibly dropping spoilers, so let’s just say that having already been warned about her actions and their consequences by Zade, Cynthia pretty much flouted her abilities in the most public way possible, and also pretty recklessly, and I wasn’t the biggest fan of this sort of behaviour.There was some romance, which was sweet in places, and we also got to see a little more of Serena and Zade which was good.The ending to this was okay, and there was a little bit of a cliff-hanger. It will be interesting to see where the story goes from here.Overall; okay story, with a risk-taking heroine,6 out of 10.