![]() ![]() All of the different pieces of the story are nicely tied up. ![]() Sonny and Kelley are on again, off again as in previous books. Meanwhile Sonny seeks sanctuary with some of the Lost Ones and learns some disturbing secrets.The book moves at a good clip and has some good twists and turns. She also has to deal with the loss of the theater and the new play the group is trying to put on despite the loss of their venue. ![]() But someone is taking out the Lost Ones and seems to have it out for the Hunter and Kelley needs to figure out who. Kelley wants to keep the fact that Sonny is carrying around Green magic a secret, even from him. The theater has burned down and Kelley has chased Sonny away by telling him she doesn't love him or want him around. It tied everything up nicely but I had a lot of trouble engaging with the characters and the story and felt strangely ambivalent to it all.This book picks up where the second one left off. I ended up feeling similar with this book. I am going to be honest and said that this hasn't been my favorite series, I always really think I am going to like the books and then I read them and feel like, eh whatever. ![]() This was the third, and final, book in the Wondrous Strange series. ![]()
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