sony08's reviews
677 reviews

I enjoyed the book, rather slower pace and could have been shorter but as a lover of Pride and Prejudice this was a perfect alternative look into the servant's lives. 

Lovely to listen to Tom tell his story so far in such an honest way.

Fourth and final instalment in the series and what an ending. I just want more – I have all these questions in my head that I need answer to. 

The world the author built in this series is one of fear, hope, cruelly and friendships, world full of two sides of a coin. Survival is of the utmost importance, but it needs to be a survival of the future. Some believe Mother Nature has had enough and has finally taken back what’s hers, giving humanity the biggest warning of their generation, killing almost every adult human and passing the world to younger generations in hope they built a new world that lives in harmony with nature. 

The last book takes off where we finished, with Reuben at the edge of death, and the Heron kids fighting against David, the only adult alive. But that seems to be the easy part. Next comes the group from London, trying to restore the old world of justice, politics, money and mass farming. And Reuben is the only one who can try and convince them this is not the right path to take. 

I absolutely swallowed up this book and thoroughly enjoyed the whole series. It’s one big warning to us all. 

I would rate this about 3.75 overall.
The story is great, full of twist, some that are expected, some that are not. The island are described very well, bringing a whole other darkness to the story and making is quite atmospherically. 
I struggled with the main character. Freya should be this strong reporter woman with some questionable past and inner demons. She is all that but she also comes across as a spoilt brat sometimes that can only thing of herself and her problems. 
I felt sorry for her husband at times. Plus her inner fighting somehow slow the pace of the story sometimes and really, this is a fast-paces story that only develops over a few days. 
In summary this is a good book and I would recommended to anyone that enjoys reading dark, fast-paced thrillers. 

This book is very different. It's magical, tense, romance, mystery and above it all it's beautiful. The descriptive language in this book is second to none and that's why this is 5 stars for me. 
The story is slow, keeping the reading going along a steady as the train that carries the circus. For me that kept the mystery of the dual and the bases of the Night Circus ticking over in the rhythm of the magical clock at the entrance to the circus. 
Just beautiful!

 The Descent is a prequel/sequel to The Forcing and joins the Ashworth family descendants in The Hope on the coast of Australia. Kweku and his brother Lewis with their families. Their father, The Teacher, has passed away and his sons are carrying on his legacy, transmitting his book The Forcing to the world, to anyone who would listen.
This is how we meet the character Sparkplugs – a woman’s voice through the radio, filling the gaps of the world doom story and how it all happened in the first place. Sparkplug tells the tale of working for The Boss and being privy to all the machinations of world’s richest people, working hard to ensure they survive what is coming.
And then a tragedy occurs, someone wants them to be quiet. Kweku looses most of his family and his little niece his abducted – only bloodied playing cards with Alpha Omega symbols on them are left behind as a clue.
Kweku sets off around the world with his wife Julie and son Leo to find what really happened to the world, his family and to find his niece Becky and bring her home, if there is one left at the end.
This book is amazing – it is a real warning to us regarding our actions against the natural world and should be read by everyone. It is an amazingly woven story of the past and present and is certainly a book that will stay with me for a long time.