Reviews

I had this book on my Kindle for quite some time already, but for some reason I never got to it, even though the characters in this series are my favorite characters in the whole wide world. However, last week I wanted a few paperbacks from amazon.de and the more I order the less shipping costs per book, so I decided to add the paperback for this book too and it seemed that as soon as I could actually touch the book, I couldn't wait to read it anymore.

I have to admit that for me the fantasy elements took over a little too much. What I enjoyed so much in the first books, a few magical elements in our world, has changed into a lot of magical elements and characters desperately trying to hide it from the non magical people in our world. I have nothing against fantasy, I love it, but in this case I think the focus of the books shifted a little too much. It's still a great book, just not as amazing as the first books were.

However, Holmes does an amazing job solving all the issues of all the previous books. Especially in the previous book, the fifth book, a lot of things happened and everything is wrapped up quite nicely in this book. Holmes thought about every small detail and the moment I closed the book I really felt like everything made sense. Well, within this world at least. As already said, a few twists were too much for me, especially at the very end.

Luckily the characters don't disappoint at all. Most of the emotional growth has been done in the previous books, which means that in this book it's mostly about preserving what's already there and working through the few issues that arise, but by now we know these characters so well that it's nice to see them work together like this. Especially because Mina is really getting more blind every book and she now literally needs her boyfriends and dog to guide her.