Cast in Chaos

Cast in Chaos (2010) Michelle Sagara

I have a complicated relationship with this series. I cannot decide how I feel about the series, but I also can’t seem to stop reading it.

This is the sixth book in Michelle Sagara West’s Cast series. Kaylin is still working with the Hawks and still in a complex position in the Elantran Court–she’s mortal, she has powers no one understands, and her lack of training in both magic and etiquette make her unlikely to survive her presentation to the royal court.

Once again Elantra is threatened and once again Kaylin seems to be at the center of the solution to these problems. Kaylin’s existence may be, while not the cause of these events, a parallel event in and of itself. But still, sometimes it seems a little ridiculous that she is ALWAYS at the center of these events and ALWAYS has the solution.

The other issue I have with these books is that I have a hard time actually envisioning the world she describes. The story is interesting and compelling, but I don’t see or feel the world the way I do with other books.

Oh, and these covers continue to bug me. There is always something subtly wrong with them, and it bothers me in a way I can’t quite put my finger on.

So, I still can’t decide how I feel about this series.
Rating: 6/10

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