Review: Sapphire Sun (The Lost Magic #3) by Suzi Davis

Title: Sapphire Sun (The Lost Magic #3)
Author: Suzi Davis
Source: Self Purchased
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

You can't escape the past. You can try to forget but it never truly leaves you. It is a part of who are you are; it has shaped you, it will shape your future. It is the shadow behind you. You can't outrun it, you can't hide from it or deny it - the past will always exist. Who you once were is still a part of who you are today. This, I now understand.

My name is Gracelynn Stevenson. I tried to destroy The Lost Magic. I tried to erase the past. I tried to make things go back to the way that they once were. I failed. And now all the happiness I thought I had found, has been lost to the shadows...

Book One: Amber Frost
Book Two: Silver Dew

Silver Dew ended with quite a climatic scene.  This scene leads to all the trouble in Sapphire Sun.  Gracelynn has tried to fix everyone's mistakes by taking their memories and their magic, but she didn't quite succeed in her efforts.  As bits and pieces begin to come back to her, she is visited by spirits with a new task of brining mage back into the world.  This seemed a little counter productive since the last book was all about taking it away.

This task leads to a very grand adventure involving Sebastion and his past coming back to haunt him (once again).  This is a theme that recurs several times throughout the series and I sort of hoped this one would end with a different note.  The first half of the book really dragged for me, but the second half (once the get on the island) really picked up and became interesting.  There are tons of hints dropped about the big surprise at the ending, but I didn't catch a single one so I was very surprised - in a good way.

While this wasn't the best series I've ever read, it was entertaining and had a few really good twists and turns, there was just a littel too much repeating of a theme overall.

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Review: Silver Dew (The Lost Magic #2) by Suzi Davis

Title: Silver Dew (The Lost Magic #2)
Author: Suzi Davis
Source: Self-Purchased
Genre: New Adult, Paranormal
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Just weeks before graduating from high school, Grace is running for her life with her magical and mysterious boyfriend, Sebastian, by her side. An ancient magic has been awakened inside of Grace that is powerful, frightening and barely within her control. The Others, who possess their own dangerous magic, are hunting them, and their only hope is for Grace to learn how to harness her incredible powers to stop them. The answers they seek are hidden within a life lived thousands of years ago, shrouded in mystery, magic and deceit. When their past catches up to them, Grace and Sebastian are faced with a truth that shakes the foundation of their relationship, their lives and everything they thought they knew. It is up to Grace to learn to control the Lost Magic, to right the wrongs that have been done, and to discover once and for all, who she really is.

Book Two of The Lost Magic series is full of adventure and information.  Grace and Sebastian go on the run to escape The Others and find information on their shared past.  Their trip takes them across the world where they encounter more of The Others - with good and bad intentions.

We learn a lot about Grace and Sebastion's past, but some of it is contradictory and confusing at first.  I just have to say to stick with it.  There is so much revealed in this story.  There were times I was convinced Suzi Davis was trying to make my good guys bad, and my bad guys good.  Be prepared for a lot of action, but much of it takes place on a more intellectual level as opposed to a physical level (but there are still a few good fights).

I'm on the fence about the ending (which I won't give away).  I know something really big will have to happen in book three or things just won't make a lot of sense.  This has been a great series so far with many unique and intriguing characters and ideas.

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Review: Amber Frost by Suzi Davis

Title: Amber Frost (The Lost Magic #1)
Author: Suzi Davis
Source: Self Purchased
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Release Date: December 7, 2013
Reviewed by: Jasmyn

Grace Lynn Stevenson is an eighteen year old girl who recently moved with her wealthy, but busy parents to a new city. She's popular, pretty and rich - what more could a girl want? But deep down, she's sad, lonely and plagued by nightmares. 

When she meets Sebastian Caldwood at her new private school, she's inexplicably drawn to him and his strange tattoos. Sebastian always gets what he wants - he simply has to wish it; but he's fighting his own inner demons, and struggling to remember a past that eludes him. When he remembers that he is much older than he looks, he realizes that he's seen many people live and die, including Grace. 

Once Sebastian realizes his true nature and finds what he has been searching for the past hundreds of years, he also realizes that it is now up to him to protect Grace from the dangers that have plagued them throughout eternity.

Grace Lynn Stevenson and Sebastian Caldwood seem to be from two different worlds.  But when Sebastian decides he wants to get to know Grace better, it just seems to happen.  Things seem to work out that way a lot for Sebastian.  When Grace fianlly admits that she wants to know him better as well, all sorts of strange things begin to happen, but in the process she alienates her family and group of friends.  The thing is, she's pretty sure she's better off without most of them.

Sebastian's big secret is about to become a huge part of Grace's life - more than you can imagine.  What starts as a simple love story turns into a great adventure full of strange paranormal events, but it all seems so believable.  I think that's what I like the most about the story.  Suzi Davis writes in a way that makes these events seem perfectly normal in her world.  There were some parts of Sebastian and Grace's relationship and conversation that got just a little repetitive, but it was easy to fogive with such a great story.

This was a great start to the series with a bit of a cliffhanger at the end.  While most of the main storyline had a fantastic resolution and all of the questions were answered, there's no doubt that there is much much more to the story still to come.

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