Spy Glass ★★★★

Spy Glass (Glass, #3) - Maria V. Snyder ★★★★ 424 pgs

In the final installment of the Glass series, Opal Cowan must find out who she is inside. She's always had the ability to charge glass with magic, but after Opal had to siphon her own magic to win a fight she's lost her abilities. Now, many people are unhappy with her. Her glass messengers had allowed magicians to communicate with one another, but now all communications are coming to a stand still as the remaining glass runs out of magic. Also, Opal has discovered that she's developed an immunity to magic like Valek. She can feel magic, but she can no longer wield it. This will make the magicians who are livid with her even more weary of her. Opal feels lost and doesn't know who she is any longer. After discovering that her kidnappers, from Sea Glass, may have had extra vials of her blood hidden, Opal decides she must attempt to find them in order to regain her powers. And, hopefully to return to feeling normal.

Throughout the book many of my favorite characters return to interact with Opal. She gets spy lessons from Valek, attends her sisters' wedding to Leif, and meets some new people during the course of her search. After the events that led to her loss of magic, Opal has to struggle with who to trust in her life. Devlen is back and it looks like he's on her side, but Opal just can't tell for sure after his actions and because of his addiction to blood magic. To make it harder on her, she still has feelings for him. She has to figure out what to do with him and Kade.

Snyder is one of my favorite authors. I had no idea that this was intended to be the last in the series before reading. The end felt somewhat final so I felt the need to search for answers. Snyder did mention the possibility of another spin-off. This one is a spin-off of her Study series if anyone is curious to read anything by Snyder. Although, the Study series is more of an adult fantasy, while this one is YA. You can start with Storm Glass and you'll get a brief back story, but if you're an adult I would just start with the original series. You'll feel closer to the characters.

Anyway, I knew where this book was going to lead from events left unresolved in Sea Glass. However, I didn't know how anything was going to play out. I have given Snyder multiple 5 stars before, but I only gave her 4 stars this time. I felt like events concerning the Cloud Mist Clan and certain family members weren't resolved completely. Some mention of them in the end would have probably pushed me to 4 1/2 or 5 stars. With that one exception, I loved the story. Even though Opal is down and depressed, she's still willing to fight for others and do the right thing. I liked how events played out in the story and how Opal grows throughout. Although, I was shocked with the last few pages. I didn't think Opal would move (?) so quickly. (I can't think of an appropriate word that wouldn't give away the ending. And no, move is not a euphemism for sex. )