Fun, interesting series as a whole. With well developed characters and some likable personalities, or at least likable brothers. The Sons of Destiny live in a magic dominate world and when a seer makes a prediction about eight brothers (four sets of twins) that will bring about disaster, the people of their world decide to exile them to their own island alone. Since the prediction seems to be largely based on the fact that they will meet their true loves, the council believes if the keep them exiled and not allowed any women near them they they can prevent the disaster from ever happening. They don't even think about "trying" to kill them since the brothers are the strongest thing around magically, but it doesn't stop some people from covertly sending dangerous magical creatures to take them out.............
********** SPOILER ALERT ******* The island alone doesn't keep women off the island either, apparently. It the first book, Kelly is brought through magically from Earth, and creates all kinds of mayhem domesticating the men gone ummm wild. She is bossy and annoying in an endearing sort of way. In this novel, an old childhood friend runs away from her psychotic, murder driven uncle, to find Wolfer the love of her life. Allys spills her secret: she was forced to feed war-monsters and help her crazy uncle to ship them to the island to kill off the Count line, so that the Acting Count can take over ruling the lands. She also tells the brothers that the Uncle has hexed him self and any attempt to harm him will rebound on the attacker. Kelly comes up with a solution to rebound a kill spell so that said uncle kills him self when he tries to kill any of them. And while they are manufacturing reflecting mirrors, said Uncle kills his brother and uses the corpse to open the gate to Hell and from there a doorway to the island. Bringing with him all kinds of beats to kill the brothers off. The mirrors fail, and Ethan the song master uses his voice to reflect the kill spell the uncle sent at Allys his niece. Uncle dies and they offer his soul to seal the Hell gate. However the Hex rebounds at Ethan and he is now voiceless. As in no voice box, no larynges. It simply is magically removed. The end.
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I gave this book three stars instead of five because I didn't think it had as much action or creativity in this one as much as the first. Actually it had the first "Im running away chapters" that were interesting and the "conclusion battle" chapter.... everything in between was pretty much a non discript gray meh that was there just for the word count. In short this book suffered from the MIDDLE BOOK COMPLEX. Kelley is more annoying than funny! The whole pages of kung fu lessons could have been cut from the book. I mean, really, what was the purpose of all that anyway? Also he scene with the whore who spends two hours giving Alys sex advice could have been cut, too. It was an overkill. I have read other books in the series (out of order) and though some are better and some not so great, they all seem to be better than this one. This is the weakest story in the series.
********** SPOILER ALERT ******* The island alone doesn't keep women off the island either, apparently. It the first book, Kelly is brought through magically from Earth, and creates all kinds of mayhem domesticating the men gone ummm wild. She is bossy and annoying in an endearing sort of way. In this novel, an old childhood friend runs away from her psychotic, murder driven uncle, to find Wolfer the love of her life. Allys spills her secret: she was forced to feed war-monsters and help her crazy uncle to ship them to the island to kill off the Count line, so that the Acting Count can take over ruling the lands. She also tells the brothers that the Uncle has hexed him self and any attempt to harm him will rebound on the attacker. Kelly comes up with a solution to rebound a kill spell so that said uncle kills him self when he tries to kill any of them. And while they are manufacturing reflecting mirrors, said Uncle kills his brother and uses the corpse to open the gate to Hell and from there a doorway to the island. Bringing with him all kinds of beats to kill the brothers off. The mirrors fail, and Ethan the song master uses his voice to reflect the kill spell the uncle sent at Allys his niece. Uncle dies and they offer his soul to seal the Hell gate. However the Hex rebounds at Ethan and he is now voiceless. As in no voice box, no larynges. It simply is magically removed. The end.
************ END OF SPOILER ALERT ************
I gave this book three stars instead of five because I didn't think it had as much action or creativity in this one as much as the first. Actually it had the first "Im running away chapters" that were interesting and the "conclusion battle" chapter.... everything in between was pretty much a non discript gray meh that was there just for the word count. In short this book suffered from the MIDDLE BOOK COMPLEX. Kelley is more annoying than funny! The whole pages of kung fu lessons could have been cut from the book. I mean, really, what was the purpose of all that anyway? Also he scene with the whore who spends two hours giving Alys sex advice could have been cut, too. It was an overkill. I have read other books in the series (out of order) and though some are better and some not so great, they all seem to be better than this one. This is the weakest story in the series.
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