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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Change of Fate by Jacinta Jade is book four in The Change Series. In the lead-up, Siray fails to complete her animal “Change” and is rejected by her community. After Baidan's rebel group rescues her from the Faction, she learns to harness her powers. When their camp is destroyed, she joins forces with others in a desert camp, but betrayal sees them captured by the Xarcons. Siray undergoes severe training and is manipulated by a necklace that unleashes her darker persona, Siraay. This alter ego aids enemy leader Chezran in planning an attack, while Siray contends with pressure from opposing forces. Now, in book four, the dark Siraay remains aligned with Chezran to take control of their world. While the Resistance prepares for a final battle, Siray must reconcile treachery, strategy, and truth to determine the fate of all.
Change of Fate by Jacinta Jade is a story with impressive control of prose for the genre, mixing together sensuality, military prep, and pitch-perfect dialogue that gives way to a steady rising action. Foreshadowing is worked through naturally and sets the stage, but it is the dramatic irony Jade employs that is truly brilliant. It's in the little things, like worry over tent placement to thwart an attack from the side or the rear, that becomes tragically ironic when we discover that the attack is coming from somewhere totally different. Out of absolutely everything, the depiction of Siraay’s transformation into her Sevonix form is off-the-charts cinematic. Indicated by clear, physical markers of shimmering skin, tightening muscles, and a glowing gaze, the author captures the instant her instincts take over. This is the reading experience of the summer, and I would give it a whole bucket of stars if I could. Very highly recommended.
