5 stars This was a fast-paced and enjoyable read with many twists and turns. Nothing was as it seemed, there was always a question about who were the villains, and the relationship between Adrian and Elizabeth was believable and inspiring. The message: you can find love if you allow yourself to trust after being hurt. Both Adrian and Elizabeth had been hurt by love, in different ways, but they found love with one another. The depth of the betrayal Adrian had suffered made Elizabeth’s seem insignificant, although hers alone would have been sufficient to add enough complexity to any plot. From the beginning, the reader knows that she had a child out of wedlock and the father of the baby refused to acknowledge her/the baby. When the reader finds out what happened to Adrian and his unexpected link to Elizabeth, it serves to build him into an even greater hero than he initially seems to be. The writing is really good with descriptions that brought scenes to life, like this: “Shadows roamed the halls of Middlecrest, each wide passage painted black by the gloomy hands of night.” And I loved this one: “It was a warm silence that afternoon, the kind that went down my throat like gruel.” The eventual conclusion, along with the revelations of the “bad guys” was both surprising and exciting, very unpredictable. I found myself unwilling to set the book down until I had finished. I thoroughly enjoyed it. May 24, 2020
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