I had started this book a wee while ago, and then paused it to read the Silo trilogy, since I was excited about that because of watching the Silo TV show, and then finished this book after I’d read all three of the silo books, so my impression of it was probably not helped by the disjointed reading.
This is book eight in a series of twelve main books (I’m not sure if it ends at book twelve or if it is ongoing?) and I felt a bit meh about this one. There’s a lot of fighting which I don’t really enjoy and more going over of the same ground – dark mages are bad, light mages are often also bad, our protagonists seem to be constantly fighting for their lives and the will-they-won’t-they romance between Alex and Anna just goes on and on going nowhere. I’ve got this far, so I’ll stick with it, but I’m hoping for some joy or at least light relief to come back into the series.
Sarah Wray Writer 