The Wish Rider (The F.I.G. Mysteries, #2)

by Barbara Casey

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

Having just read the first book in the series the beginning of The Wish Rider felt a little rehashed. It would be great for someone jumping in as The Wish Rider can be read as a stand alone but it otherwise comes off sounding redundant. The first half of the book felt like a synopsis of The Cadence of Gypsies, sometimes verbatim and got tedious quickly. I wanted the story to move along.

I was happy to see that Barbara Casey continued the story of Carolina’s birth mother as I felt that we had only scratched the surface as far as Lyuba was concerned.

Secondly, no matter how painful, I enjoyed reading of Dara’s journey to finding her birth mother. As my mother has been through the process of finding her biological family I know how emotional it can be. Therefore, I found Barbara Casey’s depiction of Dara’s feelings to be interesting and very much a roller coaster ride.

The ending felt a little rushed and wished there had been more. Unfortunately, the author spent so much time summarizing that I felt there was little time left for Dara’s story. However, overall I thought The Wish Rider by Barbara Casey held potential and is worth reading if one enjoyed the first in the series.