Banishing the Dark (Arcadia Bell, #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Nov 08, 2013 AH rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic, arc-netgalley, urban-fantasy, paranormal, demons, book-boyfriends, zzread-apr-2014

Initial Thoughts; 4.0-5.0 stars. I am so sad that this series has to end. And wow, what a way to end a series. I feel conflicted. I am sad it's over and pleased that it was done so well.

The Review:
Banishing the Dark is a perfect ending for one of my favorite series. In Banishing the Dark, Cady and Lon's relationship is tested as Cady undergoes a memory spell in order to protect herself from her mother. Oh, I really felt for Lon who could not fill in the blanks for Cady!

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Nov 12, 2013 Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ rated it it was amazing

It's one of my favorite series and I'm very sad that it had to end after only 4 books. In many respect it is difficult to keep up the quality of a story and stretch it over many books. I think it was the right time to close but I still wanted more....maybe a spin-off pretty please.

Banishing the dark picks up right after the events of Binding the Shadows where Cady undergo a memory spell to protect herself from her mother. This puts a real strain on her relationship with Lon who cannot fill in th ...more

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Sep 26, 2013 Lisa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: flail, guy-crushes, heaven-in-a-book, all-the-right-things, 5-stars, adult-fiction, diverse-characters, all-the-feels, need-moar, lovely-prose

Fantastic end to one of my forever favourite series. I wish there were more books but it ended in such a great way it would be greedy of me to ask for more... Sigh.

I will most certainly miss these characters: Cady, Lon, Jupe, and Kar Yee. Also everyone in between that played their part.

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Nov 02, 2013 KarenF rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, own

So I've been putting off reading this book because I just wasn't ready for the series to be over. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to Cady, Lon & Jupe. Unlike a lot of series that run out of gas, this one being over in 4 books felt perfect, a little too short but mainly that's due to wanting to spend more time with the characters, the story was completely wrapped up.

It's hard to review this one without series spoilers. I'll just say that this book picks up not long after the major events of the 3rd ...more

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Jul 12, 2014 Karyogini rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-on-2014

Yay! What a trip! :) thank you Jenn Bennett fort his awesome series!

I read this book right after the 3rd book. Seriously that 3rd book kept me hanging. It's really an ending book. No new story. So you better read this series in order. :)

HEA check.
Sex scene, check.
Crazy villains, check.
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Nov 19, 2012 Sandra rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: demons-angels, pnr-uf, own, witch-magic-fae

Wow!! That is the way to end a series. Still, I'm sad that it's over :(

Cady Bell, is slowly recovering from the murderous acts of the previous book and sending her parents into the Aethyr. She isn't prepared, however, for her mother trying to take over her body, whilst she's asleep. She also isn't prepared to find out that she's expecting.

To hide that fact from her mother she has Lon use a memory spell but it takes a little more than either of them bargained for.

Loved Jupe falling in love with a ...more

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Apr 13, 2016 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, demon-demon-hunter, uf, kids

The book was amazing, but I'm disappointed that it ends the series as I'd love to spend more time with Cady, Lon and Jupe.

Cady's got to stop her mother from taking over her body by finding out the secrets of her conception. This leads to some very interesting information and to Cady getting more comfortable with her own knacks.

And I'm super happy there was a nice, long epilogue.

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