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After decades apart, Decagon reunites. With two humans in their ranks and more enemies than ever before, Dalia must learn to control her gifts from the Reaper—and quickly.
Despite Dalia’s growing power, which is matched only by Titus’s creative gifts, questions continue to mount. What happened between her mother, Selah, and Rourke? And why does her mother seem to remember Titus?
Titus may be hellbent on finding a way for Dalia to escape her fate as part of the Aion, but she’s focused on something else: finding answers before her number is called.
Despite Dalia’s growing power, which is matched only by Titus’s creative gifts, questions continue to mount. What happened between her mother, Selah, and Rourke? And why does her mother seem to remember Titus?
Titus may be hellbent on finding a way for Dalia to escape her fate as part of the Aion, but she’s focused on something else: finding answers before her number is called.
496 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 24, 2022
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Capes
10 books52 followersCapes likes romance, fantasy, things with metaphysical ends, nature, the color red, and slow fashion. She writes to make sense of the world; she reads to forget it. She’s very happy you’ve found her work. Please, indulge yourself!
Capes’s stand-alone fantasy, The Unburied Queen, was shortlisted for the 2022 Foreword INDIES.
The first book in the Sennenwolf Series, West of Jaws, has also been shortlisted for the 2023 Foreword INDIES. It was part of LoveReading's January 2024 Indies We Love list.
Capes’s stand-alone fantasy, The Unburied Queen, was shortlisted for the 2022 Foreword INDIES.
The first book in the Sennenwolf Series, West of Jaws, has also been shortlisted for the 2023 Foreword INDIES. It was part of LoveReading's January 2024 Indies We Love list.
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August 21, 2023
Maybe it was silly of me to expect a conclusive ending to this series. I should be thankful it’s a hopeful ending. The problem is, it leaves me wanting so much more.
I loved this series. I’m not surprised by that. I was impressed with the first book I read from Capes, The Unburied Queen, and I’m equally impressed by this series. I was slightly disappointed in this book, for reasons that will become clear. The story is compelling and I didn’t want to put it down for even a second. The characters continued to engage me and I almost felt like I was a part of the group (although, let’s be honest, nobody wants to experience what they did). And there were some fascinating explorations of the future—some quite frightening. However, there was one thing I found especially interesting: “Though many innovations made life easier, the advent of deep-hacking in the 2030s saw a return to mundane practices. Even the most secure encryptions could be shredded in moments once counter-blockchain platforms emerged. Security cameras, just like nearly any file or ledger, became subject to perusal by the digital elite.” I’ve seen and read enough futuristic dystopian stories to be familiar with the idea of people losing technology, but this may be the first time people willingly gave it up because it became too risky to use.
Now, I have to complain about some things too. At first, I saw something and thought it was an anomaly. Unfortunately, it made me start thinking about other things and before I knew it I was seeing a trend that didn’t make sense to me. When Titus begins to teach Dalia how to “jump,” he takes off his jacket and shirt because they “burn off” of him when he jumps. That’s why his hair has been buzz-cut, and he claims the nylon pants he’s wearing seem to be safe. Well, I think nylon would melt, but okay. When Dalia finally jumps, all of her clothes burn off. Titus jumps to her location to retrieve her, but his don’t(?). As they walk back to the compound, he puts his coat on her so she won’t be cold. I’m sorry to say, my brain started spiraling with inconsistencies then. How was Titus able to transport food and supplies when the clothes on the upper half of his body burned off? When he transported Others, why didn’t their clothes burn off? Why were both Titus and Dalia able to jump and remain fully clothed later on? All of this could have been avoided if Capes had simply NOT had Titus remove his jacket and shirt and explain the issue of his clothes burning in the first place.
Here’s the second thing that bothered me which, in comparison, if fairly small. When Dalia enters the dreaming with Titus and encounters the pod again (from book one), she asks him if he put it there. He says, “No, this thing does what it wants. It kind of looks like a fruit, doesn’t it? I always thought it was a seed from when you burned down Drakamea, but now I think it’s…actually, I don’t know what it is. Not even a guess.” Here’s the problem, Dalia did NOT burn down Drakamea. He asked her in book one and she denied it, so it seems odd that he’s stating it as a fact at this point. And she’s not arguing about it.
So why did I give this 4 stars instead of 5? It might actually deserve 5 stars, but I can’t get over the nebulous ending. I got to the end and I metaphorically lifted my Kindle and shook it out upside down to see if any more words fell out. Nope. Where’s the ending? Did they forget to include it? I want my prize!
I want a happy ending when I get to the end of a book, and if it can’t be happy, I want to, at least, feel as if the story has concluded. This leaves the option for a fourth book, but there isn’t one, and I don’t know if there is another in the works, since it has been promoted as a trilogy. I’m afraid this leaves too many lingering questions in my head, and if I question things too much, I often end up finding inconsistencies. I really don’t want that to happen. I want to know how this concludes. Definitively. Incontrovertibly. I read all three books. I want my prize!
I loved this series. I’m not surprised by that. I was impressed with the first book I read from Capes, The Unburied Queen, and I’m equally impressed by this series. I was slightly disappointed in this book, for reasons that will become clear. The story is compelling and I didn’t want to put it down for even a second. The characters continued to engage me and I almost felt like I was a part of the group (although, let’s be honest, nobody wants to experience what they did). And there were some fascinating explorations of the future—some quite frightening. However, there was one thing I found especially interesting: “Though many innovations made life easier, the advent of deep-hacking in the 2030s saw a return to mundane practices. Even the most secure encryptions could be shredded in moments once counter-blockchain platforms emerged. Security cameras, just like nearly any file or ledger, became subject to perusal by the digital elite.” I’ve seen and read enough futuristic dystopian stories to be familiar with the idea of people losing technology, but this may be the first time people willingly gave it up because it became too risky to use.
Now, I have to complain about some things too. At first, I saw something and thought it was an anomaly. Unfortunately, it made me start thinking about other things and before I knew it I was seeing a trend that didn’t make sense to me. When Titus begins to teach Dalia how to “jump,” he takes off his jacket and shirt because they “burn off” of him when he jumps. That’s why his hair has been buzz-cut, and he claims the nylon pants he’s wearing seem to be safe. Well, I think nylon would melt, but okay. When Dalia finally jumps, all of her clothes burn off. Titus jumps to her location to retrieve her, but his don’t(?). As they walk back to the compound, he puts his coat on her so she won’t be cold. I’m sorry to say, my brain started spiraling with inconsistencies then. How was Titus able to transport food and supplies when the clothes on the upper half of his body burned off? When he transported Others, why didn’t their clothes burn off? Why were both Titus and Dalia able to jump and remain fully clothed later on? All of this could have been avoided if Capes had simply NOT had Titus remove his jacket and shirt and explain the issue of his clothes burning in the first place.
Here’s the second thing that bothered me which, in comparison, if fairly small. When Dalia enters the dreaming with Titus and encounters the pod again (from book one), she asks him if he put it there. He says, “No, this thing does what it wants. It kind of looks like a fruit, doesn’t it? I always thought it was a seed from when you burned down Drakamea, but now I think it’s…actually, I don’t know what it is. Not even a guess.” Here’s the problem, Dalia did NOT burn down Drakamea. He asked her in book one and she denied it, so it seems odd that he’s stating it as a fact at this point. And she’s not arguing about it.
So why did I give this 4 stars instead of 5? It might actually deserve 5 stars, but I can’t get over the nebulous ending. I got to the end and I metaphorically lifted my Kindle and shook it out upside down to see if any more words fell out. Nope. Where’s the ending? Did they forget to include it? I want my prize!
I want a happy ending when I get to the end of a book, and if it can’t be happy, I want to, at least, feel as if the story has concluded. This leaves the option for a fourth book, but there isn’t one, and I don’t know if there is another in the works, since it has been promoted as a trilogy. I’m afraid this leaves too many lingering questions in my head, and if I question things too much, I often end up finding inconsistencies. I really don’t want that to happen. I want to know how this concludes. Definitively. Incontrovertibly. I read all three books. I want my prize!
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