The Black Shard

I recently read The Black Shard By Victoria Simcox, and I have to say this book is amazing.

I also read and reviewed the first book which is called The Magic Warble, I was pleasantly surprised by both books.

In The Black Shard, Kristina returns to Bernovem and her best friend Werrien. She also gets to see Lisheng and Taysha, the talking horses and her pet rat Raymond, who decided to stay in Bernovem the last time they were there, and now he has a girlfriend Lilly.

Unfortunately, Hester and Davina come back with her...it's actually Hester's fault they are back anyway, she played a prank and it went horribly wrong and they ended up back in Bernovem.

Werrien is waiting for them when they arrive and he takes them all back to the castle and when they get there they see a statue that looks like Kristina in the garden...Hester and Davina don't believe that it's Kristina at first. Shortly after they arrive at the palace a party starts up, it's for Werrien's 17th birthday.
After the party Werrien takes Kristina and shows her a room in the castle and also shows her The Black Shard which is hidden in the castle. The Black Shard is a part of the looking glass that Sir Rupert used to show Queen Sentiz what was happening.

Werrien invited Kristina and the other girls on a trip that they are going on the next morning. They are going to visit Tezerel which is Werrien's homeland and the other country that his father is King of. Kristina is very excited and accepts right away. Then, when they get to ship she realizes it's named The Kristina, after her.
During the trip Kristina becomes ill a few times and can't figure out why or how for that matter and one of the dwarfs, Elzwur, isn't making things any easier for her. He seems to be mean to her and rude as well, but she can't figure out why.

During the trip they stop and her and Werrien get to spend some time alone, swimming and having lunch together. And he shows Kristina that he took the Black Shard and in it he shows her the city of Ezeree, the town center and all the places he was going to take her.

Once they get to Tezerel, Werrien take Kristina for a horseback ride and they go and see all his friends in Ezeree. Once they reach the top of The Hills Of Norel things start to change and soon Werrien and Kristina realize things are once again, not as they seemed.

I'm not going to give away all the secrets, for that you'll just have to read the book yourself, but I will tell you I loved this book and can't wait for the 3rd to be released

Victoria Simcox is an amazing writer, the main character in the books is her own daughter Kristina and she does all of the illustrations herself...which I think are really good, better than anything I could ever do.

Here's the link to the first review
http://randomosityblog.com/?s=The+Magic+Warble



Disclaimer: I was given this book in exchange for this review. However all opinions in this review are mine and are 100% truthful to the way I feel about this book.