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A review by ghostlydreamer
Between Their Worlds by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee
4.0
This might be the Noble Dead book I remember the least from the series, if I'm being honest, and the four star rating probably reflects that. After all, I had a habit of giving almost all of these books five stars without even a second thought. Its been five years since I read this, and the final arc is the arc I remember the least from the series, mostly because it was going in a different direction than I expected it to and because it was so rushed. But I'm getting ahead of myself; let's focus on Between Their Worlds.
This marks the return of Leesil, Magiere, and Chap. Like I said in my previous reviews of the series, I didn't hate Wynn, but she wasn't my favorite. I think a lot of people agreed with me there. So returning to my old favorites was a breath of fresh air. I welcomed the return of their banter, of their internal thoughts, of their half of the story. Especially if it gave me a bit of a break from Wynn and Chane. So this book immediately had that going for it.
After reading some of the other reviews, some people found this book to be slow and among the weaker books in the series. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that, but it's certainly not the strongest either. This arc plays a lot of catch up for Leesil and Magiere, though this book doesn't get entirely into all of that like some of the later books do, so it's not really a complaint for this one. But it does move more slowly, and I think that's okay. I'm going to agree with another reviewer on this: the series is LONG, and not every book can be action-packed. This one didn't need to be. It moved the plot forward in a different way than the books typically did, but it got us somewhat caught up and thrust us right back into the overall plot of finding the orbs, so I can't complain too much. I just wish I remembered more of it.
This marks the return of Leesil, Magiere, and Chap. Like I said in my previous reviews of the series, I didn't hate Wynn, but she wasn't my favorite. I think a lot of people agreed with me there. So returning to my old favorites was a breath of fresh air. I welcomed the return of their banter, of their internal thoughts, of their half of the story. Especially if it gave me a bit of a break from Wynn and Chane. So this book immediately had that going for it.
After reading some of the other reviews, some people found this book to be slow and among the weaker books in the series. I don't know if I'd go so far as to say that, but it's certainly not the strongest either. This arc plays a lot of catch up for Leesil and Magiere, though this book doesn't get entirely into all of that like some of the later books do, so it's not really a complaint for this one. But it does move more slowly, and I think that's okay. I'm going to agree with another reviewer on this: the series is LONG, and not every book can be action-packed. This one didn't need to be. It moved the plot forward in a different way than the books typically did, but it got us somewhat caught up and thrust us right back into the overall plot of finding the orbs, so I can't complain too much. I just wish I remembered more of it.