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embereye's review
3.0
Getting a teensy better here. Some elements of surprise in the plotting, which is always nice. I enjoy not being able to predict what happens next. Some of the conflict is still TOTALLY ANNOYING, but whatevah... I can work around it. Still crack.
eacolgan's review
2.0
when i was fifteen, i thought this series was the shit. the writing wasn't great, but hey, the sexy parts were good, so it didn't matter that the plot was like swiss cheese sliced superthin, right? looking back, the fact that the sexy parts *are* the best parts of these books is pretty telling. the premises of the plot and characters aren't bad, and there are some parts that are actually interesting, but overall the series is repetitive and predictable, and probably not worth the time it'd take to get through all five.
emeraldreverie's review
3.0
Nostalgia reread. And we're scaling! Bigger and better and magicker and eviler goings on. I do enjoy this very garbage popcorn so much!
molly_roanoke's review
3.0
Some major themes that are developed in the fourth round of the magical mind-fuckery that is the Blending Series:
* Using Puredan to enslave people is not OK.
* Using your Spirit Magic to enslave people is OK.
* It is now time for a refreshing cup of tea.
* The enslaved are partly (entirely?) responsible for their own enslavement, unless Puredan was involved, in which case they get a pass.
* Without tea, we are nothing. We are nothing without tea. Might we please have tea, now? (We demand tea).
* The Blending Entity will probably enslave you at some point; that's OK.
* Tea above all. Then bathing. Then class war. But first tea. TEA.
* Using Puredan to enslave people is not OK.
* Using your Spirit Magic to enslave people is OK.
* It is now time for a refreshing cup of tea.
* The enslaved are partly (entirely?) responsible for their own enslavement, unless Puredan was involved, in which case they get a pass.
* Without tea, we are nothing. We are nothing without tea. Might we please have tea, now? (We demand tea).
* The Blending Entity will probably enslave you at some point; that's OK.
* Tea above all. Then bathing. Then class war. But first tea. TEA.
smartflutist661's review
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Already we start setting up the sequel series. It's also quite nice to get out of Gan Garee and finally see the protagonists start to come into their own. Possibly my favorite of the first series, despite Vallant and Tamrissa picking up yet more idiot balls.
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