RATED 4 STARS
Alondra is a spoiled princess who pretty much has the life
of leisure and celebrates life by drinking and dancing and flitting her time
away. All that changes in an instant
when her kingdom is attacked with no warning and hundreds die in front of her
eyes. She is caught in a war that she
doesn’t understand and doesn’t feel equipped to handle.
By her side is Seamus, the man to whom she is
betrothed. Before the attack, Alondra
wanted nothing to do with Seamus and was only marrying him because of her duty
to her parents and her country. Now that
the war has begun, Seamus has proven to be valiant and protective and
invaluable to Alondra.
They have a young companion, Layla, who is a trained
assassin as is Seamus. Alondra learns to
look past their training and really see the person each of them are.
Of course, there is someone evil involved who in better
times, seemed to be the man of Alondra’s dreams but she finds out that he was
just manipulating her to his own end.
Tevlin is not what he appears to be.
Along with a prophecy that they don’t quite understand,
Alondra and Seamus realize that they need to work together to save their land.
Basically, I enjoyed the story of Dust. Alondra was a spoiled princess who grew up in
a very short, volatile time. Seamus was
trained to kill but he didn’t kill indiscriminately and he definitely had
strong feelings for Alondra. I enjoyed
watching them grow closer.
Layla was a good addition to the team. She was only fourteen years old so she got
underestimated a lot which worked to the team’s advantage.
Tevlin was a creepy villain who tricked and manipulated and
lied to get his way. He had a team of
support of magicians who interfered with the lives of the humans they
supposedly cared about.
Even though I enjoyed the story, I thought the chapters
going back and forth between then and now got confusing and the whole magic
realm had me baffled at times. I carried
on though and got to the end of the story which had a satisfying conclusion.
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