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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I picked up this series because I enjoyed the Mercy Thompson series Patricia Briggs wrote. I was not disappointed. This is set more in old-world fantasy story-telling unlike the modern vampire/werewolf story I read before. I've always enjoyed fantasy stories and this was a nice easy story to listen to (audiobook saved my sanity during work commutes). If you enjoy other stories by Patricia Briggs or fantasy adventure, then I would definitely recommend this book. This is the first Patricia Briggs novel I’ve read that is outside of her werewolf series. (Actually I don’t think that’s true. I suspect I read [[Dragon Bone]] several years ago. Anyway, it feels like the first!) I liked it very much. It’s a complex and convincing world with well-rounded and interesting characters living their complex and convincing lives. I like the magic and the non-magic equally. I have already started the second book. And it is off to a rousing start. Good, reliable, non-terrifying fantasy. Thank you, Madame Briggs! no reviews | add a review
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HTML:From #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs comes a fantastical series set in a world where magic is the only thing that stands between humanity and total destruction... Seraph is a Raven mage, and among the last of the Travelers who ensure that the city of Colossae is safe from evil. Unwelcome by those who fear magic, the wizard clans have been decimated by the very people theyâ??ve sworn to protect. But Seraph is spared a similar fate by the ex-soldier Tierâ??and together they build a life where she is no longer burdened by her peopleâ??s responsibility. But now Tier is missingâ??or deadâ??and Seraphâ??s reprieve from her duty is over. Using her magic to discover her husbandâ??s fate, Seraph realizes the prison that holds the evil entity known as Stalker is weakeningâ??and only Seraph can fulfill No library descriptions found. |
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But on the other hand, the one aspect that killed this book was the horrifically slow pacing. Nothing but character introduction happens in the first 5 hours of the audiobook. And there are about 6 characters introduced that are of actual importance to the plot. I knew that I could probably expect a pretty good story and well-done characters at least from this author because of her hit series. Without that trust credit, I probably wouldn't have even made it through the first 3 hours.
This book felt closer to 600 pages, not the 334 it actually has and the audiobook is over 13 hours long.
The core plot was rather stereotypical. It's just ancient evil power makes people do evil things.
The by far more interesting part of this story to me was the court intrigue towards the end of the book but I wasn't a fan of how naive and clichéed the resolution ended up being. It felt a bit like the author just had to wrap up the story because it went on for too long and I kind of agree. I just feel like it would've been better to tighten up the opening instead. ( )