Ack! So I've been on vacation for the past week and I
haven't been able to do anything except fun vacation things lol. I was super bummed to find out that Abbi
Glines was in LA the day AFTER I was there. I probably would have stalked
her. I also stupidly left my kindle at
home (what was I thinking?!)! So I got no reading done. I have the kindle app
on my iphone, but it's such a tiny screen that it's hard to read anything.
Anyway, so here's my review of Steele Wolf by Chanda Hahn, I
did manage to finish it before I left.
Steele Wolf starts where Iron Butterfly ends. Thalia is back in her homeland, trying to fit
in and pick up where she left off before being taken. She finds this difficult because she is not
the same person she was. Her father is
distant and ignores what happened to Thalia and dismisses her when she tries to
tell him. In an attempt to quell his
daughter's new behavior her father sets up a Kreg Aruh (think Merida's
situation in Brave), where suitors from all over the land come to fight for
Thalia's hand. Thalia, who doesn't like
this, competes for her own hand and may have won if she hadn't been
discovered.
A series of events happen and Thalia is kidnapped and she
discovers how she was first taken and who the Raven might be. We also learn that Joss's sister has been
kidnapped so Joss, Thalia, Kael and Hemi make the trek to Joss's home town of
Skyfall to search for her.
I like that this book
has more character information, but I still wish more physical description was
used. We know that Joss is blond, but
are all Denai blond? Thalia has dark
hair, but so was Mona and her brother who we discover are evil. I also kind of got lost in Skyfell. Maybe it
was just me, but it could have been described a bit better.
This series really wants to be good, but more detail need to
be written out for the reader to fully comprehend the world this story takes
place in. If you are looking for a fun
summer read, this is definitely something to pick up. I got Iron Butterfly for free (on Amazon!)
and I was loaned Steele Wolf by a friend.
I think I will have to buy the third one, but Steele Wolf was about $2,
so I don't mind!
I did love that we learned more about Kael and how he's tied
to Thalia. It's kind of sad. And while Chanda did a good job of explaining
everything, we still don't know what he left behind (a wife, kids?). What will ultimately happen to each of them?
I'm assuming this will be answered in book three due out in August of this year
(it can't come soon enough!).
I get to pick up my
kindle tomorrow (I forgot yesterday!) so I'll finish On an Edge of Glass and
start on the summer reading list Erica posted yesterday. Last summer was really busy for me, so this
year I'm looking forward to laid back days of pool trips, sprinklers, ice cold
sun tea, and of course, READING!
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