Have you ever used those Amazon "Look Inside" previews for books? Well, musing around, I decided to look at the one for Molly Evangeline's Trust, third and final book in the Makilien Trilogy. I had read the first book before and also enjoyed her novel, Resistance, written under a different author name. But alas--the preview left me off at a cliff-hanger as is their way!
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I couldn't just leave the poor hero off there! I had to find out the rest! So of course, I read the entire trilogy. First off I will admit that while I enjoyed Truth, it was a little slow for me. But hey, it was one of the author's first books, and she certainly improves! Courage brings the intensity to a new level with higher and more painful stakes and consequences. Characters are developed and deadly plots are revealed. And after a huge battle that spans over several chapters, we are left off on one of the best cliff-hangers I've encountered in a book.
Fortunately, I had the next book and could finally answer my questions from the Amazon preview. Trust is definitely the best of the three, bringing in an intense, mysterious style that was not present in the previous books, but serves this story splendidly. I must say that after three books with these characters I was rather experiencing all their pain with them. And if you, like me, enjoy the brooding, struggling anti-hero, you'll love Ryelan. And Aeden is just cool. Violence-- Battles are detailed as to combat, and while there no shortage of casualties, nothing is really gory or descriptive.
Characters are often tortured throughout the books--beaten, burned, whipped--most notably in the last book, but description is handled with taste. Don't think I'm morbid, but it was super nice to see the author let the villain be as bad as they wanted. So often they'll fall short of their true nature because the author is merciful to their characters. Oh yes, there was discretion for the reader's stomach, but this author really let the villains have a go at the heroes!
I only wish a little more attention had been paid to the reality of the victim's wounds. I understand that adrenaline can do amazing things, but sometimes the heroes could talk or move way too well for their injuries. There is romance, but the characters are all extremely chaste, only gifting each other with an occasional embrace of encouragement and a kiss on the forehead. Which was very nice. Langauge--None Other--While this is a fantasy with an array of fantasy creatures, there is no magic.
This fantasy trilogy is an exciting, involving story of triumph over evil, faith in impossible situations, and all around good guys. The simplistic writing style serves the story well. I think the peak of my enjoyment might have been from tweens to early teens, but I enjoyed this nevertheless!
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Amazon Web Services Goodreads Shopbop. I did not want to put it down. I loved seeing where all the characters ended up. This is one of the first fantasy series I've ever really loved. Sep 04, Sarah rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. So it took a little longer than normal.
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Trust starts off almost a year after the ending of Courage. Makilien has been struggling to find a new normal after Sirion's death and to make things harder, she's had men from all over coming to seek her hand. I actually wish we could have spent more time with Tylor as he seemed awesome. Everyone is gearing up for the Alliance celebration and life is good. A new chapter begins and it's from Sirion's POV! I knew he wasn't dead: He was captured after the battle and has been a slave in one way or another all these months.
He is currently headed to Carel, a slave trade city and in his group he meets a young woman named, Irynna. Was Irynna a plant somehow? She talks about how she's known Ryelan for a year and he bought her from the slave market, but I don't see that fitting in with the timeline. Sirion is annoyed to hear that yet another person is plotting to take over Eldor, but annoyance turns to horror when Vayzar reveals that Sirion is going to help him.
Sirion of course would never help, but he doesn't have much choice. Right before the Alliance celebration, two horses with injured and weary riders appear in Elimar. Makilien cannot even believe her eyes. Everyone is overjoyed and they quickly tend to his wounds; wounds received coming through Eldinorieth when they were attacked and he was defending Irynna he helped her escape.
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Makilien's joy quickly turns to worry when Sirion seems different. Her friends assure her that he just needs time. After all, he's been through so much in the last year. She tries to be patient, but when she sees Sirion kiss Irynna, she is devastated. As if she couldn't hurt any more, as she walks by King Darian's door the next morning, she hears the sound of a struggle. Upon entering, she witnesses Sirion try to kill Darian and then flee.
No one can believe it. As they are coming to terms with what just happened, Makilien suddenly realizes that it's not Sirion.
When they tended his wounds, there were no scars on his back. If it's not Sirion, then who is it? Elnauhir reveals something that none of the rest of them know - Sirion had a twin brother who was assumed to be killed when the Shaikes killed their parents. Obviously, this was not the case. As soon as Sirion showed up in Elimar, I knew one of two things: Irynna lures Makilien out to find "Sirion" and she ends up captured by Ryelan - Sirion's twin - and taken to Carel. Once there, while on their way to Vayzar, Makilien escapes, only to run into one of her worst enemies - Jorin.
Sure she is going to die, she is shocked when he helps her to safety. His heart has been changing ever since she stopped him from being killed. Okay, this review needs to speed up. Safely with Beregon and Sophine, Makilien is reunited with Aedan, Tanzim, and all her friends who tracked her after she was taken. They work on a plan to rescue Sirion, who is currently being forced to work building Vayzar's fortress. Sirion and his work partner, Jered, are planning their own escape, but things don't work out as planned. Beregon and Sophine's house is raided and Makilien is captured.
After that, it's a whirlwind of action. They are all tortured; all except Makilien, who's whipping Sirion took as well as his own. Ryelan, Jaeson, and Derrin, once enemies of Makilien and her friends, all play a part in helping them escape Vayzar. Also, and I'm not quite sure how this happened, Darian and troops from Eldor arrived and helped fight Vayzar's men. With Vayzar dead, his fortress destroyed, and everyone free, our characters can return to Elimar and celebrate! It's a happy ending, as Makilien and Sirion get married.
There is very little, if any, mention of how a person looks; how a beautiful or handsome they are. The people love each other for inner character and who they are. Molly does a wonderful job portraying a true picture of love. I even had a little trouble with Makilien and Sirion, but as long as I forgot their ages, it was fine: Especially when a lot of names are similar ; Dec 25, Kendra Ardnek rated it it was amazing Shelves: After receiving and reviewing the first two books of the trilogy, I was on the edge of my seat in anticipation for book three. When it came out, it had a special introductory kindle price of 99 cents, and I just happened to have 99 cents in my Amazon gift card balance … so I snatched it up.
I had it read within twenty-four hours. The only book I can claim to have read within twenty-four hours its release And it's taken me … ten months to get around to writing the review. I really need to get on After receiving and reviewing the first two books of the trilogy, I was on the edge of my seat in anticipation for book three.
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I really need to get on the ball with this reviewing business. I approached this book with much trepidation. On one hand I already loved the world and most of the characters, and I really wanted to know what was up with the cliff hanger ending … but it was the last book in the trilogy, and I didn't want it to end. Also, I was left with a blah taste in my mouth from the last book's repetitiveness … and I didn't want to read the same book for the third time in a row. I needn't have worried. This book was delightfully new, different, surprising, amazing, wonderful, and I'd almost come to like Makilien by the end of the book.
The book begins a year after the events of Courage. Unlike the previous two books, it began not in Reylaun, but in Elimar, where Makilien and Vonawyn are hiding behind a tree while strange men are shooting at them. And they had thought the battle was over. Things make even less sense when they discover that the orders given to the men are signed with a "V" rather than the "Z" that would have pointed to Zirtan.
Someone is putting Zirtan's army back together and pestering them again. On a more personal and emotional level, Makilien is still, after a year, trying to get over the fact that they hadn't been able to find a certain someone at the end of the great battle at the end of Courage. What's worse is that, just as she was beginning to accept that he has died, she has begun waking up in the middle of the night with strong urges to pray for him. The plot twists in this book were amazing. Every time I thought I had everything figured out, it would take a new turn and I was left gasping for air.
And every time it made complete sense! As for Characters, despite the fact that I never connected with Makilien, everyone else was superb. There were many old faces, many new faces, and no one felt out of place or forced upon me. One new person was the identical twin to one of the old characters a twist I absolutely loved. I may or may not have mentioned this before, but I love twins. As for romance, Makilien's was beautiful. As for the other two, the one I had known about from book two still left me unsatisfied.
I hadn't seen them together enough in Courage and they didn't get a single moment together in Trust until the epilogue. The new one, however, was sweet and sad. I hope he someday realizes that he can have a happily ever after, even if he had been a force for evil for so long.
There was another one hinted at, and I liked the hint, but I would have preferred to see her and her people in person. Guess there wasn't time for it. And there are two characters that I strongly suspect will fall in love when she gets older. She's still seven right now, but he's an elf, so there's time. My hugest qualm with this book is that the Jesus character, who had been so important in book one, received only one or two mentions.
I admired the theme of trusting in God, or Elohim, but I would have liked His Son to have received more credit.
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But everything else, every twist, every new character, every part of the theme of Trust was amazing. It was a perfect conclusion to the trilogy, and while I'd like more, I don't think the author plans to write more Feb 20, Erika Mathews rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Trust, by Molly Evangeline, continues the story begun in Truth and Courage.
Many of the loose ends, plots, and characters mentioned in the first two books become central to the plot of this one. One might wonder how, with the conclusion in Courage regarding the struggle of good and evil, Trust could continue the story — but there is certainly no lack of plot, drama, and tension in Trust! This book is not a repeat of the other two. The plot is entirely fresh and new; the evil is different; the me Trust, by Molly Evangeline, continues the story begun in Truth and Courage.
The plot is entirely fresh and new; the evil is different; the methods of fighting against it are different. We are again reunited with favorite characters and introduced to some new ones. Many chapters end with cliffhangers, encouraging the reader to press on to find out what happens.
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Of course, the conflict is later explained. This style of writing truly makes the book interesting and enjoyable. The theme of Trust is indeed trust. Can anyone be trusted? Can they even trust each other? How can they know? This book has a more modern feel than the previous books which had a stronger medieval feel.
The strategies are more advanced and developed; the humans are the central focus. Other species do not appear as much as they did in the other books. Additionally, the violence is greater. Evil creatures simply battle and war; evil humans are much more sinister in their approaches to dealing with their enemies. Still, the painful scenes are not overdone and most people should be able to stomach the book just fine. Being a witness to how He uses all things — bad situations as well as good situations — for good strengthens the knowledge that we can indeed trust Him.
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Feb 06, A'laura rated it it was amazing Shelves: I'm just going to come right out and say it. When Derrin died I sobbed for an hour. I was sitting in my room reading and Derrin just Then the phone rang so I answered, trying to keep my cool it was my mom and it didn't work so well. I tried talking and all that came out was a sob. She asked what was wrong and I couldn't talk at all so she just hung up and let me be.
Anyway, the end of this book is so amazing. I really appreciate what Molly did and how she did it. She tortured her characters but brought them through. I absolutely loved when Sirion asked Makilien to marry him while they were being imprisoned. That is something that you're most likely not going to see a lot.
I found it very interesting and different. I loved going on this journey with Makilien and I was there with her the whole time. I really truly felt as if I was her. I felt what she felt. I really felt her pain when Derrin died. Dec 05, Bailey Marissa rated it really liked it Shelves: There are two things that bother me personally: However, if this was intentional for adding depth to her, I will totally change this rating to 5 stars because it's awesome when put that way.
Dec 07, Micailah rated it it was amazing Shelves: Trust is my favorite book in this series. There are many surprising twists and unexpected loyalties as the book progresses. Makilien has really matured since the first book and it becomes most apparent towards the end. The book intensifies as you get closer and closer to the ending. The amount of tourture and physical violence might be intolerable to some people, but in my opinion it was a huge asset to the story's goal. Wonderfully written, full of adventure, romance, and suspense.
You'll be ho Trust is my favorite book in this series. You'll be holding your breath all the way to the end. Jan 09, Jodi Woody rated it liked it Shelves: Book three in the Makilian trilogy, this one stretched it a little for me. I still enjoyed the read.