SummerDanse Book

Donavah has hardly returned to her own world when she's kidnapped again, this time by Anazian. Unable to use maejic, she suffers through days of abuse, both physical and mental. With her family's welfare being used against her, she doesn't resist her captors. Freedom looks increasingly unlikely.

I'm getting tired of Gerrison rehashing the same plot over and over again. Yet again, Donavah is captured, deprived of her maejic, and abused. Despite the fact none of them actually rape her, the threat is always present. Donavah and everyone around her calls her strong for resisting---but all she does is follow everything they want her to do, while hating herself. I wish she had the courage to stand up for herself.

I'm also getting tired how Donavah finds a new boyfriend in every man who treats her kindly. Grey was set up to be her protector, but suddenly Garrison changed her mind, and Grey is eliminated from the story with only a few by-lines. Donavah doesn't even see him after she's free.

I don't mind what happened to Traz, particularly---the twist at the end was a nice touch. But I truly think these would be better stories if Traz had been the one to tell them. He, at least, does something other than stay stuck in various prisons for the majority of the series. Or Breyard would do. Breyard stepping in to command the dragons is of necessity summarized here because Donavah doesn't see any of it, but it would have been very interesting to see what happened.

I finished the series for completion's sake, and I am almost sorry I did. Donavah pulls out another overpowered maejical coup for the end, the deaths of the major villains hardly gets any screen time, and people like Grey are left with unrealistic loose ends. Not worth a read, and certainly not a series I will re-read. I rate this book Not Recommended.