3 1/2Reading a series back to back may be a great experience, but it can also highlight the books' "faults".I enjoyed The Raine Benares series up to know and I'll probably end it. I really liked its witty dialogues and the blend of urban fantasy tone and high fantasy setting. Unfortunately there was also so much re-capping of what has already happened and so many repetitions that I found it annoying. I disliked mostly the copy-and-paste feel of many paragraphs. It may be good if you are reading the books spaced apart by a year, but if you are reading them days apart you realize there really is a copy and paste. The deja-read feel is so, so strong. The love-magic triangle leaves me cold, but then I can't feel much tension in this story. The series is great as brain candy: light and fun and never ever grim (even when the world is at stake). I can't say it's my drug of choice, but at times it's just what one needs. This books picks up at the end of the previous, so the series reads as one long adventure, which is actually a good idea because it's all about Raine Benares and her relationship with the Saghred, a magical, soul-sucking stone. As before, the bad guys want the souls instead released so they can wield the power of the Saghred and Raine just wants to be free of its entanglements in her life. She is now soul-bonded to Tam, the dark goblin mage, who wants to be bonded in more ways than just magically and Micheal, the white knight Paladin of the Conclave guards, who wants to protect Raine in ever way possible, a girl could get to like this. But between trying to control her almost out-of-control magic and fending off demons and goblins, who has time for romance? Stay tuned for the next installment.
What do You think about The Trouble With Demons (2009)?
Raine is a fun heroine to read about, looking forward to more escapades with Tamn and Mychael. :-)
—basiliocascas
Was light on the romance dept.but,still enjoyed it alot.
—dixiedoo
This book was a big disappointment to me.
—ibercey
Fantastic read. Enjoyed this book alot.
—faerydust88
