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I was completely in love with Maria V. Snyder's Study Series (Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study, so I was excited to read this series, set in the same world. Beginning to book was great. Then towards the middle, it was seriously lacking. While Opal is an interesting character, she is nothing like Yelena. The book tends to jump around and somewhat confuse you on where you are at. It also repeats itself several times, "Opal gets captured, Opal gets away." It is rather boring and annoying during that time. But it does seriously pick up towards the end, where the plot seems to come in. While I wasn't overly impressed with this book, I am still a huge fan of Maria V. Snyder. I have the other two books in this series and I hope they turn out better than this one! 3 out of 5 stars.
I was completely in love with Maria V. Snyder's Study Series (Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study, so I was excited to read this series, set in the same world. Beginning to book was great. Then towards the middle, it was seriously lacking. While Opal is an interesting character, she is nothing like Yelena. The book tends to jump around and somewhat confuse you on where you are at. It also repeats itself several times, "Opal gets captured, Opal gets away." It is rather boring and annoying during that time. But it does seriously pick up towards the end, where the plot seems to come in. While I wasn't overly impressed with this book, I am still a huge fan of Maria V. Snyder. I have the other two books in this series and I hope they turn out better than this one! 3 out of 5 stars.
