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Illusions
by Aprilynne Pike
Illusions is the third installment of Aprilynne Pike's Wings series. While the first two books were incredible, Illusions surpasses them by leaps and bounds. There is just so much to like about this book! First of all, it feels like all of the characters have now been fully developed. They feel like real people (or faeries) with real emotions. Each character has his or her own struggles to deal with and the emotions that come along with those struggles are definitely felt by the reaer. Laurel is dealing with a lot of hard decisions. She struggles with those decisions and really takes some time to reflect on the reasons behind her actions. She's grown enough to think about how her actions and decisions effect the people around her and struggles with how to make things right for both her and the people she cares about. Tamani is struggling between doing his job and dealing with his feelings for Laurel. Tamani really is the star of this book. He becomes so much more than just Laurel's link to Avalon. He is pure, raw emotion and Pike's writing allows the reader to feel everything he's feeling-his love for Laurel, his need to protect her, his sense of duty, his fear that his patience will not pay off, his uncertainty, his confidence in his abilities, his guilt over decieving Yuki and how it makes him feel like he's betraying Laurel, and his jealousy over David and Laurel's relationship. Tamani's character was a true pleasure to read. Calm, dependable David struggles with his insecurities about Laurel and Tamani's releationship and because of this, we eventually see a darker side to his personality. Chelsea struggles with her own relationship and her lingering feelings for David. And, in the midst of all of these struggles, we have the actually story line. Tamani and his men are trying to protect Laurel from some unseen evil which they cannot name and are only able to catch glimpses of. It leaves all of the characters not knowing who they can and cannot trust.