E. Ward

"Not for me" captures this

Revisado: 04-13-24

I wish I could review without giving it stars. I know many people enjoy this book and I liked the "Others" series by Anne Bishop so I gave this one a try.

I could not stand how angry and overbearing every male was. The 'main' character (female, Jaenelle) never felt like a person to me. She seemed like a coddled and powerful toy. The way the males in the story talked to each other made everything sexual innuendo. It just seemed like a bunch of badly behaved teen boys. Don't they have bigger things to worry about such as keeping Jaenelle alive so she can fight whatever the bad thing is?

The amount of casual sexual violence (sometimes with children involved) was not explicitly described but it was too much, too often. The book is very character driven and unfortunately all of these characters have suffered and are suffering terrible trauma.

It's been 300+ books since I've put one down without finishing, but I gave up on this one about 2/3 the way through. Perhaps it gets better, but I couldn't stick around to find out.

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Great story

Revisado: 02-12-24

This story is hard to put down! Lots of mystery, interesting magic system, political intrigue.

The narrator’s tone matches the narrative well and she doesn’t have any annoying traits. It is easy to tell the voices apart. The fact that it sounds a bit bedtime-story-like would be irritating, except that a lot of the story is meant to be an older woman telling a small child things.

This book is part of a series and you will want to continue after this one. It sets up the world. It does end in a place with resolution, so you could stop at this one

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Great story

Revisado: 09-26-23

The world building was amazing and totally immersive.

It is not super action packed- but there is a plot and things do happen at a relatively moderate pace.

I don’t care much for the bits that are classic stories from the alien world (winter) but they aren’t very long.

My only issue with the narration was that you couldn’t tell which of the two POVs you were getting except by context. But that really does make it hard to figure out what’s happening at times.

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Great once you get into it!

Revisado: 03-27-22

I read this book twice. The first time I didn't like it. The second time I'm glad I tried again because I loved it. There's quite a bit of setup in this book and it's very much a fantasy novel with political intrigue. There's also a little too much fighting description for my taste, but I enjoyed the characters and the setting.

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Enjoyable Mystery

Revisado: 03-27-22

I enjoyed this second installment of the Ursula Blanchard mysteries, but not as much as the first one. The love story is tiresome and the evil characters are just too evil. This one had some really fun side characters though!

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Good 12th Century Mystery

Revisado: 03-27-22

I like the historical setting of these books and the mysteries. The thing that keeps them from being 5 stars for me is that I get a little tired of the prostitutes thing and sometimes they get confusing with all of the "current events" (history) thrown in. It's hard to remember which characters are associated with which historical figures. I would also like a little more character development.

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A nice cozy mystery

Revisado: 03-27-22

Cheery mystery with interesting characters. Mystery is a little silly but the setting is super nice.

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Entertaining and Easy to Listen to

Revisado: 08-08-20

The story is about a woman and her daughter who move to the south and try to make it as sugar farmers. There are some upsetting bits involving her family. The voice of the woman feels very authentic but I think her brother's voice is a bit too one sided.

It's not the kind of book I thought I would enjoy, but I stretched out my chores so I could keep listening!

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Adult Fairy Tale

Revisado: 08-08-20

I loved the narrator, so I have no idea what people are talking about. The first ten minutes I was a bit confused, but then I really liked her accent. Even though she has an accent she enunciates clearly and it made the tale seem more homey to me.

The story is about a girl who lives by a wood full of evil things. She loves her village, friends, and family, but is chosen to go live with a wizard.

As with most fairy tales, there is good, evil, and a bit of moralizing, but not in an oppressive way.

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