Review of "Tales of the Fifth Guardian; Book Two: Bonded" by: C.M. Johnson

"Tales of the Fifth Guardian; Book Two: Bonded" by: C.M. Johnson
Rating: ☆☆☆☆

This is the second book in the Tales of the Fifth Guardian and picks up right where the first one stopped. If you didn’t read the first, you’ll need to in order to get a sense of who everyone is and what is going on. If you did read the first, you’ll be happy to see that this book carries on the adventures for Keri and those around her.

This book is intense, you have to really focus on each page to make the most of what is going on. It is not light fluff that you can read in one sitting. This second book goes into Keri & Kerreth’s preparations for marriage, bonding and starting a family. Keri is still carrying the tremendous burden of learning new powers, seeing to it that her extended family around her can handle growing into their powers, and getting visions of the future. Keri is in danger from her enemies all the way throughout the book. She leads, trains, fights and watches over her family constantly. Kerreth gets learn more about himself and Keri, including how well she knows his parents and some of Keri’s previous missions.

For all of the responsibility and powers that Keri and Kerreth have, they are still uncomfortable being considered leaders of all of the Otlanders and respectively the Queen & King. I feel that they will have a lot more trials and growing into their powers before they will be comfortable as such. We see through some of Keri’s visions that there will be a lot more adventure for Keri & Kerreth. I did enjoy the grandmotherly taking to task that the First Guardian gave to both Keri & Kerreth in different visions.

I was once again glad for the glossary in the back to keep the terminology straight. At times I almost felt the need for a chart to keep everyone straight as there was a lot of activity and new people from the other clans introduced.

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