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This book feels a lot like it's built on the quest model. Reluctant hero must go touch three stones to save his kingdom. At times, this is very tedious, with all the travel. Interestingly, most of the story is not told through the reluctant hero's POV, but from the most junior sentinel mage, which I...
I read this within 24 hours. I did not love it. First the good: Emily Gee writes well, not doubt about it; her prose is fluid and moves at a really good pace and her descriptions are short, yet they paint a very detailed picture, which is really hard for authors to do without dragging it on for too ...
When the most well-drawn & sympathetic character in the book is the magical talking dog & the secondmost interesting character is the villainous magical monster who's cursed the "hero's" family for generations, you've got a characterization problem, big time. Traditional magical fantasy tale, mi...
Check this review out on our blog!3.5 STARS!With an awesome premise of gender bending shape shifting, The Sentinel Mage stands out among other fantasies. However, its somewhat repetitive dialogue and predictable plot bog the novel, which should have been so much more.Prince Harkeld of Osgaard has be...
This is a pretty gritty story of prejudice and alien races and the building of respect between people. It all starts when Melke steals a necklace and gives it to the Salamanders who in this world are vaguely humanoid beings, to ransom her brother, Hantje. She is helped by her ability to go invisibl...