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Kira G wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another great novel from Sharon Shinn. She tells great stories that make you want to keep reading and balances the amount of graphic detail in the right proportions.”
P50ten wrote this review Wednesday, September 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was my least favorite of the Twelve Houses books. I re-read the previous four leading up to this, and when placed back to back like that their similarities began to wear on me. Four romances with class distinctions as their primary conflict got tiresome, especially when so few people actually seemed to care about the class issue in any other setting. Perhaps it is true, what the British say, that Americans simply do not understand class the way people with a history of an aristocracy do -- certainly Sharon Shinn does not. The book felt very odd, coming, as it does, after the major political and religious conflict in the series has already been resolved. It also would have been stronger if it had followed Wen solely. Shinn spent a great deal of time getting all the principle players in the previous novels together again and then to Forten city, but none of them had any real stake in the matter. They are all happy, and while I am happy that they are happy, there was no conflict in any scenes with them. I found myself even disliking Senneth a bit, reduced as she was to grousing about ball gowns and travelling -- totally out of character for her, as in every other book she has wanted nothing more than to be on the road. Wen's heartache never connected with me on anything but an intellectual level, and there was virtually no jeopardy to anyone through vast swaths of the book, despite all her vigilance. I understand that that is the usual lot of a bodyguard, but it does not make for dramatic reading. Still, Shinn does have the trick of making you care that her characters are happy, and the book reads quickly enough that it did not feel like an imposition. I only hope that she is now done with this series and can turn her imagination to something new.”
PhoenixFalls wrote this review Saturday, June 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“Great continuance in a series. I should have read two books before this, but Shinn explains a lot of background. It is pretty much a stand alone book. I would recommend this book. ”
mmajere wrote this review Monday, December 1 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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