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The Revealed by Sarah Kleck

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Jared and Evelyn are very much in love, and very much the heirs of their respective magical ancestors. Morgana is still very evil, and continues to recruit evil people to follow her.

CategoryIntended for YA, I imagine

Why I chose this bookNext in series

My personal opinion (the review)
I should have stopped with the first book. But it ended in a cliffhanger, so I felt the need to continue. What a disappointment. The language and sexual situations were completely unnecessary.

WarningsLanguage: yes
Violence: yes
"Adult" situations: yes
Death: yes

Movie rating equivalentR for language and adult situations

Protagonist descriptionEvelyn is weak and helpless, until she receives the magic of Nimue

Point of view of storyFirst, focused on Evelyn

Book lengthMedium-long

Story flowGreat

Grammar and spelling issuesNone

Character connection (no spoilers)
None

For series:Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Integral

Series review as a wholeCould have been so much better

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Skip it. Pick a different series. This series had real potential: magic, true love, a whole separate world, unbelievably bad antagonist. And it started out really great- YA-worthy. But the f-bombs and the sexuality... What a waste.

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