SuitabookBlazing the trail
Deborah Cooke
- Reading
- You could read together and pause when the Mages’ plan or Zoë’s romantic choices come into focus, checking which thread your reader finds more compelling.
- Themes
- The returning Mages: The Mages return with a spell intended to give them new power and plan to eliminate shifters during the dance; Zoë leads an alliance against them. The plot presents the Mages’ plan as a threat, but how the conflict is morally or emotionally framed beyond this is unclear.
- Romantic uncertainty: Zoë is drawn to Derek while wishing Jared would invite her to the dance; Jared’s attention to her best friend adds uncertainty. The summary establishes competing feelings and social uncertainty, but not how the book evaluates the characters’ choices.
- Worth knowing
- The Mages plan to eliminate all shifters, and Zoë’s group prepares to battle them. The extent and detail of violence are not clear.