Reviewed by Silvara on
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
"Humans were like sticky vines. If you didn't escape at the first touch, you got more and more tangled up."
It seems like by the third book, Meg should be growing more. Or at least that's what I've seen others complain about, as far as book 2 went. But in book three, you find out it's only been 4.5 months since Meg came to the Courtyard. A lot has happened in such a short time. Especially for Meg, who led such a sheltered life before running away.
And she is growing. She's learning when she actually needs to make a cut, verses when she can use the tingles in her skin to narrow down where the danger is. She is learning what sends her into information overload; what has to stay the same all the time in order to keep her sane, and what can change in her environment that won't scare her.
And she and her human friends, are making a book. The Guide To Blood Prophets, that they are sending out to the places the Others have taken the cassandra sangue they rescued in the 2nd book. So these girls have a chance to attempt to live like Meg does, instead of the over-controlled life they had in the compounds.
We also finally get the storyline about Lizzy, Lieutenant Monty's daughter in this book. Lizzy herself doesn't play a huge part, but she sets in motion a big plotline that we will get to see more of in the next book.
The dancing around each other that happened in the 2nd book, takes a backseat again in this book. Simon and Meg are still potentially interested in each other as more than friends, but with the new threat to the world, they aren't dwelling on it much. Nearly everyone around them can tell that they are all but dating, but the two of them don't seem to realize. Which can make for some amusing moments.
I really loved this book. So much so, that I'll be buying myself a copy when it comes out. I don't often do that with ARCs I've received, but this series is so good I have to own all of them. If you haven't read book 1 yet, you need to!
This review was originally posted on Fantasy of the Silver Dragon
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