Mystic and Rider
by:
Sharon Shinn (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9785558757132 (5558757132)
Publisher: Ace Books
Edition language: English
Series: Twelve Houses (#1)
The book's writing, characters and world building deserve 5 stars but I only enjoyed it like 3 stars worth-I don't know why it was a great book!
I'm giving this book a relatively low score because this first one struck me as a rather generic Sword and Sorcery. The backdrop is faux pseudo-European. The King's Riders reminded me of Lackey's Heralds (albeit without the magical trappings) and as for the dilemma of the mystics? I can't agree with...
Mystic & Rider is the first book in Sharon Shinn's Twelve Houses series. I was drawn in right from the start. Having read her Samaria series I knew I could expect a well crafted story. What I got was that and more. This series is a tale of a kingdom where magic is frequently equated with evil and ev...
This was a great book. It's one I'd like to read again. The only thing that made me decide to go for a four instead of a 5 star rating was that I felt the love story took too long to get to. For awhile, I thought it would never get there. Also, when the love story portion came into play, I didn't fe...
Wow. WOW. What a gorgeous book!I never thought I would enjoy fantasy so much. Well ok, the romance part helped a bit :) But it was so fascinating to see this illusional world full of so many details and looking so real, and all the main characters together, side by side, through good and the bad, on...
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