
About a third of the way into this book, I was almost wondering if it would be wrong to abandon the book (and the series) when I’d already read 9 and a third of the twelve books. I was bored by yet another protracted magical fighting scene. But…
Then it started to peak my interest – some clever plot twists, and (FINALLY) some movement on the Alex/Anna relationship will they/won’t they thread and by the end of the book I was actually excited to read the next one!