The Safe Keepers Secret
by:
Sharon Shinn (author)
ISBN:
9781439569467 (1439569460)
Edition language: English
Series: Safe-Keepers (#1)
Sharon Shinn is one of my comfort read authors. I don't find her books particularly ground-breaking and they don't make me think too hard but they're comforting to read and I enjoy slipping into the worlds she creates. This one though kind of left a bad taste in my mouth, which is a shame as there w...
(3.5 stars)I liked the writing and I enjoyed the worldbuilding. It is a very quiet novel though, and the romance and plot feel very understated. It would have been nice to see more of a central conflict, or maybe more of her and Reed.
Highly recommended for anyone who loves mythic fiction and fairy tales. Like many books in this genre, this was marketed as YA, but is really a book for all ages - at no point did I feel that it was 'juvenile' in any way, although it does have a definite 'coming-of-age' theme.Set in a rural (English...
Seemed to be more of a older children's novel than her Samaria series, but I liked it all the same.
I read the third book of this trilogy a few months ago and liked it, so when I saw this at the library I picked it up. Reading the third book first wasn’t an issue in this case, because these stories are much more in the companion-book line than a straight trilogy. Anyway, I really liked this one, e...
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