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Darke

8/14/2015

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Reviewed by Olivia


Rating: High Two and 1/2
Who I'd Recommend to: Fans of Harry Potter, the Familiars, and Percy Jackson. 
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Synopsis (from Amazon):
In the sixth book of the Magykal series, Alther Mella has been Banished, a Darke Domaine engulfs the Castle, and a Darke dragon is on the loose. Septimus Heap must use all of his skills to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction: He must enter the Darke. But he cannot do this alone. With the help of Jenna, Alther Mella, Marcellus Pye, and Septimus's estranged brother, Simon Heap, Septimus and Marcia Overstrand battle the spreading Darkenesse. Will Septimus succeed in protecting his Magykal world?

My Thoughts: URGH. I did not like this book, and I was really hoping I would. The first Septimus Heap book, Magyk was by far the best. The others seemed like Angie Sage just wanted to make this a seven book series just to make everything in sevens. (Seventh son of seventh son, etc.) I could barely get through this book, and three times I stopped it to read something else (The Lunar Chronicles) before coming back to this. What really bugged me about this book, aside from the dullness and the fact that the majority of the book was made up of smaller scenes made into long ones that didn't matter, was that it spoiled the rest of Angie Sage's books for me. What I mean by that is that I don't want to read Fyre, or the the Pathfinder series, or any other books written by her related to Septimus Heap. I've kind of given up hope that this series will be as good as Magyk, which is what really kept me going through these books the entire time. No, the previous books I've all rated at least a High Three, yes I liked those book and enjoyed them, but Darke has ruined the rest of the books for me. I'd rather read books that I know I would like more. Maybe I'll read one of Sage's other books, maybe not. Sorry. This is a really long ramble. But it annoys me when you love the first book in the series and the rest just don't live up to expectations. URGH.
3 Comments
CarolECI (from Amazon)
4/10/2016 10:20:17 am

I made the mistake of reading book three first. This might be your problem - reading the series out of order! She doesn't waste much time explaining past books, so it won't make sense in some places unless you've read the series in order. Now that I've gotten books 1 & 2, then re-read book 3, I'm ready to order the rest. Give it another chance & read them in order so you know what's going on and why!

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The Kid Book Reviewers
4/10/2016 10:20:40 am

CarolECI: I didn't read the series out of order. I read them all exactly in order, loved all the previous books, came to this one, and was extremely disappointed, so I didn't continue the series. I knew what was going on, yet I didn't really care anymore, because the story was so entirely dull for me. My brother enjoyed it, but I just happened to not.

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The Kid Book Reviewers
4/10/2016 10:20:59 am

And by "spoiled," I didn't mean that it literally spoiled the rest of the books - I meant that I no longer wanted to continue with the series, because I just didn't enjoy this one.


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