Gregory, Philippa
Order of Darkness: Stormbringers, 327 pgs. Simon Pulse, 2013. $17.99
Content: Language: PG (2 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence:
PG.
In this second book in the Order of
Darkness series, Luca is still looking for signs of the end of days, so when he
comes upon a child crusade led by a self-proclaimed prophet, Johann, he stops
to investigate. Johann is leading the
children to Jerusalem and promises that they will be rewarded for their journey
by God, but when he leads the children into the ocean after it seemingly parts
for him, bad things happen that Luca can’t explain.
The characters in this book are great, Luca
and Isolde as well as their servants Ishraq and Freize, they make you care for
them and their hearts desires. The
overall idea of investigating the End of Days is interesting, but sometimes the
debates in theology go on and on slowing the whole story line down. I also had a hard time with this book because
it’s obvious that the big unexplained even is a tsunami, but Luca keeps trying
to find a religious explanation for it, so it was frustrating as the
reader. Overall, it’s not a bad series,
it is just slow at times.
MS, HS-OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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