Heart of the Mirage – by  Glenda Lake

Another Fantasy Fiction series, so my kind of books. Having said that this didn't keep me completely gripped, and at first I wasn't quite sure why.

The characters were varied and the plot had enough twists, turns and undercurrents to be interesting without being too complicated.

However, when I think about the book as a whole I realise my attention wandered when the magic elements became too contrived.  I know magic doesn't really need explaining, and is unbeleivable by its very nature, but this magic did not convince me. When I'm reading about magic I want to be left thinking 'Wouldn't it be great if that was real?'

Reading the blurb for the next book, I don't think I will be searching it out to read.  I'm not that interested in Ligea's and Brand's future.  If it turns up on a shelf in charity shop I might pick it up for want of something better one day, but otherwise I’m moving on to something else.