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The Key (Curley novel)

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Cover artist
  
Ian Butterworth

Language
  
English

Originally published
  
2005

Preceded by
  
The Dark

Publisher
  
Bloomsbury Publishing

4.2/5
Goodreads

Country
  
Australia

Publication date
  
2005

Author
  
Marianne Curley

Page count
  
413

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Series
  
Guardians of Time Trilogy

Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Genres
  
Science Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

Similar
  
The Dark, The Named, Old magic, Hidden, Fearless

The Key is a fantasy novel written by Marianne Curley. It is the third book in the Guardians of Time Trilogy.

Contents

Narration

As with all of the Guardians of Time books, the prologue is written in the third person, while all the chapters are written in the first person switching points of view between two narrators. In this book, the two narrators are Rochelle and Matt.

In this installment of the series, Matt and Rochelle struggle to deal with the impending battle, which has been predicted to decide the fate of the Named. Meanwhile, tensions have been mounting as romance between the Named forms, much to the displeasure of some characters. A traitor has also been discovered. This book basically states the struggles between different characters point of view mostly from Rochelle, but finds a way to get through them by ignoring the accusations

Setting

The story is set in Angel Falls which is located above the ancient city of Veridian.

The story is set in the present or near-present time. Some of the story takes place in the past, in a variety of times/places. It also takes place in the Underworld realm and the Heavenly realm.

More so than in the previous two novels, the story takes place in the lost city and a mythical city of Atlantis, pre-sinking. Other locations of action include the high school in Angel Falls and the woods surrounding the city, where the epic battle takes place.

Reception

Shelle Rosenfeld in her review for Booklist said that "Matt and Rochelle's alternating, present-tense first-person narratives add suspense to an engrossing, if not dense, read, driven by detailed descriptions of a dizzying array of magic devices, events, time periods and settings." School Library Journal said in their review that "other than brief references, the book relies entirely on familiarity with the earlier volumes for understanding the causes of action and all other background. The characters never really develop and the dialogue borders on being overwrought. The constant action may appeal to fans of the earlier volumes."

References

The Key (Curley novel) Wikipedia