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The Sorcerer Heir

(The Heir Chronicles #5)

Cinda Williams Chima (Goodreads Author)

4.14 · Rating details · 5,630 ratings · 329 reviews

The delicate peace between Wizards and the underguilds (Warriors, Seers, Enchanters, and Sorcerers) still holds by the thinnest of threads, but powerful forces inside and outside the guilds threaten to sever it completely.

Emma and Jonah are at the center of it all. Brought together by their shared history, mutual attraction, and a belief in the magic of music, they now sta ...more

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May 18, 2016 Anne rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2016, urban-fantasy, young-adult

This one was probably the best out of all the Heir books, but boy does Chima love to screw with the lives of previous main characters!
And, no, nothing happened to anyone that made me throw the book across the room, but in those opening pages I was like...

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I think the action and pacing was waaaaay better in this last one than in any of the previous books. And when you couple that with the fact that (I thought) Emma and Jonah were both just more interesting characters than the others, The Sorcere ...more

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Jan 04, 2015 Kyle rated it it was amazing

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Just so I don't forget to mention it -- What a great read!

The Sorcerer Heir is the fifth and last book currently in The Heir Chronicles series by Cinda Williams Chima. The Wizard's guild ruled the world of magic for hundreds of years but that's all changed. Now the Underguilds (Warriors, Seers, Enchanters, and Sorcerers) are in control and the Wizards don't like it at all.

Emma just wants to be a normal person, play her guitar in the band she's joined, and try and get over the tragedy of her pas ...more

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Jul 06, 2014 Robin (Bridge Four) rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, witches-warlocks-and-magic, uf-pnr

Great conclusion to the Heir series.

While I did prefer the Seven Realms Series to this one Cinda Williams Chima has again proven that she really knows how to punch out a series ending that is full of twists, turns, drama and gut wrenching angst until the very end.

I didn’t reread any of the other books going into this and so I had forgotten a lot it seems from the last book. But no worries I just went along for the ride and there was just enough recapping along the way that I caught up quickly an Great conclusion to the Heir series.

While I did prefer the Seven Realms Series to this one Cinda Williams Chima has again proven that she really knows how to punch out a series ending that is full of twists, turns, drama and gut wrenching angst until the very end.

I didn’t reread any of the other books going into this and so I had forgotten a lot it seems from the last book. But no worries I just went along for the ride and there was just enough recapping along the way that I caught up quickly and by the last half of the book it was really difficult to put it aside.

There are no good guys.”

That seemed to be the continued theme in this book. Every character or faction was doing what they thought they had to in order to get by. Every different magical faction had their own reasons and justifications for their choices and it might look okay if you didn’t have the whole picture. But for the most part the reader can see how the cycle of hate and blaming a certain group as a whole for the wrongs of a few was just painful and wrong.

All questions are answered by the end such as:

 What actually happened at Thorn Hill? The identity of the responsible party was probably the biggest surprise to me.
 Why are the kids continuing to die and why do they turn into shades?
 Who is responsible for all the killings of Mainliners?
 What are the shades trying to do with the Blood Magic?
 Is Gabriel on team good or Evil?
 Who is Lilith really?

All that and so much more. While I did like how all sides were shown in some context I found it hard to understand why each though they had the right footing. Especially some of the Wizards who were looking to eradicate the survivors of Thorn Hill. Some of the warring factions seemed slightly forced in a I want to kill them because they are different than me or they caused our problems before. I had the hardest time feeling bad for Lilith and the Shades as they were trying to use blood magic and the cost of that was incredibly high.

There were some great fights in this and culmination at the end was heart stopping. I really wasn’t sure everyone would make it out and well not everyone did. The most redeemed character was Leesha. She came a long way from trying to sale Jack to one of the warring wizard houses in The Warrior Heir. I loved her new found mission since losing Jason and how much she was working for peace.

If you haven’t read The Seven Realms series start there first. It is an amazing journey and CWC’s best work in my opinion. But this series is strong in more of a YA UF sense. The characters are well fleshed out and there is enough action, drama and betrayal to keep everything interesting.
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Apr 10, 2018 Molly Mortensen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, reviews, magic, 2018, young-adult, contest, signed, owned, zombies, read-keep

Even though there was a lot I loved about this book, it took me forever to read. It just wasn't calling me. I blame Emma. Why did Sorcerer have to have the same characters as Enchanter? Jonah's a good character but I can't stand Emma!

After that cliffhanger I wanted to know what happened with Jonah and he doesn't come back in until page 50!

Lesha gets a POV. She's certainly grown up since Warrior. How cute a are Lesha and Fitch together!

Can I just say how much I love Kenzie? Jonah's brother needs ...more

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Mar 07, 2020 Drewthereader20 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, completed-series, library-books, tbr-shelf, 2020-favorites, 2020-reads, fantasy, hardcover

And that ladies and gents is how u wrap up a series! This is my favorite in this series so far!!
1) The warrior heir 3/5
2) The wizard heir 3.5/5
3) The dargon heir 4/5
4) The entchaner heir 4/5
5) The sorcerers heir 5/5!(:

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Jun 09, 2014 Marie marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-releases

So this book needs to come out. Like, now. After a cliffhanger like that, I can't be expected to wait until October.

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Jul 20, 2019 Andy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, 2019-read

4.5/5

Aghhh what a conclusion!

Chima has totally outdone herself. I thought I loved the way The Dragon Heir ended, but I loved the end of this installment even more. Tension and deception are running high as the savants, shades, Trinity council and the Wizards try to figure out what went wrong at Thorn Hill all those years ago. So many people are out for blood and blood will be spilled.

There are so many characters in this book who are determined to see their truth of events be revealed. And all o ...more

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May 11, 2014 Beth rated it it was ok

Shelves: reviewed

This was decent - definitely better than The Enchanter Heir - but I'm left feeling that there was really no purpose to the story. Not only from a plot standpoint, though the entire plot does feel tacked on, but even the writing didn't draw me in.

I think there are more Seven Realms books coming. I really hope those aren't as unnecessary-feeling as the most recent additions to the Heir series.

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Dec 03, 2013 Michelle marked it as to-read

I need this book now if not sooner!

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May 05, 2014 hpboy13 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, best-of-ya, best-of-fantasy, perfect-finale, best-of-2014, pentalogy

This book is EVERYTHING. Everything I could have wanted. Getting to read a new Cinda Williams Chima book every year has become an annual treat for me since 2007, kind of like Halloween and pumpkin spice lattes. Her writing style is one of my absolute favorites; she has a gift for making things come alive, for fleshing out characters, for writing awesome action scenes.

When I read The Enchanter Heir a year and a half ago, I wrote, “Enchanter Heir never feels like more than just the intro to a larg ...more

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Dec 27, 2014 Leia Rose rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

*sigh* What do you do when you find a series you like but it goes downhill at some point? Well after the disaster of The Enchanter Heir I couldn't help thinking this wasn't going to help. To be fair I liked it better then Enchanter, but I'm still VERY disappointed with the turn this series took.

I loved the original setup of the guilds and the battle to first stop wizard domination and then set up a working new system. Enchanter took a drastic turn from that and Sorcerer follows up that path.

This *sigh* What do you do when you find a series you like but it goes downhill at some point? Well after the disaster of The Enchanter Heir I couldn't help thinking this wasn't going to help. To be fair I liked it better then Enchanter, but I'm still VERY disappointed with the turn this series took.

I loved the original setup of the guilds and the battle to first stop wizard domination and then set up a working new system. Enchanter took a drastic turn from that and Sorcerer follows up that path.

This is like throwing Star Wars into the middle of LOTR. Are Jedi cool? Yes. But do they belong with elves and dwarves? No.

I do NOT like this new zombie(shade) twist. It detracts from the uniqueness of the guilds and does something that not only is so unoriginal but also something I don't personally feel belongs in this world.

Sorcerer is an easier read and we see more of the characters from the first three books, not a lot but hey. The mystery is interesting to untangle. Who's lying, what's the secret, etc.

I miss feeling like there's a point to the titles. We don't get a good insight into what being a sorcerer is like, because Emma is NOTHING like the sorcerers we've read about in the first 3 books. She's a super-powered musician. One who never seems to use that gift much but for cameo moments where people can go woah dude that's cool! And really? Super-powered musician? Can we say lame and not sorcerer-like at all?

There's lots of loose ends which will be tied up(hopefully) in the next book. I'm not really sure what that'll look like but since we can just add zombies and a camp of thousands of Anawizard Weir who managed to avoid wizard involvement or detection, experiment on their children, and have a chemical accident that slaughtered most of the camp and infected the rest, all of which we don't hear even a whisper of in the first three books, and that the rest of the world is clueless about, well hey anything can happen.

I think this twist that stones can be tampered with and altered to create "mutants" who can do whatever the creators come up with is hard to swallow. It's way too convenient, highly implausible that NO ONE else has figured out how to do this, and that none of the "mainliners" have attempted to learn what happened. And what parent signs their kid up to be experimented on and then doesn't get a say in what the kid gets turned into? Good parents wouldn't have had their kids experimented on anyway, but I want to know what Jonah's parents were thinking to say hey, let's make him "killer hands" so he can't touch anyone! And let's hope he never gets mad at us. Or did they just say eh, whatever you want to make him, go ahead.

I miss the original characters and their fight for equality. I wish if Cinda wanted to make a book about zombies and evil scientists creating an army that she would've saved it for a different series. But I don't get my wish. I honestly gave this 3 stars at the time, but looking back I'm like THIS BOOK WAS AWFUL! Why did I give it 3 stars? It doesn't deserve them. It doesn't matter that this is better than the last book because a step up from terrible doesn't mean that this is "okay". It's still bad and I have zero desire to read any future books in the series.

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Jan 17, 2014 SJ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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So I finished this book, and it's just like, pure perfection. I actually fell over on my bed after I finished it. I think I'm still incapacitated. Just Jonah, and Emma, and...ugh. This was perfectly perfect in the most perfect of ways. AGH. Why didn't I pace myself? Why didn't I take my time? Oh, right. Because this is CWC we're talking about, and I'll eat up anything that woman writes in less than a week. (It would be less than a day, but that's college for you, folks.) And...and...this ...more

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Oct 07, 2013 Diena Riding rated it really liked it · review of another edition

My favorite in the series.

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Jan 03, 2015 Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: great-series, magic, romance, supernatural, favorite-author, young-adult, contemporary, paranormal

Great final book of a really good YA series about Supernaturals in a small town in Ohio. I"ve enjoyed all of these books but particularly liked Jonah, the hero in this book. I am sure I made a mistake by not re-reading the previous book before I started this one as some of the previous story and characters were a little hazy. It was kind of a 4.5 read for me, but I believe it would be a solid five if I had done that. This is the final story of the children who were survivors of a terrible "accid ...more

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Sep 28, 2013 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hall-of-fame, finished-in-one-day, fantastic-covers, to-die-for-characters, beautifully-written, magical, badass, i-see-dead-people, books-that-should-be-movies, instantly-hooked

Cinda Williams Chima, you have done it again. You are, by far, one my all time favorite authors. You create stories and characters and worlds that sink into my skin and into my bones. Your writing is beautiful and a reader could not ask anything more from her favorite author (except for the request for more books...so, please, please, please, PLEASE???).

Okay, Chima is another author who creates boy characters that I fall absolutely head over heels in love with. First, I absolutely fell for Han ...more

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Apr 10, 2020 Maria Mejia rated it really liked it

This book was fantastic. Although the ending was a little weak compared to the rest of the book, it was still a great read. I didnt expect the twist with Tyler. That just blew me away and I didnt see it coming. Cinda does a great job in developing her characters and it did not fail with this one. The take on zombies was actually interesting and not over done. I very much like this take on zombies then any other one. The romance thing is a little over done. But the writing as well as action in th ...more

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Jan 31, 2015 Shauni rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reading-romance-challenge, series, new-release, trilogy-or-longer-same-characters, ya, contemporary-pnr

Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy

Several years ago my oldest daughter came home from school with a library book and basically said, "Mom you have to read this book!" That book was Cinda Williams Chima's The Warrior Heir.. I read that book and a love for a certain YA author was born.

The Sorcerer Heir is the fifth and final book in Ms. Williams Heir Series.. A world where gifted individuals born with a "weir" stone inside gives them powers and puts them in one of Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy

Several years ago my oldest daughter came home from school with a library book and basically said, "Mom you have to read this book!" That book was Cinda Williams Chima's The Warrior Heir.. I read that book and a love for a certain YA author was born.

The Sorcerer Heir is the fifth and final book in Ms. Williams Heir Series.. A world where gifted individuals born with a "weir" stone inside gives them powers and puts them in one of the guilds. Wizard, Warrior, Sorcerer, Enchanter and Seers. For centuries the Wizards have kept the rest of the guilds in a tiered society where the Wizards ruled them all. That "government" has been felled but the rest of the guilds are still feeling their way in the new government.

Initially there was a three book series but Ms. Williams added the last two just recently. So this 5 book series is really a three book and two book series all tied together. We see characters from the trilogy in this book because they are truly important and to leave them out would be a disservice to the story. But the main focus in on Emma and Jonah and a group of children that survived a horrible explosion at a commune in South America. These children, those that have managed to live, have suffered over the years and are slowly dying their gifts are unique even to the weir world. Some are deadly but most are dangerous only to themselves.

Now to explain this book.. Which is way more difficult than you can possibly imagine. Jonah and his team have been killing "Zombies", the weir from his people that have died. Yet for some reason they can't really die and their souls survive. Floating around the real world where no one can see them but if they inhabit another's body they can "survive". But they want more they want to live.. Jonah and his team don't know any of this, they believe that the inhabited people become truly evil and that they have no sentience. Only they do.

When Jonah discovers this, his entire world begins shattering. Already unsure of being a hired killer, even if it is of the undead, Jonah becomes more than the lead on his team. He becomes a target for just about everyone. And the hope of his people. The problem is Jonah was created to be a killer, literally. His very touch can kill those alive and undead both. Created to kill, Jonah has the soul of a musician and the compassion of a truly generous heart.

Emma was literally created to become a great musician only she wasn't aware of it. Raised outside of the weir community she didn't know anything about them until the death of her grandfather. His death plunges her into a world on unknown. Where no one really accepts her or her "kind" the freaks. But Emma's appearance triggers the beginning of the end. At least of the prejudice that surrounds them. Or not.. LOL.

This is a complicated, unique, creative, book that ends a beautiful series. When it ended after Dragon Heir, I felt that the story was lacking something. That they needed something more. Even though it was well done, even though it was ended, even though the world was going to be a better place it was still a world in flux. But with Sorcerer Heir Ms. Williams closed the door. I felt this book gave us that final ending. That brought the world into focus so to speak. Although being an excellent author, Ms. Chima could easily revisit this series down the road.

This book really can't be read as a stand alone but it can be read as a duology. While the trilogy is important, it can be left out if you wanted to start reading this series. But, I have to ask, why ever would you want to?

This is an excellent YA book, it tells an important story and keeps the attention of the reader.. both the child AND the parent.. or any adult that chooses to read it. Ms. Chima writes in a manner that we forget that the characters are children/teenagers but never crosses a line with inappropriate behavior.

Just an excellent book.

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May 05, 2014 Amanda rated it it was amazing

This was a worthy finale for a great series. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at the seeming left turn in the plot in the previous book, the Enchanter Heir, which seemed to separate it almost entirely from the previous three books. I am totally on board after reading this book, however. Chima did a wonderful job of tying it all together, and providing an action packed, gut wrenching end to all of it.

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Dec 14, 2013 Saurabh Tripathi rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites

I love your works!! But that doesn't mean that I won't throw the thing across the room if you give me all those twists and head-aches!!

Loved the characters!!! That madness streak?? The way everything was a chaos but still marvellous-ly beautiful!!! Everything!!

Maybe its the genre that's got tiring!! But still one'f the best books I'd read this year!! RUN for it!!! ...more

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Sep 03, 2019 ~Cyanide Latte~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: contemporary readers who want to try out fantasy.

Shelves: cwchima-series, mutant-uprising

Given how up-and-down my history with this series has been, I was not expecting to go into this book and come out of it satisfied, but here I am.

This installment absolutely did wonders with keeping the story engaging while moving at a much better pace than previous books in the series, and I do feel like I largely was satisfied with the majority of what happened by the end. Most of the characters come out of it for the better and have excellent plot resolutions, and the entire conclusion itself Given how up-and-down my history with this series has been, I was not expecting to go into this book and come out of it satisfied, but here I am.

This installment absolutely did wonders with keeping the story engaging while moving at a much better pace than previous books in the series, and I do feel like I largely was satisfied with the majority of what happened by the end. Most of the characters come out of it for the better and have excellent plot resolutions, and the entire conclusion itself was well done.

Granted, I do have a few minor complaints to lodge. (No surprise there.)
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All-in-all, it's just so hard to think that this is where the series ends. Honestly, I'd love to see Chima continue writing stories for our various characters from this series in the future, because I'd love some more resolution and just seeing new things with these characters. ...more

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Mar 03, 2018 Colleen Earle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lit-american, fantasy, ya, written-by-women

A lovely conclusion to this series. I liked how everything wrapped up. Unlike The Dragon Heir, this ending didn’t feel rushed or too tidy. Like The Dragon Heir, the ending is Ione so more could be added, though this time I doubt it will (but I would be happy if the story continued).
I liked how in this book more of the original characters played a larger role.
Overall, a fun series. glad I decided to reread/read it this year.

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Jul 13, 2017 Darren Hagan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

**4.25 stars**

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Dec 24, 2017 Amanda Fioravanti rated it really liked it

Great book but this should not have been the last book in the series! I have so many questions!!!=[

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Jan 13, 2019 Jack Whitmore rated it really liked it

Good book and a pretty good series. Ended nicely but dragged on a little.

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Sep 19, 2017 Chris Strehlow rated it liked it

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I really enjoyed reading this book, because it had many details and it kept me captured throughout the whole thing. One thing I didn't enjoy was the kind of cliffhanger ending, because it did not leave me satisfied. I feel like there should be another book in the series or more information. It just kind of ended after the battle. There was nothing afterwards to explain the future.

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May 07, 2019 Shawn rated it really liked it

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I enjoyed The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Chima because the author did a great job transitioning over from the last book. I liked that it was a longer book and it kept me on my toes the whole time.

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The book was still revolved around the Anchorage. It included all the characters from previous books as well. The story started with the police investigating the Halloween murders. Jonah was accused of the acts because he disappeared that night. They questioned him and found Personal Response:
I enjoyed The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Chima because the author did a great job transitioning over from the last book. I liked that it was a longer book and it kept me on my toes the whole time.

Plot Summary:
The book was still revolved around the Anchorage. It included all the characters from previous books as well. The story started with the police investigating the Halloween murders. Jonah was accused of the acts because he disappeared that night. They questioned him and found nothing. Rowan and the wizard council accused the interguild council of the murders of wizards. Rowan claimed that Jonah attempted to kill him too. All of the drama made the Anchorage and the people living there seem like the guilty party. Gabriel did his best to keep them out. Eventually, they asked for a meeting. Gabriel revealed to the students of the Anchorage that he had teamed up with the person they had been trying to kill since the massacre at Thorn Hill happened, the leader of the shades, Lilith Greaves. She gave Jonah a type of magic that would take away his guilty conscious and made him turn back into a killer. When the interguild council showed up, there had been something wrong. The black rose had ended up there and attempted to kill everyone there. The shades killed them all. Jonah had lured Madison upstairs by herself where we attempted to kill her to save his brother. Jack fought him long enough to distract Jonah. Emma stopped Jonah and his mind came back to him. The story ended six months later, with all of them cleaning up the mess that was made.

Characterization:
Jonah was one of the main characters in the book. He was created to be an assassin, but he slowly started to feel guilty about what he was doing. He got magically hypnotized to get rid of his guilty conscious, but he got it back and stopped what he was doing. Jonah was a likable character because he was very athletic and whenever the story was in his point of view it was exciting.

Emma was the other main character of the book. She was Jonah's best friend throughout the book mostly. She was a misfit compared to the rest of the people at the Anchorage, but she found out that her father was the one who poisoned everyone there. She was a likable character because she had an attitude that made the book very interesting to read.

Setting:
The Sorcerer Heir takes place in present-day Ohio. The area is important to the to the storyline because of the culture of the people about the book. Music is a big part of the book and peoples culture in Ohio is more country and blues-based. There are many times in the book that the author, Cinda Chima, talks about the small towns and many long fields. The time period is important because of the modern weapons they have.

Recommendation:
I would recommend this book to high schoolers because of the maturity level of some of the content. Both males and females would enjoy this book because the book has a male and female main character. ...more

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Apr 05, 2015 Barb Middleton rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, ya

Book #4 ends on a cliffhanger, but this plot doesn't get around to addressing where it left off until page 50. The first chapters introduce Leesha as a character who has changed from a self-centered person to one who is trying to make sense out of the tragedy of her boyfriend's death in the previous book. Problem is I never had much interest in the superficial Leesha. Actually, I didn't remember her much from the previous books. The author is setting up for Emma to stay with her but I thought it Book #4 ends on a cliffhanger, but this plot doesn't get around to addressing where it left off until page 50. The first chapters introduce Leesha as a character who has changed from a self-centered person to one who is trying to make sense out of the tragedy of her boyfriend's death in the previous book. Problem is I never had much interest in the superficial Leesha. Actually, I didn't remember her much from the previous books. The author is setting up for Emma to stay with her but I thought it made for a confusing start, especially with the additional murders, and the backstory not inserted soon enough. The pacing was off with not enough or too much information given. I snoozed in the beginning, got interested in other parts, then snoozed again. The plot lacked twists, it was a bit scattered and repetitive, and the romance got cheesy. If you are looking for something light with plenty of action, zombies, cliches, and romances, then you will enjoy this book. I know I'll forget it in about a month.

Leesha is at a Halloween party feeling sorry for herself when the irresistible Jonah refuses to dance with her. Meanwhile Emma and Jonah don't trust each other and are keeping secrets. When the murders are investigated, the two try to hide their past only to push their friendship apart. Emma decides to remove herself from the dormitory life and help Leesha with her Aunt Millie while commuting to classes. The band continues to play and practice and music has a prominent roll in Emma and Jonah's friendship or wanna-be romance. Jonah is gifted as an enchanter which draws people to him but his touch is deadly making it impossible for him to have a girlfriend.

Emma digs into her parents past finding some unexpected answers to questions that involve everyone at the school who survived the Thorn Hill tragedy. Meanwhile Jonah is trying to save his brother that is dying from a poisoned Weirstone. The Underguilds and wizards are trying to broker a peace arrangement and solve the murders that happened in the community but obstacles keep causing them to fight among themselves until an unlikely alliance occurs with the help of Jonah that will either save or ruin the survivors of Thorn Hill.

Jonah's toxic touch reminded me of Rogue in the X-men movie, except Jonah is an assassin with empathy. Death by his hand is a peaceful experience. This common romantic trope works well because the obstacle facing the two characters that are attracted to each other seems insurmountable. They love each other but can't have a physical relationship. I just thought Jonah spent too much time pushing people away. He was so stubborn about telling the truth with Emma it got annoying and repetitive. It would have been better if I had read the previous book closer to this one. I probably wouldn't have forgotten so much of the backstory. Not my favorite by this author.

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Nov 03, 2014 Wendy rated it it was amazing

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"The Sorcerers Heir" is the final installment in a high fantasy series rich in the paranormal and filled with shocking disclosures. It opens in Trinity Ohio where the tenuous peace between the wizards and the underguilds is strained after an influx of killings. With Madison Moss's twelve year old sister one of the victims at Seph McCauley's party not only do the police begin investigating the crime, interviewing their chief suspects Emma and Jonah but the wizards implement their own task force t "The Sorcerers Heir" is the final installment in a high fantasy series rich in the paranormal and filled with shocking disclosures. It opens in Trinity Ohio where the tenuous peace between the wizards and the underguilds is strained after an influx of killings. With Madison Moss's twelve year old sister one of the victims at Seph McCauley's party not only do the police begin investigating the crime, interviewing their chief suspects Emma and Jonah but the wizards implement their own task force to find the killer.

At the center of the storm are Emma (Greenwood) Lee and Jonah Kinlock whose pasts are linked and whose attraction brings them nothing but heartache and pain. Haunted by tragedy, lies, and betrayal they must forge a new trust if they're to clear their names and discover the truth behind the deaths.

Fast-paced and intoxicating, the plot takes the reader on a roller -coaster ride especially when the wizard task force suspects the savants, the survivors of the Thorn Hill massacre living at Anchorage and Rowan DeVries will stop at nothing in accusing Jonah Kinlock of the crime even to blackmailing Emma. As events unfold that bring a load of surprises, the intensity and suspense of the story grows especially when the shades, remnants of the savants who died and their leader Lilith Greaves negotiate a truce with Gabriel Mandrake and begin planning a war that would bring death to the wizards and provide a blood magic that could restore life to the dead of Thorn Hill.

Into the new threatening landscape that undermines the peaceful co-existence of the guilds Cinda Williams Chima meshes new characters with old as old fires are stirred and a new battle begins. Alicia (Leesha) Middleton haunted by a betrayal and the sacrifice of Jason Haley is a bossy, unpredictable and arrogant wizard who befriends the talented, determined but sometimes fragile Emma Lee. Jonah Kinlock, the highly attractive charismatic feral warrior is hypersensitive to people's emotions and vulnerable in his guilt. With toxic hands that kill and unable to show love to another, Jonah is willing to do whatever it takes to save his brother Kenzie, a highly intelligent, witty fifteen year old who's dying. Harmon Fitch is the educated and kind Anaweir who's overly protective of Leesha even though he has no magical power. Among these memorable personalities add the aggressive and conniving sorcerer Gabriel Mandrake, the arrogant deceiver Rowan DeVries and the intelligent, mysterious shade Lilith Greaves. All these characters and more add their own brand of power, passion and drama to a fantasy series you can't put down.

I thoroughly enjoyed Sorcerer's Heir and highly recommend the Heir Chronicles series.
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Jul 18, 2015 Emily (Infinite Lives, Infinite Stories) rated it it was amazing

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Secrets, secrets, and more secrets.

Jonah's and Emma's relationship is something that is rare in the books that I read. I liked how it was different from most other novels where the characters instantly fall in love and there's smooth sailed here on out. I enjoyed how rocky it was. Even when something earth-shattering was thrown at them, I still silently hoped that they would find a way to make it work. Although, I wanted to yell at them a few times when the other concealed a secret that could d Secrets, secrets, and more secrets.

Jonah's and Emma's relationship is something that is rare in the books that I read. I liked how it was different from most other novels where the characters instantly fall in love and there's smooth sailed here on out. I enjoyed how rocky it was. Even when something earth-shattering was thrown at them, I still silently hoped that they would find a way to make it work. Although, I wanted to yell at them a few times when the other concealed a secret that could dramatically improve their investigation.
I was incredibly heartbroken when Grace Miss turned out to be one of the victims. She was just one of those characters that you always believe they would be there.

I honestly had no idea who the murderers were for both Thorn Hill and the wizard murders. I had my suspicions, but each time those characters turned up, my suspicions were altered. I thoroughly all of the miscommunication/lack of communication strategically planned throughout the book.
If I had to choose a favorite character from the series, I would have to say, Jack. Mainly because he's been there since the beginning and original characters always end up leaving a lasting impression.
My favorite book of the series would have to be The Wizard Heir. There is a big sense of family throughout the entire story. We slowly uncover more secrets that bring the characters together. I absolutely love Hasting's, Downey's, and McCauley's relationship. I can't explain it, they are just perfect together.

My favorite side character would have to be Kenzie. I dreaded the inevitable, silently hoping that he would survive. I was ecstatic that he made it to the end! I enjoyed this sarcastic humor when the story grew darker.

Lastly, I am so thankful that I got to read this series! It is one of the favorites! Without it, I would not have discovered my passion for reading and writing. I cannot imagine where I would be and what I would be doing today without it. I cannot believe that it has been nine years since the first book hit the shelves. I am so thankful that I discovered it when I did, I hate picking up series only to discover that they have already concluded. I also love the fact that the books are based close to where I grew I so I know exactly that Chima is talking about while reading them. I smile each time I stumble upon something so familiar. The books are absolutely amazing and inspiring. ...more

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Oct 29, 2014 Marla rated it liked it

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3.5 stars. Final book (again) in the Heir Chronicles. I like seeing all the characters again, but it is a lot of people to keep track of. This is a continuation of The Enchanter Heir and should be read back-to-back with that book. Kind of dark story and only some of the characters got a happy ending or closure.

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New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima comes from a long line of fortune-tellers, musicians and spinners of tales. She began writing romance novels in middle school, which were often confiscated by her teachers.

Her Heir Chronicles series (magic comes to contemporary Ohio) comprises The Warrior Heir The Wizard Heir . The Dragon Heir The Enchanter Heir, and the Sorcerer Heir.

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