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Climb the Highest Mountain (Savage Destiny, No 5)

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I love Rosanne Bittner's books. Although this is not quite as good as the first 4 books in the Savage Destiny series, it is still very enjoyable. I love being able to follow the lives of Zeke and Abbie and the rest of their family. Giving the reason why the story isn't one of my favorites could give away certain parts of the story. I'm still looking forward to reading the last 2 in the series, as well as all her other books. No one can tell a story the way Rosanne Bittner can.

I really enjoyed the first 4 volumes of the Savage Destiny series, but Ms. Bittner seems to have run out of steam in #5. Almost the entire first half of the book is summarizing and retelling what happened in #1 thru #4, multiple times. Enough already! This is an epic saga, so perhaps the author could have included a separate synopsis to refresh her readers' memories. I'm also disappointed that she does little to further develop the characters of Dan, Bonnie, Anna Gale, and the Monroe children. She has other interesting characters and other good story lines, and while we all love Abbie and Zeke, it would be good to really develop the other characters and subplots, instead of rehashing over and over again what happened to Abbie and Zeke in former volumes. Instead of 5 pages of Abbie crying and explaining all over again how much she loves Zeke, multiple times, I would prefer that the story move forward. Hopefully, the series will pick up steam in #5.