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Cast in Flame ***** by Michelle Sagara
The thing about the Chronicles of Elantra series is that I adore the characters and the world that Sagara has created. Ten books into the series and I still devour these books. For me, they’re fall asleep reading, wake up hugging the book sort of tales. The fabric of Kaylin Neya’s world is rich with strands from all of the books coming together to add layers. New and old characters gain new depth in each installment. While the cast is pretty massive at this point, they remain individuals and not caricatures or paint-by-numbers creations. They lovable, but flawed. This book picks up right after the events of Cast in Sorrow. …
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Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara *****
*Click on the book cover to go to it’s Amazon page* With Cast in Ruin, I have to give Michelle Sagara what is—in my mind—the highest compliment: Her books make me want to write. I always come away from a Chronicles of Elantra book wanting to pick up pen and paper or get to a keyboard and go all BIC HOK TAM. They feel like home to me and the characters leap off the page and live in my head like only true friends and enemies can. This book seriously delighted me. Kaylin is growing and changing now that she has finally started dealing with her past, but her past…
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Cast in Silence ***** by Michelle Sagara
Kaylin Neya’s story continues and we finally learn what she did that she is so ashamed that she has never told anyone. Previously, there were six months that she simply would not talk about. While the streets that she escaped as a child are not the ones she has vowed to protect, she is sent back to the Fiefs in this book. Where she didn’t have to face her past in the previous book, though she tries to tell Severn at one point, this book lays it all bare. The darkest parts of Kaylin become clear as has the good and light that are in her through time travel, a…
