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The Ties That Bind by Andi Marquette

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2.0

When I reviewed the previous K.C. and Sage novel I noted the lack of screen time for Sage, and the amount of lead seperation, which just shows you should be careful what you wish for. The characters are together for most of this story and Sage has a much bigger role in this novel, which was perhaps my least favourite thing about the book. A little of Sage goes a long way.

This book is once again told from K.C.'s perspective. Central to the story though are K.C's relationships with Sage and Kara. I enjoyed watching the sisters learn to interact, but the Sage and K.C. stuff wasn't as well done. I found it amusingly ironic that Sage calls K.C. a know it all and rebukes her for being patronising about things she doesn't find rational, when Sage is portrayed in each novel as a mystical know it all, and spends a great deal of time in this novel sounding condescending whenever she talks to K.C. about how proud she is of K.C.'s emotional growth.

The characters from the previous novels are incorporated here, Chris is fairly heavily involved but Dayna has a cameo at best. There are additional characters in both K.C.'s sister Kara and Sage's brother River. There's a mystery involving Sage's past and mystical forces/bad guys on an Indian Reservation. Once again the mystery gets a bit tedious, by the end K.C. and Sage weren't the only ones wishing it was over. I'd rate this one 2 1/2 stars.
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