Wow!
As usual, with any book involving Bethany Anne, this was a fast paced, lose your breath at the speed of light, crazy roller coaster of a ride.
It was wonderful to get fully immersed in this story, especially as BA and Michael had called all of their surviving friends and family together, which meant that I got to visit with some of my favourite characters again.
But, what set this book apart from the previous book in this series, was the way in which the plotline was bringing the reader ever closer to those who have been behind the Kurtherian attacks.
Seeing BA in all her Empress glory was wonderful, especially when she did her trick with the ether storm, but my favourite moments were when she was simply being a Mother, and a Wife.
Having been both, I could totally relate to her concerns for the twins, and just how fast they were being forced to grow up, and then trying to find some one on one time with the love of her life - but, also, having the need to be everything to everyone - my heart ached for her.
But, Addix! I cried.
For someone who used to be terrified if spiders, I found her character to be amazingly loyal, loving, protective, and kick ass amazing, and I'm really going to miss her.
One thing I did when I finished reading, was look up the name of the Kurtherian behind the attacks. It was mentioned that it was a human name, so I decided to see what came up - and this is what I found:
Gödel, Kurt:
By the age of 25, Kurt Gödel had produced his famous “Incompleteness Theorems.” His fundamental results showed that in any consistent axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the system and that the consistency of the axioms themselves cannot be proved.
This all looks wonderful, and very science-y, but I must admit, I haven't got a clue how it fits in with the plot so far - or if I have even found the right Gödel! Lol
Anyway, as I always do, I checked to see what book I should be reading next, and it turns out it's book 6.5 in this series: Keep Your Friends Close.
I guess this is a shorter add-on, so I don't know how long it'll take to read, but I guess, as its now almost quarter past one in the morning already, I guess I'll be leaving it to read in the morning - and that will give me a little time to process this book's details a little longer!