Rating: My bookshelf, Needs Parent Supervision

Reading Level: Middle School

You definitely want to read in order; don’t start here with Book 6. Here are links to my reviews of Book 1: The Unwanteds, Book 2: Island of Silence, Book 3: Island of Fire, Book 4: Island of Legends, and Book 5: Island of Shipwrecks. This one, Book 6, pretty much has more of the same (magic, a kiss and a bit of romance), except for two issues:

  • (Spoiler alert!) an assassination attempt. It is rather dark, and different than when the good guys fight in war scenes. This assassination attempt brings up real issues about ethics and morals, so might be good to chat about with your reader.
  • A new water dragon character named Pan is said to be the ruler of the sea. The dragon almost takes a god-like role. For the proper age group I don’t think this would be too much of an issue because the whole book is so immersed in fantasy.