Third and final volume in the 'Isles of Storm and Sorrow' series of young adult fantasy novels.
This is not a jumping on point. New readers should go to book one, which is called 'Viper'.
Regular readers, read on.
This one runs for four hundred and fifteen pages, and has twenty five chapters. It does bring the story to a complete close at the end of the book.
It picks up from the end of book two. Where Marianne died.
But in the process [not a spoiler as it's on the back of the book] she finally becomes a mage. Now she has the power at last to confront her enemies and deal with them. She has things to learn about power though. Not least how addictive and controlling it can be. Can she win her battles this way, and find herself at the same time?
As before, this is for those aged fifteen and up. Because it doesn't skimp on the dark and violent things. It really gets off to a blistering start when she is initially getting to grips with the power and goes all out with it. The narrative does move quite fast in the process, getting through a lot and a fair bit of time quite quickly.
It does settle down a bit when she is able to get more control and thus has to spend time mastering things. And this throws in the problem for her of having to not let it ruin things with her loved ones and acquaintances as well. It's an interesting balancing act. These sections aren't quite as compelling as that opening, and don't have the narrative thrust, but that's only a minor complaint as it still does make you want to know what happens next anyway.
It has plot to work out, and it does this nicely. It really does get the romance going great, as there are points when you do wonder how on earth it can all work itself out. And the ending is effective, for the way it brings the character journey that she has over the course of this volume to a good and effective close.
In a way it's not quite as good as books one and two because it does have a lot to cram in plot wise, but it's still a good and satisfying read anyway, and a great end to a really good trilogy.
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