4 Stars
Everyone has secrets. Calla Larkenwood wants nothing more than to be a guardian, but her overprotective mother has never allowed it. Battling fae creatures is too dangerous a job for a young girl, and there’s that pesky magical ability she needs to keep hidden from the Guild. How can she do that if she’s working right under their nose? When circumstances change and Calla finally gets to follow her dream, she discovers guardian trainee life isn’t all she hoped it would be. Her classmates are distant, her mentor hates her, and keeping her ability, a secret is harder than she thought. Then an Underground initiation game goes wrong, landing Calla with a new magical ability she can’t control. She needs help – and the only way to get it is by bargaining with the guy who just discovered her biggest secret. I am utterly confused and horrified. I’ve been smacked in the face with something really icy and confusing and horrifying! What the hell just happened What an amazing freakin cliff-hanger! Calla is definitely sassy, though determined. She knows what she wants and she works damn hard for it. Her character developed beautifully and I really started growing fond of her. She’s tough and no matter what comes her way, she won’t back down and she goes full throttle forward in achieving her goals, even if fear does creep in now and then. I did struggle with the first part of the book. It was a bit slow. It did give you a nice background and much depth of who is who and what’s going on, but I felt it was a bit slow at times. I think what bothered me the most was the total transition from Vi and Ryn to Calla. I just struggled to get into Calla’s character at first after such a powerhouse couple, Vi and Ryn. Let’s talk a little about Olive, the mentor, and Saskia, the typical bad-girl bully, we all now and then encounter within our own lives. Boy oh boy... Either you love their cocky-arrogant-selfish characters or you absolutely despised them. Wish they kind of flushed themselves down their toilets! A bit harsh? You decide and let me know your thoughts. Chase has mystery and danger written all over him. A good thing? A bad thing? The author, Rachel Morgan, did an excellent job of describing and creating Chase’s character. I’m not sure where he is headed within this story, but I’m sure as hell very excited to find out. The overall pace of the story was a bit slow in the beginning, but it did pick up, especially nearing the end of Book 4. The plot’s consistency runs fluently, no hiccups I’ve picked up or confusion, where you kind of get lost in the read, not sure what’s going on. No, not at all. The series thus far is easy to follow and we really fall in love with the characters...which side depends on whom you choose. I’m trying not to give too much away from what is going on. No spoilers from me at this stage, as I feel many more readers should pick up this series and read it. And of course, I really want to stop writing now as I’m so freakin curios to find out...What the heck just happened??? A Faerie’s Revenge (Book Five) ...Here I come!
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