Oh, and Brekken was delicious and we needed more of him. And Maddie's initial indecisiveness didn't improve sufficiently by the end to make her a truly satisfying central character. It's not perfect: some of the plot points were too heavily signalled and I'd guessed most of the reveals long before they arrived. And the novel ends on the perfect set up for further instalments in a fun fantasy series with some serious messages about co-operation overcoming differences. And Graylin, Marcus's gentle husband, whose healing magic defines his kindly personality. There's a large of cast of characters - I particularly liked The Heiress, who is imperious and mysterious but whose heart is in the right place. Holland captures her world well and describes it in evocative detail. I do like a good fantasy mystery and Havenfall was an enjoyable read. Is Maddie ready? Was it Brekken who murdered the Silver Prince's manservant? Can the door to Solaria be closed now it has been opened, allowing the monsters within to roam free in the land of humans? And the Silver Prince of Byrn telling Maddie to take control. But things go wrong almost from the start: there's a strange man on the bus, she's almost run over by Taya, a girl going for a summer job at Havenfall, and things with Brekken get complicated.Īnd then. And where Maddie will find Brekken, the boy she loves, now a soldier of Fiordenkill. Havenfall - the gateway to other worlds, the place that keeps the peace between worlds, and where Maddie's uncle Marcus is the Innkeeper - the guardian of the treaty and the host of the annual summer summit. Especially when she sees how her mother has lost all hope. And keeping the secret - that her brother Nate was killed by a monster from another world - is almost more than she can bear.
Maddie's father, understandably, is not keen on Maddie spending time with her mother's family - because the crime Maddie's mum is languishing on death row for committing is the murder of Maddie's brother. It's the only place she feels truly at home. But after a visit to her mother in prison, Maddie wants nothing more than to go to Havenfall to see her uncle, Marcus. Maddie Morrow is supposed to spending the summer with her Grandma Ellen.
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