Reviewed by Angie on
Bright Blaze of Magic was a pretty good ending to this trilogy. It doesn't have that same something that the first book had, but it kept me quickly flipping pages to see how it would all turn out. It picks up right where the last book left off. Lila and Company are moving forward with their plan to stop Victor Draconi and it's going well. At least until they get caught. Victor is no idiot and he will not let some teenagers stop him from taking control of all of the magical families.
While I did enjoy Bright Blaze of Magic overall, it did feel overly simple and almost dumbed down. Lila overexplains everything that's happening, and often repeats herself to us, which I have noticed is a problem with all of the author's books. Whenever there's a surprise, or she learns something new, Lila has to recap everything that led to that point and explain how it's possible, even though I'm sure we can figure it out ourselves. This made the twists not very interesting, because we're essentially told step by step how the characters got to that point and what it means instead of just letting the twist happen and moving on.
Bright Blaze of Magic does move swiftly though, so I never got a chance to get bored with it. Lila and her friends move from one situation to another as they try to save the families. There's also plenty of appearances from the adorable monsters who live in this world! I do love these monsters, but their help was way too convenient which took away some of the excitement. Like I said, it was all too easy.
I really don't know what else to say. Bright Blaze of Magic was a good series ending. Everything worked out. Good trumped evil. Monsters weren't monstrous. There was kissing.
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Reading updates
- Started reading
- 22 March, 2016: Finished reading
- 22 March, 2016: Reviewed