The Apprenticeship is Over--Now the Real Test has Begun.When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder--able to capture and release souls--spreads like wildfire, people grow uneasy. Already Yelena's unusual abilities and past have set her apart. As the Council debates Yelena's fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before....
Honor sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills, and the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Her journey is fraught with allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself--and save the land she holds dear.
- ISBN10 0778325342
- ISBN13 9780778325345
- Publish Date 1 March 2008
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 August 2012
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Mira Books
- Edition Original ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 441
- Language English
Reviews
Written on Jan 10, 2020
Nessa Luna
Written on Mar 5, 2018
Vicki
Written on Oct 11, 2016
nightingalereads
Written on Apr 16, 2016
They weren't bad books, though. And I'll always have Poison Study to reread and treasure.
nitzan_schwarz
Written on Aug 6, 2014
Chelsea
Written on Jan 5, 2013
BUT, thankfully, it started to get better. The pace started picking up a little and Yelena quit being so annoying. I did find the ending was a little rushed but other than that it was perfect. I liked the loose threads that were left and it made it so there’s a possibility that there could eventually be a 4th book.
ladygrey
Written on Aug 6, 2012
It did get better in the last third of the book when things finally started happening. But when there's a glaring discontent in a book it makes all the other flaws so much easier to see and be annoyed with.
Like how Yelena is insanely, ridiculously, annoyingly stupid. She's never really bothered me but in this book there were moments I wanted to strangle her.
Or the isolation. I have not met a book yet where I enjoyed extensive periods of someone being isolated from other characters and so all we had to read were their thoughts for pages and pages. Isolated characters are not ever fun. You know what's fun? Yelena and Valek taunting danger and taking risks because they're awesome. Also? Ari and Janco doing pretty much anything, but mostly being a step faster than the bad guys and surprised by how awesome Valek is and teasing Yelena. Even Leif and Irys are fun. But Yelena all by herself with her thoughts and fears and bad decisions? Not fun.
And that, I think was the biggest disappointment. Because the other books were fun, even though they were sometimes dark and full of danger and hard to read. The characters were engaging and the world was interesting. And this was all repetitive exposition and Yelena by herself and cliches of what the other characters bring to the story (she argues with Leif, she fights with Ari and Janco, she sleeps with Valek - the end).
Angie
Written on Apr 4, 2012
The plot also got extremely convoluted and I had trouble keeping up. There were too many characters with their own plans and agendas, and they were connected in various ways that were hard to keep track of. In fact, with all of the location jumping, I would forget about what was happening in previous locations until Yelena and Co went back there. Yelena was constantly making promises to help everyone everywhere, which just added to the too many separate plots list. I eventually gave up trying to keep everything straight, and just kept reading without absorbing much.
I did like how fire played a different role than what I was expecting. I don't want to spoil anything, but it involves yet another one of Yelena's unique abilities, which I wish had been explored more. This series could have benefited from an extra book or two rather than being a trilogy. We would have gotten to see Yelena grow into her powers, and Fire Study wouldn't have felt like too much information in too few pages (even at 441 pages!).
The ending was fitting though. I liked watching Yelena go from being unsure and afraid of her powers to embracing them and becoming a kick-ass magician! I also loved the reveal of the origin of the Commander's secret; very interesting! Overall, this one wasn't as good as the previous two books, but it was a pretty good ending to the series.
Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.
Hixxup
Written on Jul 8, 2011
liz089
Written on Apr 2, 2011