The Second Half: I was correct that we were not done with the characters Rhea and Coral Thorin. There was still a lot of romance but there was also a lot of action and adventure. There were lots of fight scenes which made up for the lack of fight scenes in the beginning. Many people die....Susan of course is burned to death (we learned this in book 1, I am spoiling nothing.) and her death was what caused the tears to flood. Young Roland also learns he must go on a quest to find the Dark Tower for it is his ka. We do not learn what later happens to Cuthbert and Alain, only that they will die.
Book as a Whole: I love, love, looooved this book. So far it is my favorite in the Dark Tower Series. Being that I am a girl in love this book really opened my eyes to a lot of things. When in love we are stupid and we want to believe that our love will overpower everything, but it won't. Love is just an emotion; that's like saying a person's happiness or a person's anger will overpower everything. Perhaps emotions do overpower other things, but not purely because we will them to. My favorite quote was "Bird and bear and hare and fish. Give my love her fondest wish." I also like the passage of Ka that tells of Susan losing her virginity to Roland. Beautifully/tastely written and very steamy at the same time. I think the main point is that true love is a drug and also dangerous. No matter how many times your love promises to return for you, something inevitably may change and you find yourself burning to death instead of living happily ever after.
Picture of me with my fondest wish :)
Next Book: If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor. This should be a fairly easy and fast read.
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