Storms, Starlight & Magic by Helena M. Craggs

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


What a superb finale to the amazing series!

The fourth instalment of the Younglings “Storms, Starlight & Magic” by Helena M. Craggs wraps up the story beautifully. It is also a mind-blowing rollercoaster of events that doesn’t let you take a breath between turning the pages.

Quinn Carter might be a half-demon, and he might fight supernatural threats all around the world to keep us humans safe and happily oblivious. He might see and experience things most – almost all –people never get to see and experience. He is a soldier of sorts, and he kills evil creatures without hesitation – even if without a particular pleasure too. Still, Quinn is young, and some things that may seem insignificant against the backdrop of his life full of action and peril can hurt him deeper than a magic fireball – which, by the way, probably will make him only stronger since fire is his father’s domain.

Quinn’s life is good. Not without its drawbacks and worries – apart from the constant imminent danger of getting slain by some monster from the Underworld – but he has nothing to complain about. His gorgeous half-angel girlfriend adores him – and when you are twenty, who cares that your love doesn’t care about jumping into the marital bliss right away (well, a teeny-weeny spoiler, Quinn does, but…) – his family supports him, his friends are with him, and he is about to graduate from college. Enough to send the prayers of gratitude to Heavens. So, when his imperfectly perfect world starts to crumble, Quinn is not as prepared to deal with the consequences as he would’ve been ready to fight a vampire coven, or a demigod, or whoever else might spring right out of hell.

Used to dealing with paranormal threats of high calibre – think Greek gods sort of calibre – Quinn might not be prepared to fight the battle where the risk is not only physical. Will Quinn overcome the most profound emotional pain? Or will it shatter his soul and his whole being?

Peppered with sizzling hot romantic scenes – including between the characters from whom the series readers wouldn’t expect any chemistry whatsoever – the final book of The Younglings will not let your eyelids droop, no matter how long you’ll stay awake not to stop reading. Full of magic, adventure, the characters that cause mixed feelings but also make one want to find out more about them, “Storms, Starlight & Magic” is a grandiose finale of the Younglings series.





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