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zoeshea's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
sethxo's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
alisonalisonalison's review against another edition
5.0
Wow, what an ending. It's a perfect ending and this is a marvelous book. This story and these characters have been living in my heart for years and I feel a little bereft at the ending of The Wode, but so very satisfied. This is arguably my favourite series ever. It's very special to me and I'm sad it's over, but how incredibly excited am I to re-read the whole *complete* series in one go?! I think most anything I could say about the plot would be a spoiler, so I'll keep quiet on that front. It's a wonderfully long book, like all the books in this series, and I swam in it for a week and it was glorious. I absolutely loved it and I don't think I'm able to be objective at all, or able to say anything remotely useful. The best books are the hardest to say anything useful about, aren't they? This is the capstone on a stunning piece of work. It fulfilled my very high expectations. I am so eager to find out what's next for this author.
bookshelfsos's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
God, this book was gorgeous and tense and cathartic. It wasn't perfect, but it was exactly right.
Wyldingwode is what happens when fate rips the Ceugant apart again, but this time our characters are a little bit older and a lot more mature. At the end of Summerwode we saw our three main characters separated by fate: Robyn pulled into Barrow Mere, Gamelyn under the yoke of the Templars, and Marion left to manage hearth and home at Tickhill with new baby Aderyn. At the outset of this tale, we’ve moved forward a few years in time, but not much else has changed. Robyn is still missing, Gamelyn is still being drawn away by his Templar masters, Marion is still occupied defending Tickhill and her status as a peasant and a woman among the lords of the land.
J Tullos Hennig is an outstandingly talented writer. Her prose is gorgeous and evocative of life in a Medieval castle, in Outremer, or even in a magical fae cavern. This book had flaws, other readers have pointed them out and I agree with many of them. But those issues don’t outweigh, for me, the strength of the characters who I love so much or the gorgeous writing.
Check out my full review on my blog: <a href="https://bookshelfsos.com/index.php/2021/05/10/wyldingwode-by-j-tullos-hennig/#more-104">BookshelfSOS</a>.
Wyldingwode is what happens when fate rips the Ceugant apart again, but this time our characters are a little bit older and a lot more mature. At the end of Summerwode we saw our three main characters separated by fate: Robyn pulled into Barrow Mere, Gamelyn under the yoke of the Templars, and Marion left to manage hearth and home at Tickhill with new baby Aderyn. At the outset of this tale, we’ve moved forward a few years in time, but not much else has changed. Robyn is still missing, Gamelyn is still being drawn away by his Templar masters, Marion is still occupied defending Tickhill and her status as a peasant and a woman among the lords of the land.
J Tullos Hennig is an outstandingly talented writer. Her prose is gorgeous and evocative of life in a Medieval castle, in Outremer, or even in a magical fae cavern. This book had flaws, other readers have pointed them out and I agree with many of them. But those issues don’t outweigh, for me, the strength of the characters who I love so much or the gorgeous writing.
Check out my full review on my blog: <a href="https://bookshelfsos.com/index.php/2021/05/10/wyldingwode-by-j-tullos-hennig/#more-104">BookshelfSOS</a>.
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