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Rae Wilder #4
Summon
Breandan is a godling doing godless things. For the one he loves, he is prepared to destroy the balance of nature. His beloved Rae has passed into the Otherworld, and he's determined to bring her back, no matter the consequence. Blood sacrifice is not the only cost for summoning a divine spirit to mortal form. The Loa are desperate to return to the realm of the living, and with Cael bitter in defeat, he considers an alliance even his coven cannot hope to control. Lochlann is conflicted. Blood tied to a vampire, his Wyld is in turmoil, yet he struggles to focus on anything but Daphne. Goblins enroach on fairy borders and swarm over shifter territory. Proud, the new Pack Alpha remains reluctant to bind his kind to the fairies who betrayed them, regardless of his claim on the new High Priestess. Can the creatures of the forests coexist as they did so long ago? Family. Honour. Love. There comes a time when all dreaming ends.
334 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 5, 2013
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About the author
Penelope Fletcher
27 books1,351 followersPenelope Jade Fletcher is a British author of genre romance. She has a number of international digital bestsellers, reaching the Amazon Kindle UK Top 100 chart in early 2011 with her third book, and the Barnes & Noble Nook Top 100 chart later the same year with her fifth.
Debuting at twenty two years old in 2010 with young adult fantasy Glamour, Penelope predominantly writes romance novels with supernatural elements, but recently penned a historical western, and has a regency romance in the works.
Penelope has independently sold over 100,000 eBooks. She loves nothing more than reading. Writing comes a close second.
Debuting at twenty two years old in 2010 with young adult fantasy Glamour, Penelope predominantly writes romance novels with supernatural elements, but recently penned a historical western, and has a regency romance in the works.
Penelope has independently sold over 100,000 eBooks. She loves nothing more than reading. Writing comes a close second.
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January 26, 2013
I was a bit disappointed by this end to these stories. I understand now why it took Fletcher so long to release it because she bit off a real lot by making the choice to include so many different POVs. I liked the idea of being able to see what Breandan's view was but I felt like she should have just kept it to that. All the crap about Lachlann's feelings about Daphne and the should he, could he, would he was a bit redundant. And it seemed a whole lot like she moved backwards in that since they had been calling her the High Lady at the end of Enchant.
*Spoilers Coming*
One of the things that really bothered me about this was the way she sort of teased you with all this intermingling of the different demons; Maeve (who everyone started calling Eve all the sudden in this book) and Alec, Lachlann and Daphne and the hint of Nimah and Jord, kind of were tied up when everyone died. I don't know how all of the ways Rae was trying to UNITE the humans and different factions of demons was really handled by Fletcher when she just ended the lives of those in this world changing sort of relationships. It seemed a lot like she figured that it wouldn't work and decided that she just would destroy all parties in the end.
I also felt that there were too many open stories at the end. She, Breandan, Lachlann and Daphne are all Godlings... but what happened to Alec when he lost Maeve for the second time? What about Ana? Do she and Cael ever truly heal from the rift of his actions to hurt her? And who becomes High Lord? Is it Conall? All of these questions are raised at the end and never addressed. All you know is that Breandan and Rae are Godling horndogs and he plans to spend eternity getting busy.
I wanted to be blown away by this end to the Rae Wilder books because the end of Enchant was so strong. Not to mention how long I waited for it. I think maybe she should have left at the end of the last book with Breandan promising to go after Rae and bring her back and everyone alive and more or less the balance being restored. I really feel like she forced the events in this book and it didn't feel as if it were a natural flow to it and the end kind of sucks. It sounds like with the losses at the end of book 3 and book 4, there are barely anyone around to enjoy the balance that had been brought by all of the conflict in this book.
With all the other series she is working on at the same time as she worked on this perhaps she is just scattered and the quality of her story telling suffered for it. I guess I will just have to see how the second book of Dragon Souls and Beautiful Damned pan out.
*Spoilers Coming*
One of the things that really bothered me about this was the way she sort of teased you with all this intermingling of the different demons; Maeve (who everyone started calling Eve all the sudden in this book) and Alec, Lachlann and Daphne and the hint of Nimah and Jord, kind of were tied up when everyone died. I don't know how all of the ways Rae was trying to UNITE the humans and different factions of demons was really handled by Fletcher when she just ended the lives of those in this world changing sort of relationships. It seemed a lot like she figured that it wouldn't work and decided that she just would destroy all parties in the end.
I also felt that there were too many open stories at the end. She, Breandan, Lachlann and Daphne are all Godlings... but what happened to Alec when he lost Maeve for the second time? What about Ana? Do she and Cael ever truly heal from the rift of his actions to hurt her? And who becomes High Lord? Is it Conall? All of these questions are raised at the end and never addressed. All you know is that Breandan and Rae are Godling horndogs and he plans to spend eternity getting busy.
I wanted to be blown away by this end to the Rae Wilder books because the end of Enchant was so strong. Not to mention how long I waited for it. I think maybe she should have left at the end of the last book with Breandan promising to go after Rae and bring her back and everyone alive and more or less the balance being restored. I really feel like she forced the events in this book and it didn't feel as if it were a natural flow to it and the end kind of sucks. It sounds like with the losses at the end of book 3 and book 4, there are barely anyone around to enjoy the balance that had been brought by all of the conflict in this book.
With all the other series she is working on at the same time as she worked on this perhaps she is just scattered and the quality of her story telling suffered for it. I guess I will just have to see how the second book of Dragon Souls and Beautiful Damned pan out.
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April 17, 2013I am impatiently awaiting this book coming out. It seems like every series I get into is incomplete and leaves off on a cliff - hanger!
January 29, 2015
Less than impressed with how this book ended. It was good all the way through then the last few chapters just went bonkers!! Everything happened so fast I couldn't get my head around it! I was so angry that quiet a few of the main characters died. I really regret buying this series just based on how the series ended.
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June 4, 2013I can't even... how do people like this crap?
January 29, 2013
I was very dissapointed in this book. I throughly enjoyed the previous books but this was unpleasent.
In short, the writing was choppy (and it was not in the previous books). Often when a segment was retold from another point of view key features would change in weird ways (ex. different characters where present or different sequence of events).
Post ressurection, the opening was extreamly slow. I can't really explain more without sploilers, but there had to be a better way to start the story. It was like everything went suddenly stagnent after a flurry of activity. Not to mention it was hard to follow.
Also, Rae and Brendean's relationship takes a decidedly unhealthy and manipulative turn. I realize this was taking a "fated love angle," but I felt that Brendean's behavior was inexusable and manipulative. His lack of trust in his "true love" was staggaring.
Lastly, not only did the ending feel like a cop out on the part of the main characters. But it didn't resolve ANY of the issues raised in previous books (with the exception of cael, but that was a weak and forced solution). We don't know if peace will be found between the factions or if really anything at all changed.
Honestly, if you like the series you might want to give this one a pass. Ending at the last book would have been much better than this. Although I, too, was hoping for more closure on the story you don't really find it here.
In short, the writing was choppy (and it was not in the previous books). Often when a segment was retold from another point of view key features would change in weird ways (ex. different characters where present or different sequence of events).
Post ressurection, the opening was extreamly slow. I can't really explain more without sploilers, but there had to be a better way to start the story. It was like everything went suddenly stagnent after a flurry of activity. Not to mention it was hard to follow.
Also, Rae and Brendean's relationship takes a decidedly unhealthy and manipulative turn. I realize this was taking a "fated love angle," but I felt that Brendean's behavior was inexusable and manipulative. His lack of trust in his "true love" was staggaring.
Lastly, not only did the ending feel like a cop out on the part of the main characters. But it didn't resolve ANY of the issues raised in previous books (with the exception of cael, but that was a weak and forced solution). We don't know if peace will be found between the factions or if really anything at all changed.
Honestly, if you like the series you might want to give this one a pass. Ending at the last book would have been much better than this. Although I, too, was hoping for more closure on the story you don't really find it here.
February 25, 2013
I just finished this book earlier today, and I am extremely disappointed and dissatisfied. I really enjoyed the other books in this series and became enamored with these characters especially Rae and Breanden. I found this last book to be rushed, poorly crafted and completely dispassionate. The shuffling of point if views was unnecessary and disrupted the flow of story. The biggest disappoint was the conclusion. Killing off many major characters and leaving other characters without closure was just plain stupid, because there's no way I'm reading another book in this series!
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April 12, 2013Been waiting 3 months now, very excited!
February 24, 2013
A lot of skimming contributed to the finishing of this book. I lost interest pretty much the moment after they brought Rae back and so did the author!
So disappointing!
So disappointing!
April 12, 2013
This is the 4th and last book in the Rae Wilder series. I bought the first three books at the same time and read them pretty quickly. I didn't realize there would be a 4th book, otherwise I would have waited and read them all together. I really hate reading most of a series and having to wait a year or longer for the end. And for this series, the third book ends with a huge cliff hanger.
My problem with waiting for the last book is not that I'm disconnected from the story once it finally comes out. I always go back and re-read the other books before I read the new one. The problem is that by the time it comes out, I've hyped everything up in my mind so that the last book almost always disappoints. And although I liked Summon, I didn't love it like I did the other three books in the series.
I think my main issue was that there wasn't enough Rae and Breandan in this one for me. On top of that, Breandan wasn't the same Breandan that I loved in the other books. While I understand him getting frustrated with Rae and saying the things he did before she left, that just isn't the Breandan we knew from the other books. He fights for what he wants. He doesn't just let her leave with Tomas...ANYONE else, maybe, but not Tomas.
I also felt like the ending was rushed. Granted, I thought I had over 100 (nook) pages left to read when the story ended and that ticked me off. I didn't realize the last 100 (nnok) pages of the book were a preview of a different series. So, I quit reading the night before thinking I had plenty to read and finish last night. When I discovered I left off within 20 pages or so of the actual ending of the book, I almost threw my nook across the room. I will definitely check for book previews with every book I read for the rest of my life!
Anyway, back to the rushed ending. I would have liked a little more. Yes, I know Rae, Breandan, and a few others will live HEA. But I needed some resolution with the relationship of Cael with Ana and Connell. There were so many people groups in this series, but the end gave a resolution to only a few of them and left everyone else hanging.
Finally, I have to mention the editing. I hardly ever mention editing and can overlook a lot if the story is good enough. However, this last book had all the grammatical problems of the first three and then some. It was the "and then some" that I couldn't deal with. As others have mentioned, there were entire sections that were repeated. Those sections were actually easier to deal with than the ones where it was just a sentence or two that was repeated. This type of thing takes you completely out of the story.
I do still recommend the series. The first three books are fast paced and take place over a couple of days. But I bought into it because it worked for me. I actually understood the triangle in the first book BECAUSE this story takes place in a couple of days. Any other time, I would despise the triangle storyline. Anyway, if you can overlook the lack of editing in the first three books, know going into the last one that it gets worse, and make sure to look at the last page of the actual story so you know when you are truly close to the end, I think you'll like the series.
My problem with waiting for the last book is not that I'm disconnected from the story once it finally comes out. I always go back and re-read the other books before I read the new one. The problem is that by the time it comes out, I've hyped everything up in my mind so that the last book almost always disappoints. And although I liked Summon, I didn't love it like I did the other three books in the series.
I think my main issue was that there wasn't enough Rae and Breandan in this one for me. On top of that, Breandan wasn't the same Breandan that I loved in the other books. While I understand him getting frustrated with Rae and saying the things he did before she left, that just isn't the Breandan we knew from the other books. He fights for what he wants. He doesn't just let her leave with Tomas...ANYONE else, maybe, but not Tomas.
I also felt like the ending was rushed. Granted, I thought I had over 100 (nook) pages left to read when the story ended and that ticked me off. I didn't realize the last 100 (nnok) pages of the book were a preview of a different series. So, I quit reading the night before thinking I had plenty to read and finish last night. When I discovered I left off within 20 pages or so of the actual ending of the book, I almost threw my nook across the room. I will definitely check for book previews with every book I read for the rest of my life!
Anyway, back to the rushed ending. I would have liked a little more. Yes, I know Rae, Breandan, and a few others will live HEA. But I needed some resolution with the relationship of Cael with Ana and Connell. There were so many people groups in this series, but the end gave a resolution to only a few of them and left everyone else hanging.
Finally, I have to mention the editing. I hardly ever mention editing and can overlook a lot if the story is good enough. However, this last book had all the grammatical problems of the first three and then some. It was the "and then some" that I couldn't deal with. As others have mentioned, there were entire sections that were repeated. Those sections were actually easier to deal with than the ones where it was just a sentence or two that was repeated. This type of thing takes you completely out of the story.
I do still recommend the series. The first three books are fast paced and take place over a couple of days. But I bought into it because it worked for me. I actually understood the triangle in the first book BECAUSE this story takes place in a couple of days. Any other time, I would despise the triangle storyline. Anyway, if you can overlook the lack of editing in the first three books, know going into the last one that it gets worse, and make sure to look at the last page of the actual story so you know when you are truly close to the end, I think you'll like the series.
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February 14, 2013I liked the first books in this series but found this one to be disappointing. Like other readers/reviewers said the writing was choppy and the story seemed to be pushed from one idea to the next very quickly. Jumping from one point of view to another throughout the story was not smoothly done; at times it made things confusing and made the writing feel chaotic. Also, not sure if anyone else had this problem but my eBook had some issues; at some points sentences or even paragraphs repeated themselves.
April 16, 2013
I had a very hard time getting through this one. Its never taken me this long to get through a book. I read the ebook and it was kind of hard to follow because sentences and at times whole paragraphs were repeated. It was also confussing because people who you thought were died in the other books were in this one and people who you didn't realize died were dead. I'm glad I read it because it finished the series but it was just ok compaired to the others in the series.
April 8, 2013
I have to admit that I'm a bit disappointed. Whomever was responsible for the editing of this book should be fired, it was very sloppy. The story itself was ok, not the Penelope I'm used to reading though. There just wasn't that same passion that brings her other stories to life. This one just felt as though it was a rush to get something out.
January 29, 2013
I am only halfway thru the book and I don't think I will read the rest. I was thoroughly disappointed in this book. It is a complete mess. I really enjoyed the other books but the author totally missed the mark with this one.
February 25, 2013
I was looking forward to this so much and i was very disapointed in it. Its too messy- too many points of views changing too often. Too many questions left unanswered.
May 29, 2014
I was so disappointed, I almost did not want to review it. I wish I could ask Miss Fletcher what happened, what she was thinking as she wrote this one out. In my mind, Rae was supposed to be the fairy the fixed her mother's mistakes. She was doing so well, even though, at times, she seemed to be stumbling along, figuring things out as she went.
I got bored with this book. Too much talk and thought, not enough action until the very end when EVERYBODY who was ANYBODY, just DIED. That's it! Kill them all, leave the rest of the fairies to their own devices so Rae and Breandon could be together forever in the spirit realm. Oh, and Lochlann and his girl, too. But, Maeve, she just went *poof* and left poor Alec alone. We don't hear about her frolicking through the woods, watching her fairy Wyld from afar.
This is the way I expected it to end...
Instead of crumbling into some weak, "Breandon left me" coma, Rae channels her life giving powers and destroys the Loa. Or, at least she puts up a good fight until Breandon shows up and together they figure out that their combined powers can destroy the Loa.
If Maeve HAD to die so that the circlet would fall off, then Rae should have been reassigned as High Priestess, as she was always meant to be, and Maeve's death could've fueled her to summon some kick-ass power.
She did not put up much of a fight, she gave up too easily. I feel like, what was the point of this whole "Godling" thing if she wasn't going to be victorious as a result? They were both useless as Godlings until they figured out they could blow themselves up, lol.
That is all. I want a re-write! I get the feeling, though, that Miss Fletcher was done with this series long before she started this last book.
RIP Rae Wilder...
I got bored with this book. Too much talk and thought, not enough action until the very end when EVERYBODY who was ANYBODY, just DIED. That's it! Kill them all, leave the rest of the fairies to their own devices so Rae and Breandon could be together forever in the spirit realm. Oh, and Lochlann and his girl, too. But, Maeve, she just went *poof* and left poor Alec alone. We don't hear about her frolicking through the woods, watching her fairy Wyld from afar.
This is the way I expected it to end...
Instead of crumbling into some weak, "Breandon left me" coma, Rae channels her life giving powers and destroys the Loa. Or, at least she puts up a good fight until Breandon shows up and together they figure out that their combined powers can destroy the Loa.
If Maeve HAD to die so that the circlet would fall off, then Rae should have been reassigned as High Priestess, as she was always meant to be, and Maeve's death could've fueled her to summon some kick-ass power.
She did not put up much of a fight, she gave up too easily. I feel like, what was the point of this whole "Godling" thing if she wasn't going to be victorious as a result? They were both useless as Godlings until they figured out they could blow themselves up, lol.
That is all. I want a re-write! I get the feeling, though, that Miss Fletcher was done with this series long before she started this last book.
RIP Rae Wilder...
January 10, 2013
January 10, 2013.
I´m left with messed up feelings. I am sad because it´s over and because the book wasn´t as good as I expected it to be. It´s like the book´s been written in a rush.
I´d rather wait one more year for the book to be released then get this kind of book.
Too many things mentioned and then abandoned. I can´t even recognize Summon as Rae Wilder novel.
I don´t know what to say.
I´m going to re-read all novels and maybe I´ll be happier but honestly, I´m just very disappointed.
I adored previous three books and it´s such a shame that this one seems like a burden for the writer. Well yeah, I had a feeling like the writer lost interest in Rae´s story and had the need to finish it as quickly as possible because fans are waiting for it to come out.
4 stars because of my love for the first three books in series. but otherwise is 2 stars.
May 12, 2013
Waited so long for this book....and I was let down. I fell in love with the story and all the characters, then they went away , not sure if it was the time lapse and I didn't have the connection as before but this conclusion felt very rushed. It may be due to that this was in process as well as her other books in different series, and she started a new series all at the same time. But I hope who ever is lucky enough to start this series with all books completed, that they too will love it. The way it ended left a sadness and almost unjustified ending for the characters,I felt they deserved better.
February 9, 2013
Oh Miss Fletcher :-(
I don't know what to say....
I LOVED the previous ones & was really looking to this one but not wanting it to end.
I'm really not sure what I thought of the different POVs.
I agree with another review though in that you should maybe of stuck with just Breanden & Rae rather than adding Lochlan in as well.
The ending kinda confused me. It was a bit unclear as to what happened....
Still looking forward to starting Burn now :-)
SummonPenelope Fletcher
March 6, 2013
grat story, but seemed rushed and unfinished at the end
February 16, 2017
I liked everything about this final book in the series except the ending. For the most part, the story lines were brought to satisfying conclusions. However, the plot element that underscores the entire series, the issue of the different types of beings finding a way to coexist, is left hanging. I was deeply disappointed to have no real resolution on this matter because bringing the humans and the many demon races to a cooperative place is Rae's mission. While this story shows us that Rae accomplished this with a small sampling of individuals, we are left with no clarity as to whether this was spread far and wide following the big battle. As criticisms go, this isn't severe, and I would definitely read more by this author.
February 15, 2019
A good end
The journey was full of twists and turns but we got to where it had to end. I love these characters and the journey they had to go on both emotionally and physically was pleased how it ended
The journey was full of twists and turns but we got to where it had to end. I love these characters and the journey they had to go on both emotionally and physically was pleased how it ended
January 21, 2024
I love this book and the fact that then ending is not exactly what you would expect. It breaks my heart with the deaths at the end. Especially for Alec left without Maeve but I love the sort of happy ending to wonder the world between as gods. Beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time.
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February 5, 2025
This finale to the series was… erratic? The underlying story was interesting but needed so much more to flesh it out. There was copious use of a thesaurus and the big words were at odds with the much simpler writing of all the other books and the rest of this one.
June 21, 2018
a satisfactory end to a decent series. about all the story is concluded, but the ending battle a but to drawn out & no time left for mourning characters lost.
June 17, 2025
fit with the rest of the books but the editing really needs work
July 22, 2013
3.5 stars
Unlike a lot of other readers of this series, I really disliked the first 3 books. I found this to be the most evenly paced of the series. The main issue is all the sub-plots that exist. There are MULTIPLE POVs in this story. While it assists in better understanding the motivations of those characters, it's just too much going on.
In the past books, Cael was the main antagonist. Here, he is relegated to a minor character, taking a backseat to the Loa, who appeared (literally) in the last book. It's just confusing trying to understand where the author is trying to go with the overall plot line. The ending was and wasn't satisfying. Rae and Breandon are together. Forever. But where the other characters are left is simply baffling. And what Rae and Breandon's forever mean to the other characters is also confusing and somewhat inconclusive.
Unlike a lot of other readers of this series, I really disliked the first 3 books. I found this to be the most evenly paced of the series. The main issue is all the sub-plots that exist. There are MULTIPLE POVs in this story. While it assists in better understanding the motivations of those characters, it's just too much going on.
In the past books, Cael was the main antagonist. Here, he is relegated to a minor character, taking a backseat to the Loa, who appeared (literally) in the last book. It's just confusing trying to understand where the author is trying to go with the overall plot line. The ending was and wasn't satisfying. Rae and Breandon are together. Forever. But where the other characters are left is simply baffling. And what Rae and Breandon's forever mean to the other characters is also confusing and somewhat inconclusive.
June 7, 2013
Loved this series! Completely disappointed by how it ended though.
First and foremost, I extremely disliked the way this book was written. It continuously shuffled each characters point of view. I felt like a schizophrenic trying to switch and adapt to each characters different personalities. I might also go as far as to add that most of the characters seemed lack their individual spark of emotion in this last book. Perhaps it was due to the style it was written.
As for the rest, I felt no closure from this book at all. Things happened and ended so abruptly for so many main characters. I feel that after getting to know these characters so thoroughly in the last three books, they just were not done justice by how rushed this book was!
Very disappointed.
First and foremost, I extremely disliked the way this book was written. It continuously shuffled each characters point of view. I felt like a schizophrenic trying to switch and adapt to each characters different personalities. I might also go as far as to add that most of the characters seemed lack their individual spark of emotion in this last book. Perhaps it was due to the style it was written.
As for the rest, I felt no closure from this book at all. Things happened and ended so abruptly for so many main characters. I feel that after getting to know these characters so thoroughly in the last three books, they just were not done justice by how rushed this book was!
Very disappointed.
February 28, 2013
Not as apocalyptic as I would have hoped. The ending took me by surprise and I initially felt disappointed but decided that it was rather cute if not for the lack of aftermath explanation....would've like to see more of happened post not-so-apocalyptic events but never mind....overall I guess I enjoyed the series but would not recommend as a serious read. This was something that kept me entertained whist travelling on the train etc. Definitely a good distraction if you're in a boring situation but otherwise I wouldn't choose to read it.
March 17, 2013
I really liked this book but, the one thing that kept it from five stars was the EDITING! Generally it wouldn't matter but, the book repeats EXACT sentences multiple times throughout. I would suggest better editors and maybe some beta readers to help out. BUT, I loved the ending of the series. Lots of unexpected things going on. Love the characters that we've seen from previous books. A lot of sadness in the book but, most everything turns out well. Sad to see the series end. Looking forward to other books by Ms. Fletcher.
January 15, 2014
this whole series gets a VERY liberal three stars. if book two hadn't all been about rae and breandan and lust lust lust... it would've been great. the series as a whole was a great concept, but often poorly executed and kind of rambled all over the place without any real direction (a lot like this review). many scenes, looked at independently from the rest of the story, were great. and i've never seen so many characters killed off (so cool!). once the story got moving, i was hooked, wrapped up in the adventure. but I skipped soooo much of the rae/breandan whiney drama.
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