2 out of 5: Rise by Andrea Cremer

Rise (Nightshade Prequel #2) by Andrea Cremer

Summary:

The sequel to Rift and the prequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Nightshade.

Everything Conatus stands for is at risk. Hoping to gather enough resistance to save their order, Ember and Barrow attempt a desperate escape. But fate offers little mercy. When their mission is exposed, the couple face relentless pursuit by the supernatural horrors that act on the commands of Eira’s ally: the mysterious Bosque Mar. A shocking revelation forces Ember out of hiding, sending her back into the heart of dark magic at Tearmunn keep, where she must convince her old friend Alistair of her love or face dire consequences. Ember’s deception offers the only chance for the resistance to succeed, but what she discovers in the shadows beneath the keep will shatter her world and bring about the Witches’ War.

Richly sensual and full of magic, action and danger, Andrea Cremer's fifth book set in the Nightshade world is an edge-of-your-seat page turner.

Review:

*spoilers for Nightshade*

I only read this series because I was interested in the history of the world from Nigthshade. Certain prequels are created only out of the hope to make more money. Although I'm not sure if Andrea Cremer did create this to make more money, the book seemed like it was intent on doing that.

It took me so very long to finish this book. There was not a lot of motivation to finish this. Most prequels have a story line by it's on, with a couple characters the connect the story. This book has only one character that connects to the Nightshade series, yet, the way this series ends of kind of forces you to read Nightshade.

The order Andrea released these series was a little backwards. By reading Nightshade, you know there are such things as werewolves, thus there is not a lot of mystery in this book. There is are a few loose ends by the end of the book, and the only way to see if Cain is successful is by reading Nightshade.

I did not mind reading about Ember and Barrow's story. However, I'm very happy that there are no more book to the Nightshade Prequel because I think I've had enough of Bosque Mar, Allistar, and Eira.

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