by Sarah Ash
Urban fantasy is becoming more common, with authors such as Charles de Lint heading the pack. But Sarah Ash has broken away from the custom of setting magic in modern-day settings, instead creating a new world where magic and burgeoning modernism exist side-by-side. Science and magic collide in Lo...
Abandoned at about halfway point: repetitive, uninspired writing, uninteresting characters, weird juxtaposition of fantasy with reality, and altogether pretty predictable.
In a world that is vaguely Russian during the early 20th century, a young painter falls in love with a court beauty. However his plans are all derailed when some northern warriors arrive to inform him that his father is dead and that he is now the ruler of his father's lands. With the power comes ...
The whole time I was reading this I wondered if I'd have liked it better when I was younger. I couldn't connect with any of the characters.
I bought this book just 'cause of the pretty cover art. I wasn't familiar with the author at all.About half way through the book, I ordered the two sequels, and just today I bought another book from the author. So - she's won me over!This is very enjoyable epic fantasy. I very much liked the semi-Ru...
Gavril has no idea what he’s up against. In one day, he goes from being a talented, but commonly born peasant with little knowledge of his parentage painting (and falling in love with) the local nobleman’s daughter, to being kidnapped and told his father’s not only the king of a foreign country, but...
Well, nice enough...but I don't see myself picking up part 2 anytime soon.
Ms. Ash is a new to me author and one I enjoy. I prefer female writers who write a dark meaty fantasy world. I'm a dragon lover so I have to read this book. I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed. It's different than Ms. McCaffrey Dragons. This is a darker and grittier story. I like it and I can'...
Gavril Andar is a talented painter who learns that he is really the heir to a kingdom in a mysterious northern realm known as Azkendir. Gavril's father is cruelly murdered and his men-at-arms come to fetch Gavril to take his rightful place as ruler. Kidnapped and made prisoner in the snowy, dreary K...
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