book review Crucible of Fate by Mary Calmes

Crucible of Fate by Mary Calmes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really liked in the 3rd book when we got the surprise that Domin, not Logan would be taking over as the semel-aten, and even him taking Yuri as his mate rather than continuing to carry a torch for Koren. It was nice symmetry from him being unseated in the first book as semel of the Menhit tribe and made Logan's second in command. He was quietly in the background for most of three books so for him to become so important in the end of the third was not only a nice surprise but showed amazing foresight for a very complex story. (I would almost compare the complexity of werepanther society to that of Frank Herbert's Dune series if not for it's lack of diverse creatures.) It was nice to see how Domin takes on his new role and the growth of the relationship between Yuri and him.

(view spoiler)[The only thing that wasn't quite clear to me was Ilia. He was born in werepanther form signalling he was born a semel but he seems to have inherited at least one of his fathers reah/nekhene cat powers, the ability to make panthers shift. So it makes me wonder if he'll grow to be a semel/reah/nekhene cat, or if that's just a power some semel's also have. Also the ping thing was kind of new (hide spoiler)]

I do wonder if this is the last book in this series and if not where possibly Mrs. Calmes could go from here.

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