Helpful Score: 3
Thorn St. Croix is an unlicensed stone mage who is currently hiding in Mineral City where a huge iceberg is threatening the town. For their own protection, neomages are required to be in the Enclave (much like the reservations American Indians were forced into). However, Thorn escaped when her powers showed themselves and nearly drove her insane when she started hearing thousands of voices in her head. Now she is hiding in plain site, running a jewelry store and using her powers clandestinely. If she is discovered by humans, they will kill her. If she is discovered by seraphs (angels), they will kill her. If she is discovered by the demon-spawn, they will kill her. And lastly if she is discovered by a daywalker, it will kill her. As you can imagine, this constant threat of death isn't easy to live with.
Her ex-husband, Lucas is kidnapped and when a daywalker shows itself to her stepchild, Ciana, Thorn is immediately concerned and drawn to fight even if it means her life will be sacrificed. She draws on her friends Audric, Rupert, Jacey and Thaddeus to help her find Lucas and save Ciana's life.
This should be a 5 star read but it was way too religious for my taste. Part of Thorn's spellcasting involve quoting scripture and she does it repeatedly. I found myself skipping over all this stuff and just reading around all the religiousness of the book. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic time when the ice age has returned to North America. This just adds another problem to Thorn's existence as a stone mage needs to draw on stone for her survival and with it being buried under layers of ice for months and months prevents Thorn from recharging her amulets and herself leaving her weak and unable to fight.
I did enjoy this book and since I own [book:Seraphs|8845158][book:Host|9284840], plan to read the rest of the series unless it goes totally over the top religiously and prevents my enjoyment.
Her ex-husband, Lucas is kidnapped and when a daywalker shows itself to her stepchild, Ciana, Thorn is immediately concerned and drawn to fight even if it means her life will be sacrificed. She draws on her friends Audric, Rupert, Jacey and Thaddeus to help her find Lucas and save Ciana's life.
This should be a 5 star read but it was way too religious for my taste. Part of Thorn's spellcasting involve quoting scripture and she does it repeatedly. I found myself skipping over all this stuff and just reading around all the religiousness of the book. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic time when the ice age has returned to North America. This just adds another problem to Thorn's existence as a stone mage needs to draw on stone for her survival and with it being buried under layers of ice for months and months prevents Thorn from recharging her amulets and herself leaving her weak and unable to fight.
I did enjoy this book and since I own [book:Seraphs|8845158][book:Host|9284840], plan to read the rest of the series unless it goes totally over the top religiously and prevents my enjoyment.
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