Nocturne: Indigo #4

Indigo is still on her travels and this time she's in Southwestern part of the world. There she joins a family of performers, the Brabazons and they become like a second family to her and Grimya. When they go to a village to perform at festival, things go bad when the third demon shows up and brings eternal night with him. Now it's up to Indigo and two siblings from the Brabazon family to hunt down the demon....within it's own lair of illusions. You really see how much Grimya means to Indigo in this book and Indigo also discovers things about herself. Things that make you wonder.....is Indigo really what she appears to be? I felt sorry for Indigo having to travel with two immature kids with goofy names. Esty (short for Modesty) a girl who dreams a lot and a coward and really gets in Indigo's way. And the second is Forth (short for Forthright) a 19-year-old kid trying to be a man, who has an annoying crush on Indigo and he ends of up REALLY ticking her off. Really good book about illusions and what is reality and where does fear come from.

Indigo is traveling with a family of performers, who have kind of adopted her in their midst. But all goes well until they reach a land where people start to rise from their beds and going soemwhere no one knows of, the crops start to bligth and amongst other things the sun doesn't rise.In this state of eternal night and a forest of thorns growing everywhere, Indigo is sure she has found her demon, but to locate him, that's more difficult. The demon seems to be everywhere, through his illusions, and Indigo's powers of denial must be great not to believe him.It's interesting how we see from book to book the development of Indigo's character, she really evolves becoming more determined, human, and grown up.

Nocturne is perhaps my favorite chapter in the epic journey of Indigo, although it is hard to pick one.In Nocturne, Louise Cooper blends contrasting elements very effectively. On the one side you have Indigo joined up with a travling show. Where motleys of colors and myriads of songs are the norm. But then color starts to depart from the landscape around them, and in the wake of blighted crops fear starts to grow. It is here Indigo meets her third demon, and unlike those in the past, her power takes center stage. This book gives haunting questions of reality, as well as what is the true nature of fear. With all these elements, it would have been very easy to fall victim to meaningless cliches. But as any fan of Louise Cooper will attest, one of her strongest suits is her ability to take ideas you have seen or heard before, and show them to you in a completely different way. If you are considering staring a series by Louise Cooper, make sure you have every book of the series before you start reading them, or you just might drive yourself crazy in the interim.