The fourth and final book of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles.

This book is set some 16+ years after the initial three and is told from the 1st person perspective of Daystar, Cimorene's son. For reasons that become clear during the course of the book, Cimorene has not told him about the events of the earlier novels. As this book opens, Cimorene gives Daystar a magic sword, and sends him into the Enchanted Forest to figure out the rest.

The 1st perspective, combined with the narrator's ignorance of the events of the earlier novels makes for an interesting situation where the reader knows much more about what is going on than the main characters in the book. This new perspective definitely made this more interesting than the previous novel, Calling on Dragons, which dragged a bit.

Pre09:

Need to read again to remember the unique bits of each book. I do remember loving all the characters though. ( )

A fun read and a good conclusion to the series. ( )

Basic Reason for Beginning: Well... It's only a short book... And it'd mean it'd stop staring at me.
Basic Reason for Finishing: It's stopped staring at me! Huzzah!
Texture: Erm... I hesitate to say 'jellylike', but mostly because I want to smack Daystar around the head for sounding like an idiot.

Full review here.

Rereadability: Not if you paid me.
Recommendation: If you liked the first three books and want to know how the series ends (I mean apart from 'happily ever after', that's a given.), but otherwise I'd say don't bother. It's definitely the weakest of the four. ( )

The concluding adventure, in which Daystar sets his father free and they rid themselves of wizards, once and for all! Daystar has been brought up with no knowledge of his father's predicament or even that he is heir to the Enchanted Forest. One day Cimorene gives him his father's sword and tells him to go into the forest, and that he will figure out the rest as he goes. Daystar's adventure is dependent on the fact that he does not know exactly what he carries or what he is up to - the wizards would be able to find him if he possessed such knowledge. So Daystar, armed with the sword and his impeccable politeness, must go on his quest and save the day! ( )