Review: Betrayed by Magic (The Baine Chronicles Book 5) by Jasmine Walt

Betrayed by Magic by Jasmine Walt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

More Actions Against The Resistance

I’d probably give this 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

Sunaya and Iannis are back from their adventures on the pirate island and are now officially engaged. Apparently all mage engagements must last a minimum of a year and the engaged parties and their parents are all capable of preventing the marriage from taking place. Iannis only has his mother left and she doesn’t really interfere in his life and Sunaya’s mother is deceased and her father unknown. Iannis knows who her father is but doesn’t want Sunaya to know for some reason. Sunaya wants to know and without a reason from Iannis as to why she shouldn’t know, she decides to find out.

With her new status comes more responsibility and Sunaya is expected to take part in social engagements and interviews for the media. This is not Sunaya’s cup of tea, but she loves Iannis and knows it is to be expected if she wants to be with him. She still gets to perform her enforcer duties and at least she has her own money now, since she brought back the treasure from the pirate island.

Both Sunaya and Iannis have been summoned back to Dara to take part in a mission to crush the Resistance, especially the location of the site producing diseases to infect all the mages. Sunaya is torn between her new role and her old friends.

This book has some clever subplots running under the surface which deal with family, race and friendships. Sunaya is a bridge between worlds and she is often torn as she can often see all sides at once. She has come to sympathise with the Mages, but still fights for the rights of shifters and humans, she just doesn’t want anyone to die whilst she’s doing it.

Sunaya is a wonderfully complex character, as are most of the other main characters. They all have rich back stories and personalities. Seeing the characters grow with each both is satisfying and I can’t wait to see what happens next.

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