Dante4043 - , reviewed on 11/28/2012 + 12 more book reviews

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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