Lynn : Oh yes, I definitely didn’t see that coming. Mayri : (I’m so proud of you!) I was wondering when the Dane twins were going to rear their heads again, but wasn’t expecting Astrid to turn up inside Rhy! That was pretty cool. I didn’t though, I showed massive restraint! Lynn : The pace definitely picked up in fact when I read this section I almost pressed on because I felt like I was finally getting into the stride of things.

Like the vague threat of what the black stone can do suddenly became immediate. Mayri : Is it just me, or did the pace just kick up a notch? I even wrote down the page number (page 261) where I felt things started to get … not interesting, it’s been interesting from the beginning, but … more urgent, I guess. The conversation below follows weeks 3 and 4: Mayri has posted our conversation for week 1 and 2. This time round Mayri is posting the opening chapters and I will be going with the conclusion – so, ideally you might want to step away and go read Mayri’s post before continuing to read on.Īlso, before I start, I would mention that given the nature of our ongoing conversation during our read this post will contain spoilers so if you’re planning on reading this book you might want to avoid both posts. Similar to our last buddy read this review will take the form of our chat back and forth. This is a celebration of fantasy It’s a fantastic event and it’s never too late to join in the fun. We decided to post our review during Wyrd and Wonder the details of which can be found here. It’s a good book for sure and probably a few years ago I would have adored this but at this stage we probably won’t continue with the series but will instead look for a new book to start. Slight spoiler alert – this didn’t really work out as well as we both hoped. Our first buddy read was Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier.

If you haven’t visited Mayri before I heartily recommend you do so, she’s a wonderful blogger. This is my second buddy read with Mayri at the Bookforager blog.

Today is a slightly different format for a review.

A darker shade of magic series