Third person narration and shifting viewpoints also help to give secondary characters larger storylines and more opportunities for witty banter. Everyone is as dimensional and well-written as they were in book one.

Kami’s ensemble of friends (and potential love interests) returns in this installment. Untold expands the world of Sorry-in-the-Vale as Kami uses her journalist know-how to research more about the town’s history and the role of the Lynburns therein. Rees Brennan once again delivers a refreshing blend of witty humor and chilling moments in this decidedly modern take on Gothic mysteries. Life in Sorry-in-the-Vale has never been messier. Untold picks up shortly after the shocking conclusion of Unspoken. Untold is the second book in Rees Brennan’s Lynburn Legacy which begins with Unspoken. Kami intends to do her part in the thick of it in Untold (2013) by Sarah Rees Brennan.

Rob Lynburn is gathering his sorcerers and preparing to make Sorry-in-the-Vale a battleground as he tries to bring the old ways ways back to town when sorcerers ruled and everyone else cowered.Įveryone tells Kami that without magic she is helpless and of no use when sorcerers choose to fight. With their link broken, Jared feels farther away than ever and Kami isn’t sure how they can ever bridge the new and foreign distance between them. Even the boy Kami thought she knew better than anyone. Now everything is changing in Sorry-in-the-Vale. Then the Lynburns came back, bringing magic with them as well as Jared Lynburn–the boy Kami has known for her entire life as a voice inside her head. Kami Glass thought she knew everything there was to know about her small English town Sorry-in-the-Vale she was certain she had her town’s story figured out. As such this review contains major spoilers for book one!*

* Untold is the second book in Rees Brennan’s Lynburn Legacy trilogy which begins with Unspoken.

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