Today I’ll be reviewing for you The Mist Children the second
novel in E C Hibbs Foxfires Trilogy, if you’ve missed my review of the first
novel you can catch that on the post before this one.
Following directly on from the previous book this one
catches up with Tuomas and Elin after Tuomas has successfully passed his mage
test and is starting to come into his power more and more. Their return is
timed rather fortuitously as a sickness has began sweeping the three villages,
we were introduced to in the first novel. Unlike a traditional cold or flu it
is targeting only the young and healthy puzzling all the mages and their
traditional healing remedies are not helping much.
Once again Tuomas must set out on a quest, this time to find
Lilja who was able to help him on his previous mission. He discovers that she and
several others are holding a dark secret which is deeply tied into the mystery
of the new illness sweeping through their communities and feels that it is up to
him to try and resolve it, going against everyone else’s instincts.
As with the first novel the stunning visuals continue and
Tuomas is as hot headed and stubborn as ever, despite his character growth he has
remained true to who he was when we were first introduced to him and that is something
I really admire. He has a bit of a difficult
time with the other villagers being more wary of him now he is a powerful mage and
he goes through many strong emotions on his journey but by the end of the novel
he seems to have a clear purpose and an idea of what he should do next.
There are some darker themes compared to the previous book
but nothing too heavy, definitely still suited for YA readers and it is very
fitting only helping to add to the seriousness of the story and highlighting
the urgency of Tuomas’ mission.
An issue I often find with trilogies is that the middle book
doesn’t really pull its weight but I didn’t find that with this novel. There’s
so much action and content stuffed into it I can’t wait to see what is in store
in the next one.
Picture credit to E C Hibbs, I've been having some technical difficulties so it's not one of my own and it was so lovely I just had to use it.
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