I found this book more difficult to get through than the others. It was pretty slow and not very much action happened. I definitely prefer the first 3 books in this series. I did like the bittersweet ending. I just wish that I enjoyed all of the books to the same degree. ( )

Alisas daughter is a monster and must be killed. Only when it is too late does Alisa discover that Kalika has done everything for love. Now Alisa must kill the source of true evil and rescue the child, the source of true goodness.

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting that ending (even if I've read these books before, it's been long enough for me to forget).

I am left feeling at the end a little mystified. Am I to believe it was all merely Seymore's imagination? A sick kid trying to find his way out of dying? A heroine who rescues him several times?

It makes me think back on all the adventures I feel I have had with Sita...suddenly erased.

And yet, looking back to those memories, she was never really happy. Ever. So many things caused her such pain. It is on this thought I realize her choice was the right one. To end the suffering before it even began.

As a whole: this series is one that I feel is fantastic. The lure of these books was so strong that I re-read them ten years later, and I made some of my students read them too.

Christopher Pike, I salute you. ( )

Gotta say, I wasn't expecting that ending (even if I've read these books before, it's been long enough for me to forget).

I am left feeling at the end a little mystified. Am I to believe it was all merely Seymore's imagination? A sick kid trying to find his way out of dying? A heroine who rescues him several times?

It makes me think back on all the adventures I feel I have had with Sita...suddenly erased.

And yet, looking back to those memories, she was never really happy. Ever. So many things caused her such pain. It is on this thought I realize her choice was the right one. To end the suffering before it even began.

As a whole: this series is one that I feel is fantastic. The lure of these books was so strong that I re-read them ten years later, and I made some of my students read them too.

Christopher Pike, I salute you. ( )