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A review by flutteringbutterflies
Seeking Crystal by Joss Stirling
4.0
This review was originally published at Fluttering Butterflies
Oh lordy, do I absolutely LOVE the Benedict brothers. Really and truly, I love them. And I loved this latest installment, which pairs up two of the Benedict brothers with sisters Diamond and Crystal.
I really felt for Crystal, the main character of this story. She's always been treated a bit badly by her family for being a dud savant. She has no powers, she's not great with schooling. She really figures herself to have no real future, and that of course, is a feeling that is one that many including myself has felt before. But things begin to change for Crystal, when her older sister, Diamond meets her soul-finder amongst the famous Benedict family of crime-fighters. While happy for her sister, Crystal finds herself hugely annoyed by Diamond's new family, especially Xav. But in the process of planning Diamond's wedding, things go very, very wrong and Crystal and Xav will have to get over their issues to help each other out.
I really loved the setting of Venice. It just seems a very romantic and magical place to fight against evil and to fall in love. I also loved the transformation of Crystal from kicked-puppy at the beginning of the book to getting used to the very different turns her life has taken. It was fun to see some familiar faces from the previous books and also to witness some different abilities and means of attack.
I really hope this series continues! I know all we have left are some of the older brothers which could possibly stray out of the YA market, but I still want to know what will happen, especially after the brief sneak peek we get at the end of this book!
Oh lordy, do I absolutely LOVE the Benedict brothers. Really and truly, I love them. And I loved this latest installment, which pairs up two of the Benedict brothers with sisters Diamond and Crystal.
I really felt for Crystal, the main character of this story. She's always been treated a bit badly by her family for being a dud savant. She has no powers, she's not great with schooling. She really figures herself to have no real future, and that of course, is a feeling that is one that many including myself has felt before. But things begin to change for Crystal, when her older sister, Diamond meets her soul-finder amongst the famous Benedict family of crime-fighters. While happy for her sister, Crystal finds herself hugely annoyed by Diamond's new family, especially Xav. But in the process of planning Diamond's wedding, things go very, very wrong and Crystal and Xav will have to get over their issues to help each other out.
I really loved the setting of Venice. It just seems a very romantic and magical place to fight against evil and to fall in love. I also loved the transformation of Crystal from kicked-puppy at the beginning of the book to getting used to the very different turns her life has taken. It was fun to see some familiar faces from the previous books and also to witness some different abilities and means of attack.
I really hope this series continues! I know all we have left are some of the older brothers which could possibly stray out of the YA market, but I still want to know what will happen, especially after the brief sneak peek we get at the end of this book!