by Kate Elliott
I reviewed this first book, King's Dragon, after reading it; you can find that early, enthusiastic review here. That was close to a year ago and that enthusiasm feels a long way away. So this will be my commentary on the series as a whole. But before you think this means Crown of Stars is a lousy ...
I plan to write a fuller review after reading more of the series, but really enjoyed this. As a kid I read the first couple of books in this series, and now I suspect the reason I didn’t finish is that Elliott’s adult novels are geared toward adult tastes and interests, more so than most popular fan...
I plan to write a fuller review after reading more of the series, but really enjoyed this. As a kid I read the first couple of books in this series, and now I suspect the reason I didn’t finish is that Elliott’s adult novels are geared toward adult tastes and interests, more so than most popular fan...
written a month ago). I do not even know where to begin. I was so booored, but read on, skimmed, and read on. I came to the conclusion that "swears some" I will read this book. I got it, I will read it, not put it back on that darn TBR pile. So I read it, half way through I read reviews for book 7 s...
This was such a slog for me. This book is well written and well researched with fantastic world building, but I found it unnecessarily wordy at times. I also didn't care much for the characters I thought they were dry and fairly standard for a fantasy novel.
It is actually 3.5 stars. Didn't like such an information dump about the society structure. The rest was good.
Unabridged dog walking mp3Not the very best audio quality - quite a lot of background rumble and it sounds as if it's being read from under a pile of flax homespun. Exciting though and the religion aspect is really well thought out - so close to the evolution from pagan to Christianity wherein the f...
This is really engaging high fantasy. Lots of characterization and world building from the very start. No infodumps. Just good, solid fantasy, complete with doomed loves and huge batttles.
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