And I’ve finished yet another one! The last one that’s been translated to swedish, so far.
I must say, unlike the previous series, this series draws a lot of parallels with the real world. Not only the Club of Fabled Animals, but also the Seekers of Truth.
In this one both of those groups play a very big part. Because shit really hits the fan for the Club of Fabled Animals. They gather, and even though some of them have good intentions with the meeting for sure! Some, Diabolo in particular, do not. Diabolo seems to hate both regular humans and woodwalkers/seawalkers for some reason. A reason we have yet to find out. But he is a teen, so he does not have much power… yet…
There’s still Lydia Leenox, and she’s going the political route to cause havoc this time. I did not expect her to go so far as to become a part of the Council, but here we are. That’s not gonna end well, I fear.
But the biggest impact in this story is clearly… The Seekers of Truth. They remind me so much about groups of people both today and in history. That as soon as there’s something they don’t understand or doesn’t follow their norms… they grab their pitchforks and weapons and kills kills kills. Which they almost do here in this book! Things are getting quite tense!
Also, there’s our old enemy Andrew Milling. I like how we got more background to him, honestly. He really DOES have an honest to goodness friend, even if said friend abandoned him when Andrew's family was killed by a hunting party. I wonder, if said friend had stuck around and helped Andrew with his grief and depression, had him become a kinder person then? A question we’ll never get an answer to. And we’ll see if the (very interesting) talks Andrew has had with this friend has changed him or not? It’s not quite clear yet…
And in the midst of all this, there’s Carag. He is still one of the weakest characters, but here’s something quite human about him, despite him being a woodwalker. Because since he is doing all these assignments or missions for the Council, it puts a strain on his relationship with Tiikani, his girlfriend. And they go on a break in their relationship. Teen feelings all over the place and a fear of losing her sets in! And it was not as cheesy as it sounds, but was actually quite well written!
Also there’s Kimberly, damn girl… I feel for you so much!
A lot more happens, of course, but yeah. This book was slightly better than the previous one! A few twists at the end there, that I should have seen coming but still liked! Gonna keep my eyes out for the last one in this series once it is translated!