Sleeping Sands (The Portal Prophecies #4) by C.A. King – Review by Jenni Bishop

Sleeping Sands by C.A. King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

With William still on death’s door Willow finds herself torn between having to leave for school and staying by his side. After packing and getting ready the gang all meet for final goodbyes before they go their separate ways to different schools, where they will have no contact with anyone. Just before they are ready to go a visitor turns up with unexpected news. They are all shocked at the news that Cassandrhea Tibbins brings. She tells them how the family who run The Empowered, a newspaper, are continuing to run more and more stories about Willow and painting her in a bad light. How they know some of the things they know, shows there may be a spy somewhere and because of that Cassabdrhea has made the choice that Willow must be hidden from everyone to ensure her safety.

If Willow thought she was lonely before going to the school, she finds herself even more so once she is there. Being unable to show her true self, due to the people after her, the pressure, the fear and the isolation are taking it’s toll. Willow is not only trying to survive the pressures of school and without friends, but she trying to fight to stay alive. Willow finds that old friends are now enemies and evil won’t stop till they find her. Willow is learning more about herself and her magic and surprises them all but is she revealing to much too soon?

Can Willow find the strength and courage to carry on? Will Willow put her friends before herself to survive? Will truths be revealed before it is too late? Will lost friends be found? Will the evil that is after her find a new way to break her soul? Will Willow find allies in the most unlikely places? Just how many more enemies are there waiting to destroy her?

Sleeping Sands is the fourth book of the Portal Prophecies series and I must say that the writing gets better with each book. I feel so much for the main character that I could not put it down until I knew the outcome. I must say they way the book ended has me eager to start the next book as soon as possible. I know that if you love magic you will Love this book.

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