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Prophecy's Daughter by Richard Phillips

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers):
Lord Rafel's people make it to a secluded valley that they can fortify and live in. Carol grows in her powers and is reunited with Arn. Arn gives Carol a spell book that might be too much for Carol to handle.

Category:
Fiction, fantasy, possibly YA

Why I chose this book:
Next in the series

My personal opinion:
Excellent book in an excellent series. It ends a bit abruptly, and it is clearly incomplete without the next book, but that's typical. I recommend the book to anyone.

Warnings
Language: none
Violence: fairly frequent fighting
"Adult" situations: no details, but there are two couples
Death: yes, and of main characters

Movie rating equivalent:
PG, maybe PG-13 for fighting

Protagonist description:
Arn appears to be a bad guy, but he extremely loyal to the people he likes. Carol is a powerful magic-wielder, and growing

Point of view of story:
Third, focused alternately on Carol and Arn

Book length:
Medium-long

Story flow:
Excellent

Grammar and spelling issues:
None

Character connection (no spoilers):
I'd like to read more about John and Ty, and their back stories

For series:
Independent or integral:
Integral

Series review as a whole:
Great story line, masterfully told. I bought all of the books, and recommend them to anyone

If you only have time for one, read:
Start at the beginning: Mark of Fire

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