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Lover Avenged
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J. R. Ward
cherrydragon
, June 28, 2009
Warning: Spoilers alert!!! This book was better than Lover Enshrined. Still not up to JR Ward's old quality. Or, it could be that the Black Dagger Brotherhood (BDB) series has worn off a little of it's novelty on me. At least there was no embarassing sissy soprano singing... It hasn't really been fully explained why Rehvenge shouldn't kill the sympath Princess... It looked to me like it would have been so much simpler if Rehvenge killed her and a whole lot more sensible. But then I guess we wouldn't have a book... Still worth reading. If for nothing else, then, for better appreciation of the next book in the series. In the hopes that the next book would be better...
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Beyond The Shadows Night Angel 3 UK
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Brent Weeks
cherrydragon
, June 27, 2009
Is there a song for you, that when you hear it, reminds you of a book? I was reading the Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks when Jai Ho by the Pussycat Dolls hit the top ten. And I kept hearing it all the way I was reading the three books. Now, everytime I hear it, it reminds me of Jarl and Azoth and their special old "greetings" to each other, "Jarl O". And I think that will stick with me for life. WARNING: SPOILERS!!! If you do not want to read spoilers, then do not read further. My review: I liked the story telling-quality of Brent Weeks. I would give the story-telling quality per sey a score of 5 out of 5. And I would have given this book 4 stars if not for the ending. It is just too, too drawn out. Too dramatic to the point of embarassing to read!! Another reason this book got lower than 4 stars, is that there are loose ends in the story. Like for example, who is going to lead the people of Khalidor? Since their one stalwart leader has gone mad? And given that they have the culture of corruption and utter domination, I have a hard time envisioning them not deteriorating back to their old ways without a strong leader. From that perspective, it was not a happy ending. And I really, really did not like it that somebody who has strived to do what was right against all odds for so long only ended up being mad. I mean, the reason I read fiction is to get away from reality, and here, Weeks lets reality intrude. *sigh* I like the idea of VIR, I think that was original of Brent Weeks!
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