A Book Review: Beyond the Veil

Zodiac Academy 8.5 - Beyond the Veil
Author: Susanne Valenti & Caroline Peckham
Format: Digital

Pages: 411
Genre: Romance, Fantasy
Publication Date: June 30, 2023

Synopsis:

The stars called us.
The Veil closed at our backs.
And now death holds us in its clutches.

We were torn from life before our time, a Savage King, his queen, a betrayed son, a wronged brother, a scorned wife and so many more. We watch those we left behind as they struggle against the grip of the stars, the answers to so many of their questions within our grasp and yet out of their reach. But what if we could find a way to answer their pleas? What if we could find a way to help them from this side of the divide? And what price would such a thing come at?

So, I usually don't buy or read the in-between books in the series. I would say novella but those are supposed to be pretty short, and this sucker is 415 pages.

One of the main reasons I actually got this one is because I was missing the ZA characters something bad and since it'll still be quite a few months before we get book 9 out of the sisters, I thought this one would tide me over. To be perfectly honest, this book kind of fell flat compared to the other books in the series. 

Yes, it's an in-between story but when they said they were writing about the characters that were behind the veil, I thought we would really get something out of it. This was basically just a small recap of book 8 with other point-of-views. I really wished we would have gotten something jaw-dropping about these other characters, but it just wasn't there. Even though it really didn't scratch the itch of missing the series, I still gave it 4 marks. Mainly because the sisters' writing always entertains me, we got to meet Hail and Merissa Vega, and I LOVED seeing a certain character's reaction in chapter 21. (IYKYK)

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