One reference to a practice at the inn where they offer wine that causes someone to forget what’s happened before that person leaves the inn, in order to protect the secrets of the inn. Some brief battles.Īt a ball at the inn, Maddie hands out wine laced with truth serum. Maddie’s mom is on death row following her conviction of killing her son (Maddie’s brother). Strong profanity used about half a dozen times.īlack market sellers trade objects that have pieces of souls in them, giving them magical properties. Other characters are from fictional realms.
Maddie has romantic feelings for a boy and a girl. The series is under contract for development with Amazon Studios, so it’s possible you’ll get to see it come to life on screen, too. If you enjoyed HAVENFALL, it’s worth reading PHOENIX FLAME to see how things resolve. I liked the politics between the different worlds and Maddie’s complicated relationship with her mom. To be honest, I still read it really quickly and enjoyed a lot of things about it. I feel like I’ve listed a lot of the things I struggled with in this book. Until a thing happens– basically Brekken takes responsibility for something while Maddie’s like, yeah, but can’t we just not take responsibility? And I get that she worried about the consequences, but it felt like another selfish choice, and made me feel like she kinda doesn’t deserve Brekken. I couldn’t decide which I wanted her to choose. I thought the tug of war between Maddie and her feelings for Brekken and Taya added some tension and interest. Which could prevent the person from being rescued, because too many pieces of their soul are missing or used.
The person whose soul was trapped in the silver had no choice, and the piece of their soul is lost when the magic is used. Like, continuing to abuse someone because the end justified the means. A couple times, Maddie and her friends use soul-silver, justifying it as a necessary step in their plans. Maddie and her friends have vowed to take down the trade and bring the perpetrators to justice.įrom there it gets a little complicated. The practice literally destroys a person. Powerful people have been kidnapping magic-bearers of a certain race and forcing pieces of their souls to bind with objects, creating soul-silver. I think my favorite thing about this book is the plot about stopping a magical form of trafficking. On the one hand, I don’t want to harm the author or publisher, but there are serious allegations of racist behavior by Glasstown, and I’m uncomfortable promoting a book or series which benefits them at this time, even though a publisher and author I like are involved. NOTE: I’m really conflicted about promoting this book.
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