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adventurous
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
This series continues to captivate my boy through our bedtime readings. When we started, we had no idea how serialized the story would be. Even after the banger cliffhanger of book 2, I couldn't have predicted that so much would be unresolved by the end of this one. This is not a complaint, just noting the evolution of my understanding of this series.
There's a lot of heavy material in this one, handled appropriately for the intended readership. At least, as appropriately as one can make crippling drug addiction, near drownings, severe beatings, the very lightly and cautiously implied threat of sexual assault, and slavery.
The story is split in two parts, told through alternating chapters. One set follows Will and Evanlyn after they were kidnapped away from Araluen by Skandians at the end of the prior book. The other follows Halt and others as he faces the loss of Will and sets out to recover him, with plenty of major events complicating that goal.
We've moved directly onto the next book. Will there be a potential stopping point, or will the next half dozen books continue one prolonged adventure?
There's a lot of heavy material in this one, handled appropriately for the intended readership. At least, as appropriately as one can make crippling drug addiction, near drownings, severe beatings, the very lightly and cautiously implied threat of sexual assault, and slavery.
The story is split in two parts, told through alternating chapters. One set follows Will and Evanlyn after they were kidnapped away from Araluen by Skandians at the end of the prior book. The other follows Halt and others as he faces the loss of Will and sets out to recover him, with plenty of major events complicating that goal.
We've moved directly onto the next book. Will there be a potential stopping point, or will the next half dozen books continue one prolonged adventure?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, and War