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The Last Sanctuary
| Title | The Last Sanctuary |
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| Date | 2025-07-05 21:34:42 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
Lily is devastated when her sick grandpa reveals she must leave the small home they share. The next day, a confused Lily awakes in the London Bridge Orphanage, surrounded by danger. With the help of her two roommates, she stumbles upon the ancient world of Ammasaya and a prophecy with catastrophic consequences; three will arrive, one to give, one to die and one to live. But which part of the prophecy relates to Lily and which to her roommates? As enchanting as it is deadly, Ammasaya is a place where Lily must battle savage witches, devious goblins and deadly Death Legions to discover secrets of her past that offer clues to her prophesised future. Life at school is no safer with menacing teachers burying secrets with unfathomable consequences. The Blood Empress lurks in the shadows as her goal of destroying the orphanage draws near. Surrounded by riddles and lies, who can Lily trust?Out now... The Fall of Refuge... sequel to The Last Sanctuary.
Review
I'll start off by saying that I don't usually like to compare books, but with 'The Last Sanctuary' it's hard not to notice similarities between it and Harry Potter. The major ones: Three twelve years olds are sent to a new school where magical type things start happening (although in this book, the students are unaware that magic exists). There's the shy one, the smart one and the hopelessly dumb yet hilarious one. Giant spider. Suspected evil teachers. But there is one big difference between Harry Potter and The Last Sactuary: I actually enjoyed this book. (Yes, you read correctly, I didn't like Harry Potter. We're a rare breed, but we do exist.)There was action from beginning to end, twists around every corner, I spent most of the book accusing every single character of being the bad guy.But my favourite of all would have to be the character of Olivia. Her puns and dimwitted humour had me giggling a few times and most of the time I didn't know whether to hug her, pat her on the head, or slap her. At times I wanted to do all three.If I had one complaint about this book, it would be that it did seem to run long (especially for a YA book aimed for the preteens). Oh, that and the giant freakin' spider who I was sure to have nightmares of, but thankfully did not. It was so well written that the nursery rhyme 'hush little baby' will haunt me forever.
