The Sara Chronicles: Book 2

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Readers and fantasy lovers. Great book! After reading the first not too long ago, The Sara Chronicles: Book One, I’ve noticed a definite though not drastic increase in creativity on Laura Hughes’s part. Book one followed our heroine through unspeakable dangers, a difficult life and ugly obstacles and then leaves her with the ability to control nature’s furious weather patterns. She find her way and becomes better for it in the end with the tutelage of her powerful mentor.

Sara learns control and she learns to fight, but what happens when the enemy becomes yourself. Book two begins something like this: Sara and friends have become powerful-perhaps too powerful. All the children are boiling pots of magical fury and all are still dealing with hard pasts. Each and every one is afflicted by painful memories of abuse, abandonment or loss. Like Professor X (X-Men) says, “The question, Jean Grey, is, are you gong to control the power, or allow it control you?” The children do the latter. Each and every must learn to defeat the enemy inside to overcome the evil tactics of their dark enemy, the soulless Garren.

This series is unique. It’s centered around a religion whose god, Iam, a name I assume will mean more later, controls which vessels may recieve souls, a luxury most Garren are not afforded. From Final Fantasy like summoning, to X-Men style powers, to especially creative  lands, Laura Hughes’s Evolution of Us was a terrific read. Once again, I felt it was a bit rushed, but all in all, I enjoyed it. A definite nearly four star read.