"The Sorcerers Heir" is the final installment in a high fantasy series rich in the paranormal and filled with shocking disclosures. It opens in Trinity Ohio where the tenuous peace between the wizards and the underguilds is strained after an influx of killings. With Madison Moss's twelve year old sister one of the victims at Seph McCauley's party not only do the police begin investigating the crime, interviewing their chief suspects Emma and Jonah but the wizards implement their own task force to find the killer.At the center of the storm are Emma (Greenwood) Lee and Jonah Kinlock whose pasts are linked and whose attraction brings them nothing but heartache and pain. Haunted by tragedy, lies, and betrayal they must forge a new trust if they're to clear their names and discover the truth behind the deaths.Fast-paced and intoxicating, the plot takes the reader on a roller -coaster ride especially when the wizard task force suspects the savants, the survivors of the Thorn Hill massacre living at Anchorage and Rowan DeVries will stop at nothing in accusing Jonah Kinlock of the crime even to blackmailing Emma. As events unfold that bring a load of surprises, the intensity and suspense of the story grows especially when the shades, remnants of the savants who died and their leader Lilith Greaves negotiate a truce with Gabriel Mandrake and begin planning a war that would bring death to the wizards and provide a blood magic that could restore life to the dead of Thorn Hill. Into the new threatening landscape that undermines the peaceful co-existence of the guilds Cinda Williams Chima meshes new characters with old as old fires are stirred and a new battle begins. Alicia (Leesha) Middleton haunted by a betrayal and the sacrifice of Jason Haley is a bossy, unpredictable and arrogant wizard who befriends the talented, determined but sometimes fragile Emma Lee. Jonah Kinlock, the highly attractive charismatic feral warrior is hypersensitive to people's emotions and vulnerable in his guilt. With toxic hands that kill and unable to show love to another, Jonah is willing to do whatever it takes to save his brother Kenzie, a highly intelligent, witty fifteen year old who's dying. Harmon Fitch is the educated and kind Anaweir who's overly protective of Leesha even though he has no magical power. Among these memorable personalities add the aggressive and conniving sorcerer Gabriel Mandrake, the arrogant deceiver Rowan DeVries and the intelligent, mysterious shade Lilith Greaves. All these characters and more add their own brand of power, passion and drama to a fantasy series you can't put down.I thoroughly enjoyed Sorcerer's Heir and highly recommend the Heir Chronicles series. As always, Cinda Williams Chima did not fail to disappoint. Although the novel did seem to have a slow beginning and less action than some of the other books in the series, the plot line made up for everything. One of my favorite things about The Heir Chronicles is that characters who have been in previous books of the series continue to show up even though their roles are less important from the reader's point of view. I truly hope that this is not the last book in the series because I have enjoyed the world that the author has created immensely. Some series you never want to end.
What do You think about The Sorcerer Heir (2014)?
3.5The original trilogy was better, I thought, but. I did like Kenzie.
—Michelle89
I really could go for another book. Just saying. :D
—frron
