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A review by obscurityshero
Prophecy's Daughter by Richard Phillips
4.0
I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
Prophecy's Daughter, the second book Richard Phillips's The Endarian Prophecy picks up right where Mark of Fire left off. We meet right back up with Carol dealing with the fallout of losing her magical abilities and finding her new home, as well as Arn, Ty, John, and Kim and their stay in the Kingdom of Endar. We continue to get more world building as we're introduced to the area in the west of the current world, and we learn a bit more about the magic system.
This was an incredibly quick and easy read, almost too quick. Maybe rushed? Had I had the time available, this could have been easily finished in a day. But that doesn't take away from the pacing and, more importantly, the quality of the story. There is actually quite a bit of story unfolding in these few short pages, although the primary focus this time around is purely on Arn and Carol, with minor focus on the secondary characters on the good side.
My only problem with this book was the lack of attention on the bad guys. In fact, the ending didn't really give me the "oh crap, our heroes are screwed!" mentality I was expecting from the second book. I'm not sure what the future holds for this series, whether we're only getting one more book to make a trilogy, or if we're getting a few more. If I were to guess, just based on how quickly events are unfolding, we're only getting one more. My only hope for the next book is that the stakes are raised for our heroes, for as much as I love the good guys winning, I don't want it to be easy for them!
If you've read and enjoyed the first book, definitely pick this one up.
Prophecy's Daughter, the second book Richard Phillips's The Endarian Prophecy picks up right where Mark of Fire left off. We meet right back up with Carol dealing with the fallout of losing her magical abilities and finding her new home, as well as Arn, Ty, John, and Kim and their stay in the Kingdom of Endar. We continue to get more world building as we're introduced to the area in the west of the current world, and we learn a bit more about the magic system.
This was an incredibly quick and easy read, almost too quick. Maybe rushed? Had I had the time available, this could have been easily finished in a day. But that doesn't take away from the pacing and, more importantly, the quality of the story. There is actually quite a bit of story unfolding in these few short pages, although the primary focus this time around is purely on Arn and Carol, with minor focus on the secondary characters on the good side.
My only problem with this book was the lack of attention on the bad guys. In fact, the ending didn't really give me the "oh crap, our heroes are screwed!" mentality I was expecting from the second book. I'm not sure what the future holds for this series, whether we're only getting one more book to make a trilogy, or if we're getting a few more. If I were to guess, just based on how quickly events are unfolding, we're only getting one more. My only hope for the next book is that the stakes are raised for our heroes, for as much as I love the good guys winning, I don't want it to be easy for them!
If you've read and enjoyed the first book, definitely pick this one up.