Kari C. reviewed on 2/17/2011 + 77 more book reviews

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Review: This is the concluding book of the Harper Halls trilogy. Unfortunately instead of following Menolly, the main character of the first two books, this book switches focus to Piemur, who we met in book two. I think the book suffers quite a bit for this. While Piemur goes through the same growing pains that Menolly did in trying to find his spot in the world, I found that I just didn't care about him. I was either rolling my eyes as he kept silent about the hazing he was receiving from his bunkmates as that hazing escalated to attempted murder, or rolling my eyes as he went in the complete opposite side of reactions and stole something very important from a holder he was spying on. I found myself scanning the last part of the book, which rehashed Menolly's adventures in living holdless, just in a different location. The only parts of the book I really cared for were those were we returned to Menolly's viewpoint.

I think the whole book could have been better if McCaffery had stuck to Menolly's viewpoint.

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