2) Dying Granny? Oh well! Evie spent the better part of the first three books trying to get to her grandmother for answers. She is wholly dependent on everyone else to do things for her. She is supposedly one of the most powerful Arcana, yet she doesn't use her powers. Half of this book was just her whining about wanting revenge on Richter for Jack's 'death.' Then.nothing. Here's where I had my issues: 1) The utterly pathetic Evie. Cole threw this book together in haste just to get something into print. I will of course buy whatever Kresley Cole publishes and I hope that the next book delivers as the first 3 did.īut this book was filled with rushed scenes, pathetic prose, and ridiculousness in general. That's about how much story you feel like you got out of this despite its length. If you've ever read series that do that 3, 3.5, 4 type of thing then you will know what I mean. It should have been like a book 3.5 rather than 4. Overall I'm disappointed in the entry to the series. Ms Cole just stuck a cliff hanger in there and that was it. So wow to my surprise there was really only about 10 more min in the story with the other 24 min being a excerpt from Day Zero. I remember thinking at a point where the book said it had 34 min remaining 'how can there only be 34 min? It feels like this could only be the halfway point in the book. It just lacked the grit of previous books. This book was mostly Evie's angsty feelings about her two loves. It felt like it was story filler but there was no real action and drama as in the previous books. For me this was a weak entry in the Arcana series. So I love this series and was so excited when Arcana Rising came out on audio.

Arcana rising by kresley cole