What happened to certain characters? Was justice served? But no, we just got a few sentences explaining the aftermath which was followed by pages upon pages of useless information about Nathan’s new living arrangements. After the climax of the story occurred, I was waiting to find out what happened after the war had ended. There were so many details where there didn’t need to be half as many as there were, and then there were moments that were just brushed over that could have used those extra details. I could feel that something larger was brewing, but it just felt like it was taking forever to get there. The characters jumped from one hideout to the next with Nathan continuously separating himself from the group on a search for Annalise and ultimately killing any Hunters that get in his way. The first half of the novel felt very repetitive. The two witches are joined by many other strong individuals who seek the same outcome. Gabriel is by his side, as always, and he continues to be the voice of reason for Nathan. Nathan is still with the Alliance, but has his own personal side mission of finding and killing Annalise, the person responsible for a certain tragedy in Nathan’s life. The Alliance consists of multiple White and Black witches who believe in equal treatment of all witches, even Half Codes. A war is brewing between the White Witches under Soul’s army, and the Alliance is trying their best to overrule. Half Lost starts right where Half Wild left off. I dove into it literally the second it arrived in my mailbox and I’m sorry to say that I was left feeling really disappointed once I finished it. I could not wait to get my hands on this novel and find out the conclusion to this surprisingly new favourite story of mine. It was probably right up there in the top three. Now you can understand the reasoning behind why I had Half Lost on my most anticipated books of 2016 list. I want to be Black and White, the best of both.

I ended up liking it even more than Half Bad! I want to be a Half Code. I actually really thoroughly enjoyed it and I pre-ordered Half Wild, the second book in the trilogy, right away.

I didn’t have my hopes up going into it and it turned out to be one hell of a pleasant surprise.

Perfect right? I had no idea what it was about at the time other than the fact that it involved witches. I needed to add another $5 to my cart in order to get free shipping and Half Bad happened to be on sale for $5.99. I bought Half Bad, the first novel in this trilogy, on a whim. Okay, so I don’t even know where to begin in terms of how to review this novel. Publisher: Viking Books for Young ReadersĪuthor Website | Book Depository | Amazon |

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