A review by laurla
Trials by Lou J. Berger, Diana Francis, Melissa McArthur, Faith Hunter, Ken Schrader, Tamsin Silver, Christina Stiles, Spike Y. Jones, Misty Massey

1.0

-i wasnt interested in the rogue mage WORLD, i wanted stories about the rogue mage herself. i wanted stories about THORN. this was disappointing and not what i wanted at all. there was only one story about Thorn.

-people keep asking the author for more books about Thorn and she says that she put out this anthology and the second one, 'tribulations', and there wasnt enough interest. so she's not writing more. well OF COURSE there wasnt enough interest. THIS... its not what the fans wanted! we dont want disjointed stories about the rogue mage world written by other authors! we want more Thorn, written by faith hunter.

-i've never read an anthology about one authors series/world, written by OTHER freaking authors.

-the rest of this anthology was confusing and disjointed.

"lay still, it'll only hurt forever."

"they didnt tell you because they feared being my target themselves. its the way people behave. they're sorry, but they'd prefer you suffer instead of them."

"we're about to try something that could very well get us-"
"killed? must be a day that ends in Y."


-introduction - spike y jones and faith hunter (5 pages)
-prologue: stone walls a prison makes - faith hunter (7 pages)
-the honeymoon is over - faith hunter (5 pages)
-finding the way - misty massey (46 pages)
-set in stone - faith hunter (7 pages)
-wind blown - faith hunter (8 pages)
-tnt - faith hunter (5 pages)
-epenas epiphany - lou j berger (46 pages)
-the price of power - ken schrader (54 pages)
-day one - faith hunter (6 pages)
-monster - spike y jones (57 pages)
-wheels in motion - faith hunter (7 pages)
-bait - faith hunter (6 pages)
-ashes and dust - diane pharoah frances (56 pages)
-storm songs - faith hunter (7 pages)
-defiance - christina stiles (59 pages)
-the stars were right - spike y jones (10 pages)
-alone - faith hunter (55 pages) - how THORN came into her powers and was smuggled out the enclave. to me, this was the ONLY story in this collection that i was interested in.
-mettilwynd - tamsin silver (72 pages)
-sons - faith hunter (9 pages)
-requiem of the sea - melissa mcarthur (48 pages)
-the best laid plans - faith hunter (7 pages) (short blurb about how audric meets rupert, thorn is in the background)