Title: The Enchantress

Author: Michael Scott

Paperback Edition, 517 Pages

Publisher: Random House

Published: May 1st, 2012
3.5/5 stars

Summary:

The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it.

San Francisco:
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path.

But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history and myth, will the Sorceress and the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race?

Danu Talis:
Sophie and Josh Newman traveled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr. John Dee and Virginia Dare. And it’s on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins and ends.

Scathach, Prometheus, Palamedes, Shakespeare, Saint-Germain, and Joan of Arc are also on the island. And no one is sure what—or who—the twins will be fighting for.

Today the battle for Danu Talis will be won or lost.
But will the twins of legend stand together?
Or will they stand apart—
one to save the world and one to destroy it?

Review:

All moments finally leads to this. The characters are scattered across the world, through 10.000 years gap between them, each of them facing their own problem and monsters. It ties up all the loop holes, and answered all the questions. But it feels anti-climatic to me.

I love how all the events in this book are happening in 10 days. It can be draggy at some points, but overall everything works really well. So many things happened, so many revelations, and it build up a really good suspense.

I love how all the myths, legends, and shadowrealms are hiding in our plain sight. I loved how once upon a time, they all lived together in one place and knew each other. They lived and fought with each other.

I love how there's almost no romantic aspects of this book. It only focuses on saving the world.

I love how amazing the character developments are. How far Sophie and Josh had become, how they've dealt with everything and how they've accepted who they are. I love how the bad guys could switched sides and be the good guys, and vice verca.

I never saw that ending coming. I was expecting some amazing great battle that eventually sinks Danu Talis, but nope, it didn't happened. Everything was happening so fast, and I wasn't statisfied with it. It was a long build-up, but it ended with barely any battle (or if there are any, Michael Scott didn't write it on the book).

I also wants to know more about Tsagaglalal and Abraham the Mage. And I need a closure for Virginia and Sophie. I expected more.

But overall, it was a pretty enjoyable read, and a not-really-dissapointing final book.

Title: The Warlock

Author: Michael Scott

Paperback edition, 380 pages

Publisher: Ember

Published: April 24th, 2012

4/5 Stars

Summary:

The twins of prophecy have been divided—the end has begun.

Alcatraz
Although their ally Dr. John Dee has been declared utlaga, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid will follow the plans the Elders have laid before them: they will loose the monsters of Alcatraz on the city of San Francisco, thereby triggering the end of the human race.

Danu Talis:
The Shadowrealm that Scatty and Joan of Arc have entered is far more dangerous than they could ever have imagined. And they haven't landed here by chance—the warriors were called for a reason. So were Saint-Germain, Palamedes, and Shakespeare. The group was summoned because they must travel back int time to Danu Talis to destroy it. For the island of Danu Talis, known in humani myth as the lost city of Atlantis, must fall if the modern world is to exist.

San Francisco
The end is finally near. Josh Newman has chosen a side, and he will not stand with his sister, Sophie, or with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel. He will fight alongside Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare.

Unless Sophie can find her twin before the battle begins, all is lost—forever.

Review:

After 2 years looking for this book, I finally found it.

Okay, so there are many characters in this book, with many povs, so it's kind of hard to remember who's who, what are they doing, what happened in the last book, and so on. But after few chapters in, I finally caught up with what was happening.

What I like the most about this book is, even though it has so many characters, and each chapters are from different povs and different places, it flows beautifully. It doesn't feel confusing at all. It helps me connect to all the characters, how they feel at that moment, at that event. Multiple povs can be a disaster, so many emotions to covered, so many things happened at once. But in this book, the multiple povs only help us feels more tensed up, feel the urgency and the build up concerning the final battle.

I learned a lot about other myths and legends other that Greek and Roman from this book. I also love how vivid and exotic the depiction of Danu Talis is. This book was a page turner. I personally think this is the best book in the whole series. Definitely worth the wait and highly recommended!