eveamlizya 's review for:

Illusions of Grandeur by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
3.0

I went up and down with this book. I liked the idea well enough-a magician who is still around, invisible and immortal. I liked the twist, but, damn if I didn't hate that nothing came of it in the first book. I hate those kinds of cliff hangers. I haven't decided if I'm invested enough to read the sequel.

The plot had a couple of low spots where I started losing interest, then, suddenly, the timeline picked up and it skipped weeks at a time? I felt like the first half was too slow and the last half was too fast and then the end cut off completely!

I figured the spice level would be higher, too, considering...but, again, the second half...there were fade to black moments. Overall, the second half was just disappointing. Either all the scenes need to be fade to black or none.

Then, I can't decide if I like Charles one minute or not...sometimes I like him and sometimes I find him really annoying.