The Enchantress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #6)

The Enchantress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #6)
Age Range
12+
Release Date
May 22, 2012
ISBN
978-0385735353
Buy This Book
      

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?

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?

Editor reviews

2 reviews
A Satisfying Ending
(Updated: July 07, 2012)
Overall rating
 
4.7
Plot
 
N/A
Characters
 
N/A
Writing Style
 
N/A
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
N/A
(This is going to be a spoiler-free review, as the plot will make little sense to anyone not already immersed in the series, and those who are immersed should not have their reading-pleasure infringed upon.)

If you are already a fan of Michael Scott's The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, there's no need to encourage you to read THE ENCHANTRESS. You've been ready to fall upon this, the sixth and last installment, like a bolt of lightening. If you are not already a fan, you must not start here. That would be like wandering into the last ten minutes of The Sixth Sense or reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows first. You'll spoil everything. Go, pick up a copy of The Alchemyst, and thank me later. Six books later.

If you're a long-standing fan, however, and you've been nervously biting your nails, dreading the possibility that this series will go out with a whimper rather than a bang, fear not. THE ENCHANTRESS is complex, engrossing, and satisfying. It brought all the plot threads together and tied them off neatly, but not so tidily that it felt contrived.

When the ending finally came, I felt a bit rushed, but that is likely because I was unwilling to let this world and people go. It's bad enough when I have to finish one book I loved. To come to the end of a series is like having to move to a foreign country. I miss the characters, I miss their world, I miss my existence among them.

I will miss this world, but not for long, as this last volume invites a return to the beginning, to a richer reading of the whole, discovering all those details which point towards the end.
Good Points
Neatly tied up all plots and subplots
Richly imagined world
Report this review Comments (0) | Was this review helpful? 0 0

User reviews

1 review
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0(1)
Characters
 
5.0(1)
Writing Style
 
5.0(1)
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
N/A(0)
Already have an account? or Create an account
Awesome
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
N/A
Characters
 
N/A
Writing Style
 
N/A
Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)
 
N/A
This was a great series with very interesting characters. Sophie and Josh Newman are two special twins that are thrust into the magical life of the immortal Nicholas Flamel when an evil immortal sorcerer named John Dee shows up and steals the magical codex that keeps Nicholas and his wife Perenelle immortal. Nicholas Flamel soon discovers that Sophie and Josh may just be the twins from legend that either will save the world or destroy it. A fun and exciting series with magical action and adventures all around the globe that will definitely satisfy fans of fantasy and adventure.
Report this review Comments (0) | Was this review helpful? 0 0