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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780373802838
ISBN number: 0373802838
Label: Luna
Manufacturer: Luna
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Page Count: 528
Printing Date: August 01, 2008
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Still avoiding magic whenever possible, Private Kaylin Neya relished investigating a run-of-the-mill theft. Until she found out the mysterious stolen box had been taken from Elani Street, where the mages and charlatans mingled, and it was sometimes hard to tell the difference between the two. And since the box was ancient, without a keyhole, and held tremendous darkness inside, Kaylin knew unknown forces were again playing with her destiny—and her life.…
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I stumbled into Michelle Sagara's CHRONICLES OF ELANTRA when I picked up her very first book in the series, CAST IN SHADOW. The heroine, Kaylin, who grew up as a street kid with a worse than usual past, found an uneasy fit as a law enforcement officer whose impatience with rules and unusual abilities cast her into difficulties. (Of course, her attitude does everything to exacerbate her problems.) Normally, I wait for mass markets so I can afford more of the books I love. This was one of the rare books I adored so that I bought the trade paperback to race through CAST IN COURTLIGHT, the second in the series, which continued to enchant.
Imagine my delight when I stumbled upon CAST IN SECRET, the third in the series, on a bookstore outing. Kaylin has matured, but finds herself with an even thornier set of problems. Past experiences have threatened her life. This book threatens her beliefs about the world and herself. Which of us would enjoy telepaths who can dig through our minds and find all our worst moments? In this book, Kaylin must face telepaths and magery, both of which she would rather avoid at almost all costs, in chasing as stolen child. Kaylin will walk through fire and worse for a child at risk, and in this book she voluntarily pursues avenues that nothing less than a child could drag her down.
She continues to learn about herself and her powers, as she tangles with others of power. But what gives this book its power for me is the humanity and very personal struggles of the heroine. A lot of heroines try to save the world. Kaylin's deepest struggles are with the hard truths that reshape her world as she trails villainy through a landscape of well-realized cultures. Each has its own priorities and dangers. Traversing those boundaries reshapes Kaylin's world as she pursues a quest in which allies may be the most dangerous of enemies and firm beliefs turn liquid and then to quicksand.
Kaylin is truly a heroine for facing her fears, for mastering her abilities, and for her steadfast willingness to pay the costs of actions to defend the ideals she shouldn't have and won't admit. The story exudes emotion, not just action, and we're drawn into the heroine's life.
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CAST IN SECRET has not garnered the most positive reviews from Michelle Sagara's (or West's) fans, and it is not the best book she has written, but it is still a solid addition to this series. True, it doesn't advance the romantic relationship between Kaylin and Severn or elucidate at all the relationship between Kaylin and Nightshade, nor does it demonstrate that Kaylin's recent travails have upped her maturity by much. It does, however, tell us much more about the nature of Elantra than we knew before, and this series is "The Chronicles of Elantra," not "The Chronicles of Kaylin Neya." We learn more about the history of the world, about the social and psychic life of the Tha'alani, about the inclinations and politics of dragons, and about how thoroughly magic rules this world. It's a big and complicated world, and it's clear Sagara has a lot more she wants to tell us about it. I don't get any sense at all that this series is stalled or that Sagara is out of ideas, and I don't even feel all that impatient about the rate at which Elantra's secrets are dribbling out.
My biggest criticism of the book is that, behind their forbidding, tentacled exteriors, Tha'alani are jarringly nice, all sweetness and light--not something you'd expect in this world. There's a rationale for this niceness, which has to do with the way people develop when their minds are completely open to all of their peers. Still, I didn't expect to encounter cuddly Ewoks in nasty Elantra.
In response to all of the people who are complaining about Kaylin's impulsiveness and alleged immaturity, I'd like to point out that (1) the very first three novels take place over a period of around two months, total, so she hasn't had a lot of time to mellow; (2) she's roughly 20, which means that she shouldn't be acting like a 12-year-old, but most of the U.S. thinks that she's still too young to handle alcohol responsibly; (3) her impulsive, stubborn, propriety-tweaking style is meant (I would argue) to show that she resists the strictures of a social order that is unfair, very hierarchical, and only nominally just; and (4) this style helps drive the plot and provide a foil for the nose-in-the-air types she deals with on a day-to-day basis. None of this is very subtle, of course; it could be more artfully done, but while Sagara can be subtle, a lot of the time she chooses not to be.
In any event, if all you liked about the very first two books was the hints of romance, I would understand if you didn't like this book. If, however, you are a fan of fantasy world-building, I think you will find this book worth reading. By the way, my score of 3 stars is really a 3.5 stars rating, signifying an OK but not outstanding novel.
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I have enjoyed every book in this series and I cannot wait for the subsequent one.
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Okay, I have read all her stories and have liked them all, My only disappointment is that she is not learning her Magic fast enought. She has the respect of two immortal races, pluse thre mortal races. She has magice that not even the immortals have every seen. But she can't control it.
It really hard to review her stories without just snerking them to death and I don't want to do that. Now this review is hindered by the fact that I have just read the sequel to this story yesterday. LOL. So let that tell you if you are reader of this series then this book does not stop me. I will still read her. lol. It probably deserve more then four star and if I was reviewing it immediately after reading it. Then I would of probably given it five.
A very good read, a good fantasy world, good action. Has a little feel of Steven Burst serie That included Dragon.
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I'm on page 81 and can't make hide nor hair of it. There is nothing compelling me to continue so will return to library.
Sorry. Borinng book.
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