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The Keeper of Light Trilogy #3
Purification
Time is running out. One of the Medallions is still missing, and now Blake is in the hands of Prince Balthazar, wasting away in a prison cell until the day he'll be sacrificed to bring Lord Orion back to life. Dessa Calder is dead, and the Keepers have lost all hope.
Except McKenna. Determined to rescue her best friend and fulfill a destiny her mother left unfinished, McKenna takes on a greater challenge than she bargained for. The powers that once belonged to Dessa have somehow transferred to McKenna, giving her the power to set right everything her enemies have destroyed.
But being a Keeper isn't that easy, especially when you aren't sure you can completely trust the people who claim to be your friends.
Except McKenna. Determined to rescue her best friend and fulfill a destiny her mother left unfinished, McKenna takes on a greater challenge than she bargained for. The powers that once belonged to Dessa have somehow transferred to McKenna, giving her the power to set right everything her enemies have destroyed.
But being a Keeper isn't that easy, especially when you aren't sure you can completely trust the people who claim to be your friends.
278 pages, Paperback
First published December 25, 2013
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Tiana Dalichov
7 books125 followersTiana Dalichov is the author of sci-fi thriller Agenda 46 (Rebellion Rising et al.). She is also the author of "Waltz of a Dying Candle," and is a shamelessly self-proclaimed anime junkie.
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August 9, 2020
Closer to a 3.5. Also, THERE ARE SPOILERS HERE. Proceed, but don't say I didn't warn you.
Oh my goodness.
It's over.
HOW CAN THIS BE OVERRR?
This^ is cute. Also, it's my reaction to finishing this lovely series. Why did it have to end?
Ever since the end of the previous book, Possession, I'll admit that I have had a small pit in my stomach. The path Ms. Dalichov took was rather unexpected, and so I was pretty shaken. Months after I had finished reading it, thoughts of this book would surface, and I would be reminded of that pit as I asked, "What's going to happen to them now? What are those poor characters going to do?"
Well, in this book, we finally find out, as well as get some answers to our questions from the last book.
It seems that the Keepers have lost their only hope. With no one to conjure up control for light and darkness, they seem to be losing the battle to Orion. Several Hitobashira are still in captivity; others are missing.
It is in this seemingly-hopeless state that we find our new protagonist, McKenna Calder. As Dessa's daughter, she has had to face the consequences of her mother's choices, including being left with a still-grieving father. But when McKenna discovers that her mother may have planned this out a little better than anyone thought, the Keepers realize that they might still have the power to defeat Orion after all.
Though it took me a little bit, I eventually grew to like McKenna as a protagonist and narrator. I found her witty, sarcastic, and enjoyable to read about. No matter the number of narrators, I could always tell when Kenna was speaking. Her struggle to save the world as well as reconnect with her father was captivating to read, and I found myself in this position:
Also, those who have trouble with multiple narrators, be warned: there are several in this book. I, on the other hand, actually enjoyed this, as Dalichov made sure to clearly mark who was speaking. There were a few times when I had to flip a few pages back because I got confused as to who the narrator was, but, like I said, those were only a few times. In my opinion, the multiple perspectives really helped to add depth to the story and define the stakes more.
Going off of that, I must say that I really felt for these characters. Their horrible loss from the previous book does not only affect Chris, but all of them, and you see it here. In addition, you see the individual struggles that each of them goes through when trying to defeat Orion. I found this a very clever approach by Dalichov, because it showed that the Keepers are not just trying to defeat Orion and his sons because he's the bad guy, they're doing it because each of them has something else to fight for. This rang true to me when thinking about real life too: we fight together for one cause, and then for our own separate causes. In other words, I was impressed.
One last thing: the mythology. I mentioned in my reviews of the previous books in this series that the mythology was fresh and fascinating, and that I could read an entire book on it and probably not grow tired. Well, there is no shortage of that here. In Purification, we go more in-depth on the bond between the Hitobashira and Orion, as well as the machine that is supposed to sever that bond. Throw the use of some elements and chemicals into the mix, and I’m hooked. It was like reading a book of legends from a lost nation if the people of that nation had dabbled in chemistry (read: gripping and unique).
Okay, okay, I lied; there’s still more I want to talk about.
On the other side of things, I still have a few questions. I was confused about some of the characters’ motives and why they did what they did.
So, in short, this was a superb way to end a pretty enjoyable trilogy. I would definitely recommend not only this book, but the entire series, as it breaks free of some of the deplorable tropes that plague the YA paranormal genre. There is some mature content , but, if you can handle some coarse language , go ahead and pick these up. There's no reason not to.
(Also, I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. No other compensations of any kind were given. Thank you so much to the author for letting me read this! I enjoyed this book and the whole series very much.)
Oh my goodness.
It's over.
HOW CAN THIS BE OVERRR?
This^ is cute. Also, it's my reaction to finishing this lovely series. Why did it have to end?
Ever since the end of the previous book, Possession, I'll admit that I have had a small pit in my stomach. The path Ms. Dalichov took was rather unexpected, and so I was pretty shaken. Months after I had finished reading it, thoughts of this book would surface, and I would be reminded of that pit as I asked, "What's going to happen to them now? What are those poor characters going to do?"
Well, in this book, we finally find out, as well as get some answers to our questions from the last book.
It seems that the Keepers have lost their only hope. With no one to conjure up control for light and darkness, they seem to be losing the battle to Orion. Several Hitobashira are still in captivity; others are missing.
It is in this seemingly-hopeless state that we find our new protagonist, McKenna Calder. As Dessa's daughter, she has had to face the consequences of her mother's choices, including being left with a still-grieving father. But when McKenna discovers that her mother may have planned this out a little better than anyone thought, the Keepers realize that they might still have the power to defeat Orion after all.
Though it took me a little bit, I eventually grew to like McKenna as a protagonist and narrator. I found her witty, sarcastic, and enjoyable to read about. No matter the number of narrators, I could always tell when Kenna was speaking. Her struggle to save the world as well as reconnect with her father was captivating to read, and I found myself in this position:
Also, those who have trouble with multiple narrators, be warned: there are several in this book. I, on the other hand, actually enjoyed this, as Dalichov made sure to clearly mark who was speaking. There were a few times when I had to flip a few pages back because I got confused as to who the narrator was, but, like I said, those were only a few times. In my opinion, the multiple perspectives really helped to add depth to the story and define the stakes more.
Going off of that, I must say that I really felt for these characters. Their horrible loss from the previous book does not only affect Chris, but all of them, and you see it here. In addition, you see the individual struggles that each of them goes through when trying to defeat Orion. I found this a very clever approach by Dalichov, because it showed that the Keepers are not just trying to defeat Orion and his sons because he's the bad guy, they're doing it because each of them has something else to fight for. This rang true to me when thinking about real life too: we fight together for one cause, and then for our own separate causes. In other words, I was impressed.
One last thing: the mythology. I mentioned in my reviews of the previous books in this series that the mythology was fresh and fascinating, and that I could read an entire book on it and probably not grow tired. Well, there is no shortage of that here. In Purification, we go more in-depth on the bond between the Hitobashira and Orion, as well as the machine that is supposed to sever that bond. Throw the use of some elements and chemicals into the mix, and I’m hooked. It was like reading a book of legends from a lost nation if the people of that nation had dabbled in chemistry (read: gripping and unique).
On the other side of things, I still have a few questions. I was confused about some of the characters’ motives and why they did what they did.
So, in short, this was a superb way to end a pretty enjoyable trilogy. I would definitely recommend not only this book, but the entire series, as it breaks free of some of the deplorable tropes that plague the YA paranormal genre. There is some mature content , but, if you can handle some coarse language , go ahead and pick these up. There's no reason not to.
(Also, I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. No other compensations of any kind were given. Thank you so much to the author for letting me read this! I enjoyed this book and the whole series very much.)
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