I couldn’t help but wonder if the author had been forced to cut a lot out. However, I then hit a very odd chapter where it seemed like things were moving too quickly, a pace that continued for the rest of the book. Action scenes were well-written and interactions between characters engrossing. I kept turning pages and finished most of it in a day. The first three-quarters of this book were well-executed and fun to read. Instead, pynvium is necessary for healing to go smoothly, and when that pynvium runs out, well–that’s when the problems start. Pain doesn’t just mysteriously vanish into the world of magic. It’s also a sort of “real” aspect that I appreciate. People who can heal and take pain away, not so original–but that these people are largely dependent on pynvium in which to place that pain or suffer the hurts they healed themselves, that is something different. The storyline of this novel (which, I feel I should mention, is also called “The Shifter” in the US!) is unique and intriguing. Including revealing her abilities to people who could use it against her. But when Tali goes missing, Nya will do anything to get her back. Her abilities have been kept a well-guarded secret–if the Duke knew what she could do, she would be used as a weapon in his army. Instead, Nya has a different kind of talent: she can transfer pain from one person to another.
She is unable to heal and transfer pain into pynvium, a special kind of stone that is able to hold a person’s hurts. Nya doesn’t have the talent to work in the League like her sister Tali.
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