As a dedicated and patient swapper who lives near a good local library, I don't buy new books for myself. Ilona Andrews is the one exception! This series is so great that I end up rereading all the books whenever I read one of them. I love the world building, the characters, the integrity of the heroes, the value given to family, the interesting variety of abilities possessed in this world, and even the descriptions of the fancy dresses and castles.

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This is the fourth, and final planned, book in The Edge series by Andrews. It was an excellent conclusion to the series and I really really enjoyed it.

Charlotte is the Healer, the top healer in the Weird. When her husband divorces her because she is barren she decides to leave the Weird and start a new life in the Edge. After years of living there peacefully, the wounded Richard is brought to her doorstep to be healed. Slavers are after Richard and destroy Charlottes home in pursuit of him. Now Charlotte has decided to dedicate herself to Richards cause and hunt down the slavers that have destroyed her home. Charlotte will have to find a balance between healing and killing with her magic.

I enjoyed this book. Charlotte is a very likable, if older (in her 30s) heroine. Shes dealing with some emotional baggage involving the jerkiness of her former husband. At times she comes off as a bit naive as well because of her secluded upbringing at the Healers school. Still she does what needs to be done.

At the center of the story is Charlottes struggle to balance healing and harming with her magic. Harming people with her magic is highly addictive and can turn her into a Plague Bearer.

Richard comes with his own set of baggage. We have seen him off and on throughout the other novels. He is an excellent character; a tough fighter who doesnt take any crap from Charlotte...yet he is always respectful and supportive of her.

The two characters have excellent chemistry and the scenes between the two of them really sizzle.

We also see all the other characters we have come to love; George and Jack are along for most of the story and I absolutely love them. Sophie is also in the story a lot more and it was wonderful to see the tough young woman she is growing into. I really do hope we see future books featuring this younger set of characters....maybe a YA spinoff of this series??

There is a ton of action in this story. Also some medical terminology since Charlotte fights with disease. The plot revolving around the slavers is neatly resolved, with some interesting twists and turns.

Overall an excellent conclusion to this series. This book has well done characters who have excellent chemistry and are easy to engage with combined with a well done storyline and excellent action scenes which make this a joy to read. This is a bit more paranormal romance than urban fantasy. I dont like these book quite as much as the Kate Daniels books, but they are still very well done and highly recommended to paranormal fans.

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This is the final (for now) book in the Edge series. And in my opinion, it was one of the best!

This book is Richard Mar and Charlotte de Ney al-te Ran's book. Richard is an assassin and a slave-hunter that the slaves call The Hunter, since he hunts them down and kills them in mass numbers. Charlotte was known as The Healer in the circles of the college she trained at, and in the blueblood circles of the Weird.

But when Charlotte's husband abandons her after finding out she's infertile, she uses her magic to harm instead of heal, and chooses to flee into the Edge, where Richard collapses at her doorstep. But after healing him, slavers show up in her life, and her new life in the Edge literally goes up in flames. Charlotte decides to go with Richard to help rid the world of slavers, and hopefully end the evil of the slave trade in the Weird.

But Charlotte is fighting a losing battle with her magic. If she uses it for harm again, she has a chance to become a plague-bringer, someone that will have to be killed. Will her love for Richard allow her to overcome the seduction of the magic?

Richard and Charlotte were so sweet together. They tip-toed around the idea of love for a good while, but when they fell, they fell hard.

I was not expecting the way they ended the book, and I'm sad that it's the end of the series, as they could've really continued it with several characters, such as Sophie, and the Camarine boys, Jack and George. I'm hoping in the future they continue the series, but for now, this is a good ending book. If you're a fan of the series, be sure to pick it up, and if you're not, pick it up anyways, since it's a great series, and you're really missing out!

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I think this is the best in the series. Each one has better a little better.
This one is Richard's story (Kaldar's brother and Cerise's cousin). Richard is on a mission to wipe out the slavers. It's dangerous and risky. Charlotte is a healer and on her retirement (they serve for 10 yrs and then are allowed to retire) got married and then had marriage annulled for things that really weren't her fault (they just are). They meet in the Edge, where Charlotte's but living for the last 3 years or so. Things happen. People die. Both Richard and Charlotte make choices.
The romance is quick in this one, but I thought it was believable. Both Richard and Charlotte are in their 30s, have failed relationships under their belt, and know what they want. Both are under stress and duress which allowed each other to see their true character. Sophie, George, and Jack have significant rolls. George and Jack find out what happened to their dad. My only compliant was the ending. I wanted more.

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The husband and wife writing team of Ilona Andrews have given fans an outstanding end to The Edge series. This book is a stand alone story with some old friends dropping by or mentioned. The world building continues to be fantastic. The character development, pacing, and plot development keep the reader on the edge of their seat just waiting for the next page.

There once was a land where magic lives in everyone's lives. It is called the Weird. Next to the Weird is the Edge where magic is not strong but still possible and next to that is our modern world the Broken. There are various countries that exist in the Weird along with normal human politics, greed and corruption.

This part of the Edge series focuses more on events in the Weird. The heroine, Charlotte, is sold by her parents to the state when she was three after it was discovered she had a rare talent for healing magic. She lives a successful protected life but is crushed when she finds her husband has married her for the wrong reasons. When she finds out she is barren, he demands an annulment. She gives him a smack down using her magic and then is remorseful for using it wrongly. She also feels she can't stay in the community to watch him hunt for a new wife so she runs away. Poor little princess goes on a journey, gets robbed of her horse her money and almost her life. She is saved from death by an old woman who gives her a safe place to stay and helps her get her feet settled. The princess grows, saves the life of the hero-Richard Mar, loses her friend and then the story takes off as an adventure.

Now the story really begins. Tortured hero, Slave trade, criminals, spies, mysterious island, terrible events, hidden mysteries, plots . . . Oh my!

You just have to read the book.

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