Magic at the Gate

More of a 2.5. It is the type of story I love, without actually being lovable. The protagonist is a paper-thin "kickass" female. She makes weird financial decisions, like abandoning her apartment to move someplace new, even without new furniture. She inherits a business worth millions but takes no i......more

This is probably the first time I have finished a book in this series without the burning desire to rip into the next one. Not that it was a bad book. It wasn’t. But I didn’t connect with it as much as with some previous installments. And I think that had a lot to do with the gaping hole in the stor......more

Picking up from the massive cliffhanger at the end of book four, this one starts with Allie walking through the gate into death in order to find and retrieve Zayvion's soul. Recovering his soul and taking it back with her into the world of the living, however, has a price: Allie must give up the sma......more

While entertaining and a fairly easy read, I had a hard time reading this book. Why? Because I have come to really really hate the characters. Every single choice made by Allie in this book upset me. But what upsets me more is what happens to her. I honestly cannot think of a character I hate more t......more