Bray, Libba. The Sweet Far Thing. N.Y.: Random House, 2007. 832 pages. (Fantasy/Romance)
The Sweet Far Thing was a dramatic ending to the esteemed trilogy of the Gemma Swan series. In this book the Winterlands are threatening to take over the peace of the realms and are trying to take the magic that Gemma now holds. The alliances are being threatened with mysterious deaths and the clear blue sky is now a blood red sea of clouds. Gemma’s friendships are on the rocks and her love life is not how it used to be. Her father is addicted again, and always there is the still sad reminder of her mother s tragic death. Then, when it seemed that it could get no worse, something tragic happens. A forsaken birth of May has come, and the wrong people are coming out of the wrong door. Spence and its girls are in grave danger and Gemma doesn’t know if she can save them.
This book was a traumatic ending to the wondrous series. It was full of love, adventure, war, and loss. It had a little something for everybody in it. Even though it was full of happy times, I feel that it had twice as many sad times in the book. I will tell only this, I cried for hours after reading the last hundred or so pages. I give this book the label of traumatic. But, it would also be non-stop action because even though it was horrifically sad, it also was jam packed with action. I would only recommend this book to the people who have read the other two books in the trilogy because it would give too much away. But, if you have read the other two, then I recommend that you do read it because it caps off the series in a great way.
Reviewed by: HiJen
