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This was extremely frustrating for me. I liked Poison Study. Magic Study as well, though not as much. I did not like Fire Study.

The plot.. Well, it sucked. The same old thing, over and over and over again. There was so much pointless travelling from one place to another... Everyone and their mom has discovered and has endless caches of curare, so every fight is completely dominated by people being paralyzed or trying not to be paralyzed or paralyzing other people. It usually goes something like this... Travel to one location, ambush involving lots and lots of curare, someone is captured, someone escapes or is rescued, rinse and repeat for 400 pages. Seriously. I'm not even kidding.

The characters are annoying and inconsistent. The whole thing was predictable. It was just not enjoyable at all for me. I had to force myself to finish it, just so I could be done already. Not recommended. ( )
  breakofdawn | Jun 11, 2013 |
Interesting end to the trilogy. Still reads strongly as "young adult" rather than "adult" fiction. I liked the three enough to start the Glass Trilogy! ( )
  lesmel | May 16, 2013 |
Excellent series. I'll be moving on to the Glass series very soon. This one started out much more slowly for me. It took a while before it really captured my attention. ( )
  Yona | May 2, 2013 |
Fantasy,Luna
  romsfuulynn | Apr 28, 2013 |
For me, the weakest of the three. It was nice Yelana finally figured her path in life, but it felt repetitive after a while. ( )
  dancingwaves | Apr 16, 2013 |
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To my parents, James and Vincenza, for your constant support and encouragement in all my endeavours. You sparked the fire.
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"That's pathetic, Yelena," Dax complained.
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Yelena's new role as Soulfinder has made the Sitian Council uneasy. Worried that her new powers will corrupt her, the Council debates her fate. Yelena, though is trying to keep Sitia and Ixia from going to war. In the middle of political wrangling, Yelena receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by Ferde, the Soulstealer who murdered eleven girls and has escaped from prison with Cahil Ixia’s help. Cahil believes if he joins with the new Daviian Clan, he will have enough support to regain the Ixian throne. Testing the limit of her skills, Yelena becomes embroiled in the desperate fight to stop Ferde and the Daviian Clan from siphoning enough power to unleash a Fire Warper on the world. That would be worst than war between the northern and southern lands. Especially since, of all the powers Yelena possesses, she couldn't set fire to a candle wick if her life depended on it. And there is more at stake than just her life.
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The apprenticeship is over— now the real test has begun.

When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before.…

Honor sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself—and save the land she holds dear.

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As the Sitian Council, deeming her dangerous due to her Soulfinder abilities, decides her fate, Yolena, who can capture and release souls, embarks on a dangerous journey to her homeland to save her people from a murderous sorcerer.

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