But things do not go as planned when Alex, on an overnight assignment for her SAS class encounter Aven and those he has under his control. The characters are again a bit light on and one dimensional early on but they do grow and evolve as the book progresses. Alex is the main one but the support characters are quite good as are some of the teachers. DC though was my favourite though and was full of sass and sarcasm which worked really well.

This concludes my nonsensical babbling inspired by my love of this series which is only growing stronger with re-reads. For sense, please read my original review, below.

In Akarnae, we first see Alexandra Jennings and her parents on there way to her new school, the International Exchange Academy where she was to spend her school year while her parents were in Siberia on and archaeological project. Alex doesn't feel excited about this prospect and tries to convince her parents otherwise. This is a world of high tech wormhole-like travel, Star Trek-like food replicators, interactive movies and such. Alex spends her nights deep in the Library under the guidance of her new and mysterious mentor. Alex is desperate to strengthen her gift as well as protect those she loves. Because being in a world where nothing is for certain, she can only be sure of just one thing: Aven is coming.

And then I read the book and now I'm totally here for everything else as well. Authors' need to stop writing about awesome worlds that I can't visit and schools that I'd actually want to attend. One of their subjects is purely about horses!! My sore after riding equestrian ass is so jealous. I could just not read these kind of books, but I have pretty much no self control whatsoever so authors' need to take one for team and just stop writing about these freaking amazing worlds. My poor heart can't take the injustice of only reading about them. Noni crafts a vividly textured narrative landscape with an irresistible cast of loveable and love-to-hate characters. The perfect balance of humour, heart and high stakes makes the Medoran Chronicles a reader’s delight.” — Rachael Craw, award-winning author of the Spark trilogy Alex becomes an ambassador to the other races of Medora, trying to convince them to fight in the war against Aven. Aven kills Aes Daega. Due to this, the Meyarins remember that Alex is Aeylia. Kaiden's greatest strength is being "perceptive, intuitive and compassionate" and his greatest weakness is "can sometimes care too much". Lynette Noni is a masterful storyteller. Her characters steal into your heart and won't let go!" — Maria V. Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of the Poison Study series

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The main character is 16, but it reads like middle grade (so at least it's fine to recommend to those 10-11 year old girls??) Lynette Noni's books are impossible to put down."— Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses series