What force can stop someone who will stop at nothing?
Haunted by a single night four months ago, Krissa has cut herself off from her friends and loved ones, afraid to taint them with the darkness swelling within her.
Left reeling from the consequences of the spell that removed an unwanted consciousness from her body, Crystal will do anything to reclaim the magic she lost.
Set adrift in a world she never prepared to live in, Sasha clings to the one thing she believes will bring her peace: seeking revenge against the person who destroyed her future.
When a new threat emerges against Krissa and her friends, will she be strong enough to do what is necessary to save those she loves?
The last few chapters are the only thing saving this from one star
The series has been ok so far. Nothing to recommended and get too excited over. But it was a nice easy simple slightly interesting read. That is until this book. I had to skim whole chapters because of the same repeated internal struggle just looping and looping.
The only saving grace was the last few chapters when everyone stopped the woe is me attitude and actually got along with the story.
I'm rushing through the series and can't stop...I love the characters, the relationships, the suspense of the story, and the back drama. The only reason I went with 4 instead of 5 stars on this one was because I didn't like how Krissa lost focus on the night of the eclipse to worry about a boy..OK, it was Owen...but it didn't feel right that she wasn't 100% all in focused. Trying not to spoil...just disappointed in her.
Oy. The only way to make this better is to make a list of Krissa's chapters. Why the author decided to write this installment in multiple points of view, after the first three are in first person, is beyond me. And the character points of view she chose are boring and add nothing to the overall story arc. I'm almost sorry I bought the next two books--if they're also multi-pov, I will return them.
Just finished this one and have already ordered the 5th book. Krissa is an awesome character. Can't wait to see how everything plays out in the last book!
I have loved this series, but this book was all angst and stupidity. Krissa changes so dramatically, exchanging her trusting nature for paranoid suspicion. And Sasha and Crystal are both awful; I didn't enjoy being in their heads. I so hope the next book is better.
This was by far the lowest I have rated to books of this series and it got even a 2 coz of the ending. All the books till now had quite the action but this one was all thoughts. POV concept usually makes us connect with more characters or sympathize with the morally black/grey characters but in this one here it just felt boring reading about them. Didn't understand how the sudden shift from 3 earlier books having one POV and all action to this one with 3 POVs and all thoughts.
Also Krissa says she doesn't feel guilty about what she did to Seth but seeing she can't forgive herself and cut her off from her friends, "All evidence to the contrary".
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
2.5 This one was just a bit slow. As interesting as the new POVs were, I think Sasha's was unnecessary. I feel like she was only included to add drama at the start and although it was nice to see the world expanded a little, I just think the book could have done with cutting out a few of Sasha's chapters. Krissa's problem was a bit difficult to understand. I don't think it was that interesting, but the last portion was interesting enough. I'm host hoping the final book is better.
I thought that I was going to love this book-mainly because I've loved all the ones preceeding it. However, I'm not very pleased with it. I did like seeing things from Crystal and Sasha's view in addition to Krissa's, but other than that, it was a drag up until the last few pages. Needless to say, this is my least favorite book in the series thus far.
I can't wait for the next installment of this series. It's been an interesting journey . Love the plot twists and characters. This is one of my favorite series.
Had to make myself finish this one. Not a big fan of going back and forth between so many characters' point of view. Last few chapters made it worth finishing.