relly's reviews
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4 stars

I really enjoyed this one. Here we have Will on his own quest all alone.
After suffering an illness he is sent to his aunt's in Wales and the quest begins.
I love the back drop of the Welsh country side and the side characters were all fabulous.
We also get to meet Bran one of my favourite characters of the series. He has suffered the most of all the questers and yet he keeps going. I felt so much for him in this one. 
Will actually has to use his brains in this one and as he learns about the Welsh country side unearth the clues from the terminology. It was a great way to include local legends into the story

Great addition to the series, now onto the final book.

3.75 stars

Great addition to the series. 
I liked how they all came together to work towards the common goal. Each brought their own strengths to the table. 
Will has come into his power and is no longer dragged from scene to scene but is an active participant. 
Barney was cute but also because we knew the big picture a little bit annoying in the way he treated Will. 
I also didn’t like how stupid the two boys were in going to the caravan and accepting drinks from a person they knew was from the dark side. It was dangerous and stupid. 

I did love how Jane’s inherent goodness was showcased here. She saved the day with her goodness. 

3.0 Stars

Audio Book

The narrator killed this one. Her voice when she was attempting male voices was robotic and really hard to listen to. She ruined every male voice in this one and made the book boring and terrible to listen to.

I liked Tabby but thought she was a bit of a door mat. She may tell herself she is a biker chick and that she knows the life but all she did was give in constantly. 

Shy was who he was and made no excuses for it. 

3.75 Stars

I loved his one when I first read it at school. It was still good but I think I looked at few things different as an adult.

I liked the idea of the good vs evil that has continued throughout the two books so far. I also liked this idea of Will, the seventh son of the seventh son. I just felt that he was so young and a lot of pressure and expectations were put on him and thee was a few times that Merry was short with him when he didn't act as expected, he apologised and explained straight away but it still happened.

I liked Will how he handled the pressure. He kept his family safe and did what was required. I would have liked more when it came to the hunt for the circles of power. They just seemed to appear when Will appeared or someone else got it for him. I owned to see him use a bit more of his intellect like the first book. 

I book was still an enjoyable read and now on to Greenwitch 

4 stars

I remember this series being one of the first books I read at school many moons ago. I’ve wanted to reread it for a while but was worried it wouldn’t hold up to my memory. I shouldn’t have worried at all as this was just as good as I remember.

It’s hard to remember at times that Simon, Jane and Barney are kids, as they use their intelligence and follow the map they found. There was only a couple of times I thought no don’t do that, as they did something silly, but at some time I’ve read adult characters that would have made the same choices. 

I love the Arthurian storyline and the whole good vs evil, so very much looking forward to continuing on the series

3.75 Stars

Audio Review

Good End to the series.

I liked Cher and how she was with Ethan. She was a good mother.
Merry I didn't like after Rocky's book, I wasn't happy with how he reacted throughout that book, but he redeems himself throughout the book.

I enjoyed with this one that once they were together they were together. 
I loved the Epilogue and seeing how everyones lives turned out.

This series had a different narrator for each book which in some ways was good as each lead had their own voice but the annoying part was the reoccurring side characters or characters from previous books sounded different in each book and that was a little frustrating 

4 stars

This one took me round in circles. 

North is very much like Hazard in his personality. He grew up poorer than Shaw and their friend group and has always felt that hanging over him, along with his volatile relationship with his father giving him a massive chip on his shoulder that is a hair trigger for him. This one brings out all of his insecurities and at times he comes off like a raving lunatic who I wouldn't ask to find my dog let alone help me get off a murder charge. But at the same time I felt for him and understood where he was coming from. He never should have been asked to get tucker off the murder charge. He wasn't objective enough. 

Shaw I also felt for here, no matter which way he went, it was the wrong way. He put himself in a position that he wasn't happy with in the relationship/ non-relationship they had and he really tried to get it through to north in his way, but North wasn't hearing him. 

The murder mystery was really well done and the culprits went round and round. I hated Tucker before but now I'm glad his true colours really came out and North finally fought back. 

4 stars

I really enjoyed this one and while the ending killed me, I was kind of expecting it.
These guys are such good friends which is a good base but at the same time they rely on that too much and there is too much history with shared and seperate that needs to be needs to be dealt with. 
Pari's words to Shaw at the end were spot on. North has never had someone love him as much and the same way that he loves them. He deserves that. He also needs to work out his issues with Tucker and with money. Shaw was absolutely in the wrong here to me and the explanation didn't make sense to me at all. 

I also liked the cases they worked. I felt for Flip. He was in a no win situation. The solution to Ronnie was well done, though I believe we haven't seen the last of him. 

Good instalment

4.5 Stars

Buddy Read

Thank you to the crew who voted for this one. I'd never heard of it and the length would have put me off. This one hooked me very quickly and spun me so much into the story that I was wanting to speed through and at the same time slow it down and take it all in.

I loved Vis and sympathised with his plight He was really stuck between and rock and hard place with no good options available to him. His intelligence is off the charts and he uses it as weapon in nearly every interaction he has.

It's great to see him make friends at the academy, and slowly begin to trust. He befriended the outcasts and forms a tight circle, which made the near ending sequence hard to read. 

Everyone in this has their own agenda and it made it hard to work out who was friend and who was foe. I do wish he had of opened up more to Callidus and Eidhin but understood why didn't.

That ending killed me. Can't wait to see where the next book leads 

4 stars

What an enjoyable return to North and Shaw's world
I love the way they interact, the way they bounce off each other and try and one up the other's verbal parry is well done. I also liked the way the relationship is not smooth sailing. Even through they have know each other for years, they are still learning about each other and both guys carry wounds from their previous relationships that rear their heads at certain times. They do talk it out which is refreshing, even if Shaw needs Pari to force the issue. Thankfully she wasn't as annoying in this volume.

I really enjoyed the convention setting for the mystery element. It was done well and kept me entertained trying to work out who did it and why.