![]() ![]() And then the still-undercover evil one kills what looks to be three-fourths of the remaining Guardian Mages, and does she act then? NO! She then knowingly and with very little preparation walks right into Glenin's trap. She doesn't cast any spells, she doesn't appear to do much digging or observation, she just waits for the evil one to show his hand. And then inexplicably, she just frets about it. She knows that one of the most powerful mages in generations has arrived at her school, and she knows it's one of two people. And I think this is enough text to hide any spoilers underneath the fold, so you've been warned. Or at least they were smart enough to know when they were doing something dumb, especially when that dumb thing is passively shambling along towards a certain trap. ![]() And the women from the first book were smarter, I think. And not just for brief moments - for entire stretches of the second half of the book, I was muttering "you're supposed to be smarter than that". Okay, here's where Rawn lost me: for some unknown, incomprehensible reason, Sarra and Cailet come over all stupid for plotting purposes. Glenin, Sarra and Cailet are all grown at the start of this book, and they stop being pawns and start actually moving pieces themselves. ![]()
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