Six billion people are dead. More are dying. The Faerene Apocalypse isn’t over, but the seeds for a new beginning have to be planted, now.The future of Earth is that of a planet of many sentients: of the invading, magical Faerene and mundane, traumatized humanity. But a few, exceedingly rare humans do have magic. Amy Carlton is one of them. Forced to bond with the black griffin, Magistrate … griffin, Magistrate Istvan, and act as his familiar, she doesn’t understand the magic she possesses. Nor does she understand the Faerene society she is thrown into.
She’ll have to learn fast because the cost of Amy’s ignorance couldn’t be higher. Death stalks an apocalypse, and the lives lost could be those of people she loves.
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The wait is over. Definitely recommend.
Book one is primarily human focused, book two Faerene Society focused. Book one is about survival, book two about building a city and society. Looking forward to book three.
Book two starts immediately after the end of book one and progresses another couple of weeks. Remember book one starts at the northern hemisphere’s end of spring, beginning of summer and ends late summer, early fall. May to October approximately.
The story continues to focus on trust, family, friendship and allies as Amy and Istvan start the first phase of their magistrate and familiar duties. Enjoying Amy’s development as she attempts to deal with all changes of the last several months. She seems so much older than her early twenties as she tries to figure out her future in light of becoming a familiar and needing to interact heavily with the Faerene.
Even though romance is not the focus of these two books, I have hopes that Amy and Rory’s relationship flourishes now that the two of them have talked.
Interesting information is presented as the current Faerene Migration uses all the lessons learned in the previous seven migrations to colonize now that the Rift is closed. Issues unique to the Earth Migration occur that impact how humans and faerene might interact over the next several generations.
I’m having difficulty envisioning how condensed time and events will need to be for the major plot lines of survival, integration, familiar bonds and romance to wrap up in one more book, though that’s me being greedy and not wanting to leave this world too soon.
Already re-reading. Best read immediately following Stray Magic.
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Amy stars her new life as a familiar
Amy starts her life as familiar to Istvan. She begins to make friend with the Faerene who have come to live in the Magistrates city of Justice.
Rory takes Amy to visit her Apfalls Hills family. Istvan make a mirror that acts like a face time call, to so Amy and her family can stay in touch. Her human family is getting to know her new Faerene family. He also arranges for a dragon who has claimed the territory they live in to watch out for them.
Rory form the Hope Fang Pack. He is courting Amy.
Tineke, Lajos and Miranda move to Justice to be near Amy and offer her support.
Amy wants to follow Istvan on his circuit as a Magistrate. She wants to learn all she can about the Faerene. She wants to write a book about what she learns.
Amy is struggling to find her way in her hew world. She is moving forward, struggles to reconcile the life she is leading with the Faerene and the struggles the humans outside the hidden Faerene cities face. Missing her Apfalls Hills family.