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nenacall's review
5.0
If you like plots within plots and tales within tales this trilogy is for you. A little wordy but held my interest. I thoughly enjoyed it.
debyik's review
3.0
This book is really slow, lyrical, with its own world and language and no explanation of what any of the words mean so you are left guessing what she is talking about. You can get the gist of it, but it keeps you from getting immersed in the story. I was ready to DNF only 7% of the way through the book. I set it down and read something else before coming back to it, but don’t give up, it gets better. The pacing is slow to medium throughout the book, but the action is good. The character relationships are decent but I feel they could be developed better although I understand why they weren’t. I’m sure the second book will have more character development and relationship building.
The second book continues with the faster pace at the beginning but still has some of the slower-paced sections which could probably be omitted without hurting the story at all. It’s hard to tell much of what is going on without spoilers. We are still following Imhrein on her trek to find out who she is and what her forgotten past contains as the missing time seems to become more and more important!
The third book starts out at a good pace, then the slow pace and lyrical writing comes back in strong. I had a hard time pushing through. The ending was good though. I was able to switch to the audiobook for the last half of the third book and that really saved me and helped me to finish the book. The narrator for the audiobook was amazing and I was so impressed with the different voices and accents that she used and how easily all the languages flowed from her. If you can get your hands on the audiobooks, I highly recommend reading physically while listening, it’s the best way to go.
Overall this was a really good series, but not really for me. I can see that the author was inspired by The Lord of The Rings and did a great job capturing the spirit of the series. But, her writing style was just not for me, too lyrical and long-winded for my taste. If you are into that style of writing, you will absolutely love this series!!
”The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations & outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses - it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.”
”’True choices’, said Caitri sagely, ‘are made all the time - the small decisions. If we have no say in where the road takes us, at least we can decide how to place our feet and what to look at along the way.’”
The second book continues with the faster pace at the beginning but still has some of the slower-paced sections which could probably be omitted without hurting the story at all. It’s hard to tell much of what is going on without spoilers. We are still following Imhrein on her trek to find out who she is and what her forgotten past contains as the missing time seems to become more and more important!
The third book starts out at a good pace, then the slow pace and lyrical writing comes back in strong. I had a hard time pushing through. The ending was good though. I was able to switch to the audiobook for the last half of the third book and that really saved me and helped me to finish the book. The narrator for the audiobook was amazing and I was so impressed with the different voices and accents that she used and how easily all the languages flowed from her. If you can get your hands on the audiobooks, I highly recommend reading physically while listening, it’s the best way to go.
Overall this was a really good series, but not really for me. I can see that the author was inspired by The Lord of The Rings and did a great job capturing the spirit of the series. But, her writing style was just not for me, too lyrical and long-winded for my taste. If you are into that style of writing, you will absolutely love this series!!
”The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations & outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses - it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.”
”’True choices’, said Caitri sagely, ‘are made all the time - the small decisions. If we have no say in where the road takes us, at least we can decide how to place our feet and what to look at along the way.’”
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