Summary:
Jason Lex and Sadie Callahan are together again in their hometown of Salton recovering from personal tragedies and bearing the burden of new secrets. Both are wishing for nothing but normalcy, but when Skyfish swarm and a rogue Bigfoot attacks, Jason and Sadie know looming danger can't be ignored.
Their friendship is challenged when a vanquished enemy returns from the dead bringing imminent threat to the lives of their friends and family. Sadie turns her back on Jason and he struggles without her to balance his upgraded Guard powers against fears of his own dark destiny, while Sadie is solely consumed on avenging her loss and defeating her adversary once and for all.
After a stunning family revelation, an agonizing betrayal exposes Jason and Sadie to their greatest enemy yet. They must find a way to fight together or suffer the loss of everything and everyone they love.
My Thoughts:
This was a really fun book to read. I do not think that I have read any other fantasy book like this before. Despite going into this book partially blind (I got an ARC and I have not read the previous books), it made me want to go back and read them.
The characters were refreshingly normal-they went to school, had classmates they disliked, had normal friends. While in the end I am grateful that Jason did not kill the creature despite Sadie yelling at him to do so, I do not really understand his hesitation to wound or kill evil creatures. Spoiler alert-the creature ends up being Sadie's mother who was thought to be dead. And the enemy they were trying to avoid was hiding in plain sight all along, which was cool.
Another thing I did not understand was Sadie's refusal to train. I understand not wanting to wipe someone's memory, but training is an entirely different thing that would have been extremely helpful for the big fight at the end.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I am really glad I was able to read it.
My Rating: 5 stars
