Sword Play

In this book, we get to see a little bit of where Sabine came from; while for the most part, this series has focused on her being basically exiled from home and adjusting living with her grandmother, things take a turn when her mother decides it’s time for her to come back home.

It was really nice meeting old hometown friends of Sabine and getting a bit more backstory as to what exactly happened to make Sabine leave her family and live with her grandmother. I like that we got to see more of her sisters; they are fun characters and I hope they get to be fleshed out a little bit more. However, I do think that this book suffers from middle book syndrome. It’s just setting things up and plodding along until we can get to the end of the show more series. While the main conflict of this book is dramatic and intriguing, it’s conveniently wrapped up so that there’s little payoff for such a long stretch of suspense as to what’s actually happening.

The most suspenseful thing for me is the romance between Sabine and her boyfriend. While Josh seems like a nice guy, I’m not convinced he actually is, and I love that Dominic keeps coming back at exactly the right moment to help her out. I hope this tension is continued in the next book, or that we get some answers about Josh.

Overall, though, I’m excited to see how this series ends. Just two more books before the finish!

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Out of all in this series, this was my favourite. I loved the fact that she went back home to confront her fears [well okay, forced to confront her, it was well written - adventurous, mysterious, romantic and fun. Thoroughly pleasant and enjoyable read.

this book was not slow it jumped right into the story. the rest of the series did a great job of setting up for the ending of this series. this book ties up most of the lose ends and really makes you understand the rest of these stories.

I haven't read it but I have read 'don't die dragon fly','last dance',and 'fatal charm' and they were good!

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