Name: Daybreak
ISBN: 9780425243404

Ellen Connor

Twelve years after the Change, Penelope Sheehan needs help from shapeshifter Tru to help her use magic to brighten the Dark Age in the third novel in the series following Nightfall and Midnight. Original.

Daybreak

Jo H

3.5 stars and, the romance aside, an exciting and fitting end to the trilogy.

It's now 12 years since The Change. Penny and Tru now meet again as adults. Pen is well renowned, she is "The Orchid" and Tru is different too. But I can't help wonder why both of them left their new home with Jenna and Mason (from book 1) at such early ages to wander almost aimlessly till they came together again. Were they star-crossed? It would certainly seem so. 

This last in the trilogy I feel because of the foreshadowing from book 1 had more balanced between the romance and sex (even though it felt a tad awkward at times) and the rest of the plot than the previous two, but still, it didn't feel quite as breathtaking to me as Chris and Rosa's story. Although this one was full of magical and supernatural beings (usually a big win for me) where the previous one was decidedly more human, it didn't quite pull my strings as tight. I would describe this one as The Hilltop to book two's location being a mix of Alexandria and The Kingdom (with perhaps the majority of book 1's location being the CDC and the farm!).

After a trust being questioned, big battles, and many losses, the cause for civilization and freedom from slavery and tyranny won, and there was a bright beacon of hope for the future.

Daybreak

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