Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton - ADVISABLE

Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands, #3) by Alwyn Hamilton, 452 pages.  Viking (Penguin), 2018.  $19.  

Content: Language: PG-13 (36 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – ADVISABLE  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

Amani has risen to a position of leadership among the rebels, so it becomes her job to find their kidnapped prince.  Amani uses her Demdji powers and her close knit friends to figure out how to find the location of the missing prince in a town that is not on the maps.  Amani and her boyfriend, Jin, have to decide if their relationship is going to outlast the rebellion or if they will have to sacrifice everything in order for their land to have peace.  

Hamilton weaves an intriguing story and develops the characters and settings, so that it kept my attention.  As a final book in the series, it had a lot of different characters to keep track of, but a few of the minor characters are just as endearing as the main characters.  This book had more mature content that the other two in the series and I felt like it was a little slower paced. If you have readers who enjoy series and a bit of magic and romance, this series is a satisfying and compelling read.  The content includes battle violence, descriptive off page sex and death.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson