Gardiens des Cités Perdues - tome 2 Exil

Paperback, 576 pages

Published Jan. 15, 2015 by LUMEN.

ISBN:
978-2-37102-027-6
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4 stars (1 review)

Sophie is settling in nicely to her new home and her new life in the world of the lost cities. And it helps that living at Havenfield means getting to spend time with rare, precious species—including the first female Alicorn, who shows herself to Sophie and trusts no one but her.

Sophie is tasked with helping to train the magical creature so that the Alicorn can be revealed to the people of the lost cities as a sign of hope, and Sophie wants to believe that the recent drama and anguish is gone for good.

But the secrets buried deep in Sophie’s memories remain, and before long before she’s back in incredible danger, risking everything to find the answers to questions that could save not only her life, but the life of someone close to her…

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A Beautiful and Unique Follow-Up

4 stars

This is a book I have gone back and forth on throughout the years. I always enjoy it, but to what level varies. In my 2020 re-read, I thought it was “decent” but nothing great. This time around, I thought it was closer to “very good.” Sure, there are plenty of problems with this book. In fact, most of the issues I have with the later books in the series had their roots set in this title. That said, I can't help but love it. It still has some feeling of wonder from the first book, but it also expands on it greatly. But none of that is quite what makes this book so enjoyable, it's that this book is unique in the series. It's the only one that feels like that was written to tell a message that Shannon Messenger (the author) had a warning, a message to share …