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kebreads's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this story.
Content: a few mild swear words, nudity referenced
Content: a few mild swear words, nudity referenced
chronohart's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
tejah's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Grief
nerdgirllin's review against another edition
3.0
This was a nice short story set in the same world as the book of deacon. I enjoyed it, but it just doesn't stand up to the book of deacon. Still, its a nice short read. Just...don't expect the epicness that came with the book of deacon and the rest of the trilogy.
secre's review against another edition
2.0
Jade is a short story set in the world of Deacon, long after the Chronicles of Deacon have reached their inevitable conclusion. All in all, it's quite a sweet story, however the short length of it means that vast swathes of Jade's life are swept over with little to no detail. The writing style is therefore somewhat bare bones and it's difficult to continue caring about a character when you keep missing years of their life and popping back in to see how they are doing.
I also found the love aspect of the story predictable and remarkably boring if truth is told. All the way through I was hoping for something different, something special and yet in the end exactly what I thought would happen...did. This was obviously somewhat of a disappointment and marred my overall enjoyment of the short tale.
Finally, I found the characters under-developed and rather unfleshed. Jade is too perfect; this is covered in novel terms by the fact that she is 'lucky' and yet perfect characters do not make for brilliant protagonists, particularly if you don't intend on killing them off early. Our dragon companion doesn't fare too much better... being legendarily powerful creatures it is perhaps difficult to make them flawed but certainly more of an effort could have been made. And our Prince Charming was... rather vapid and bleh.
The evil doers aren't much more fleshed out and the motives are lacklustre at best. Greed is a huge one and that at least makes sense, but some of the resultant actions of the characters are baffling at best and you'd strongly suggest that someone with more brains would have pointed this out. Either way, the overall bad guy who is pulling the strings has no motive at all that can be seen until the last section and this again makes you wonder why, oh why it couldn't have been written better.
All in all, this is somewhat of a disappointment, particularly as I very much enjoyed the final installment of the Book of Deacon. It's a quick and easy read though, so won't take long if you want another section of the tale told to you.
I also found the love aspect of the story predictable and remarkably boring if truth is told. All the way through I was hoping for something different, something special and yet in the end exactly what I thought would happen...did. This was obviously somewhat of a disappointment and marred my overall enjoyment of the short tale.
Finally, I found the characters under-developed and rather unfleshed. Jade is too perfect; this is covered in novel terms by the fact that she is 'lucky' and yet perfect characters do not make for brilliant protagonists, particularly if you don't intend on killing them off early. Our dragon companion doesn't fare too much better... being legendarily powerful creatures it is perhaps difficult to make them flawed but certainly more of an effort could have been made. And our Prince Charming was... rather vapid and bleh.
The evil doers aren't much more fleshed out and the motives are lacklustre at best. Greed is a huge one and that at least makes sense, but some of the resultant actions of the characters are baffling at best and you'd strongly suggest that someone with more brains would have pointed this out. Either way, the overall bad guy who is pulling the strings has no motive at all that can be seen until the last section and this again makes you wonder why, oh why it couldn't have been written better.
All in all, this is somewhat of a disappointment, particularly as I very much enjoyed the final installment of the Book of Deacon. It's a quick and easy read though, so won't take long if you want another section of the tale told to you.
justasking27's review against another edition
3.0
A lovely little story set in the Book of Deacon universe. Don't worry if you have forgotten all the details of the original trilogy, but I will say that a familiarity with the story is helpful here.
deleyna's review against another edition
5.0
Read his fantasy trilogy first, then read this shorter work to enjoy the memories and re-enter that world. I loved the character of Jade...and her protector!
valie's review against another edition
5.0
Ahh, I loved this one.
I got this book in the Kindle bundle EPIC: 14 Books of Fantasy.
I have to say I was growing tired of reading tragic and action filled first-of-its-trilogy books, and Jade was a much needed and much welcome rest from that.
It was wonderful and refreshing to read an almost fairy-tale story of love and kindness and happy-endings that had started and ended and didn't leave me dying to know if I should pick up the sequel.
Upon finishing I found out there are other books to the series, even previous in chronology to this one, but I felt no need for more information. When there was talk of background and worldbuilding, I just assumed it was to give some depth and in no way did it detract from my enjoyment of the story.
There are some minor writting issues, but nothing serious.
I just loved so very much both Jade and Halfax that I will most definetly pick up the other books to get to know this world better.
I only hope that horrible elf won't hurt future descendants from Jade, or I'll go inside myself to kill him.
I got this book in the Kindle bundle EPIC: 14 Books of Fantasy.
I have to say I was growing tired of reading tragic and action filled first-of-its-trilogy books, and Jade was a much needed and much welcome rest from that.
It was wonderful and refreshing to read an almost fairy-tale story of love and kindness
Upon finishing I found out there are other books to the series, even previous in chronology to this one, but I felt no need for more information. When there was talk of background and worldbuilding, I just assumed it was to give some depth and in no way did it detract from my enjoyment of the story.
There are some minor writting issues, but nothing serious.
I just loved so very much both Jade and Halfax that I will most definetly pick up the other books to get to know this world better.
I only hope that horrible elf won't hurt future descendants from Jade, or I'll go inside myself to kill him.