Review: Closer to the Edge

Closer to the Edge by T.E. Sivec

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I promise I didn't cry.. Well I tried not to anyway. The fourth and final book in the Playing with Fire series was quite the tearjerker.. I was a little confused when I first started, because I thought maybe I should have remembered some of this from book three, but it's written like that. You will slowly be filled in a little bit along the way, with the final part at the end.

Cole leaves Olivia without an explanation when he is given the opportunity to avenge his friends deaths. As a Navy Seal, he hasn't been able to overcome the guilt he felt losing his brothers in their last mission. Instead of explaining this to Olivia, he tells her not to wait for him. He walks away breaking her heart in the process. What he doesn't know is all of the horror she experienced as he spent nine months on a mission in the Dominican Republic. His family is basically the psychotic portion of a Lifetime movie. Somehow she keeps it all together, until she comes face to face with the man who broke her.



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Review: The Ruby Circle

The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Fantastic ending to a great series. The Bloodlines series is a spinoff of Mead's Vampire Academy series. Richelle Mead has a way with words that will suck you into her story, make you love her characters, and delivers in a big way. I was sad to see the VA series end, and I'm sad to see this on end as well, but that only means she will have more time to write something else.
At the end of book five, Sydney had been rescued from the re-education center that the Alchemist had been holding her in. Just as she gained her freedom, and sanctuary at the Moroi Court, they learned that Jill was missing. After a month with nothing to go on, they finally get a clue as to where she is being held. Sydney, Eddie, & Mrs. Terwilliger all set off following the clues, and leaving Adrian behind to cover for them. They have to find Jill to secure Lissa's place as the Moroi Queen, but also because she's their friend. They also need to help Nina and Neil find Olive. While trying to do just that they are overcome with more obstacles, and regardless of exactly how things turn out, their lives will be forever altered.



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