Wild Hunt

Wild Hunt (2010) Margaret Ronald

The sequel to Spiral Hunt finds Evie discovering that destroying the undercurrent’s power structure, while and good thing in and of itself, had unforseen repercussions. For one, some people now expect her to fill the void. For the other, if she doesn’t do it, someone else will.

I quite liked Spiral Hunt, but had a very hard time getting into Wild Hunt. I ended up carrying it around in my purse and reading it during lunch for a couple months, but finally buckled down and just finished it.

It’s not that this was a bad book–it wasn’t. I just didn’t find it nearly as engrossing as I did the first book, and I’m not sure I can put my finger on why.

Evie is still interesting and complex, but I suspect I found her discover of who she was more interesting than her discover of precisely what her powers can do to be. I was also thrown off by the romance between Evie and Nate. It wasn’t badly done, I just didn’t actually feel like they were really attracted to each other. I felt the concern Evie had for Katie, but never felt like Evie had the same concern for Nate.

Additionally, I’m not certain Evie is anywhere near powerful enough that some of those wanting to take control in Boston simply wouldn’t squash her like a bug.

So, it wasn’t a bad book, but it never drew me in the way the first book did.
Rating: 6/10

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