So I have to say I have been kinda MIA as of
late. Ironically enough I was working on
a post about time management and an update about me but well…I couldn’t do much
of anything until I finished this book.
So it looks like you will get that another time. Right now…my review of the ARC of KrystalWade’s Wilde’s Army curtsey of
NetGalley.com and Curiosity Quills Press.
I
was so excited when I got my approval to read the ARC of this book I made a
slightly embarrassing squeal in the break room of my job. First thing I did when I got home the other
day was download the book to my beloved kindle.
I pretty much read it last night until my eyes hurt and begged for a
rest from reading and today. Yep I
finished it! Yay!
Now
for those of you who don’t know this amazing book is the sequel to Wilde’s Fire (click to go to my review) so there will be spoilers
in this one pertaining to book 1. So be
warned. First, look at that cover. So pretty, I still prefer the blue of the
first one but this one really captures the essence of what they are.
In
Wilde’s Army, Kate finds her love,
her family and everyone else she has grown to love gone. All but one, Perth the man she’s been traded
to marry for a favor. She must listen to
the god’s guiding her and form a tentative partnership with this man everyone
has warned her about. Finding and
rescuing the ones she love is only half the battle they still must make it to
Willow Falls and face a different kind of danger. Danger of their own kind because they take
seriously the promise that was made, Kate to marry Perth, and her love for
another could cost many their lives. Oh
and if that isn’t enough of a problem she has to unite the people who have
hated one another for far too long and form an army willing to fight for
her. Yep she has a lot to face, and when
everything appears stacked against her she must find out if she is still the
same girl, the Light, the girl with fire.
Well
now there is a lot of stuff happening in this book and it just flies right
by. No dragging. Full of action or conflict or just good
stuff. There is the return of our
romance, sigh. Arland is so dreamy. We also get to learn more about Perth which I
really enjoyed. I got glimpses of him in
the first book that made me think there was more to him than what the other
characters said and I am pleased with that.
It was very interesting how he is portrayed. Not really bad but struggling to be good in
his own way.
The
world of Encardia is ever growing. We
learn more about the world as a whole. The
daemons and Darkness that lurk around every corner. The whole world is explained a little more. I got to understand more about the history of
the world and how things were ran. A
look behind the curtain so to speak. In
book 1 we hear about some characters and Leaders and such but you don’t really
get how they work but in this you are in the thick of it and the politics of
even a dying world. This plays well with
Kate and her growth. She has to face
horrors at pretty much every turn but she has to grow as an individual. She grew in the first book by accepting who she
is and what she can do as well as love. That
continues in this book, she is more confident.
She understands herself better, her power, and what she must do. She struggles throughout wondering what she
should do and if what she wants to do is what is right and that to me makes it
great. Yes she is growing more powerful
in her understanding but she also has her moments, she can’t save everyone all
the time. She is powerful but she is not
completely all powerful. She can be
hurt.
The
struggles each character goes through… is tough. Knowing your prophecy doesn’t mean you know
much of anything really. Those who know
things are not always willing or able to share them. Then again some don’t know their purpose and
that can be even more frustrating. Her
mother has kept things from her all her life and still doesn’t tell her
everything. Everyone always seems to
know more about her life than she does at times and that frustrates her to no
end and I can relate to that. Trust is
hard to give. It’s even harder to
rebuild. What do you do when someone you
trust tells you one thing but your gut says another?
This
book is full of magic. If you liked the
first book even half as much as I did then you will love this book. Again my only complaint is that I have to
wait for more. Yes, I am greedy like
that. Though I must admit this is the
shortest time I’ve ever waited for a sequel, I just hope I that does not mean I
have to wait even longer for the 3rd book. So there you have it folks, 5 starts
according to me. Wilde’s Army comes out July 4th.
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