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Review Date: 9/4/2011
The 2nd installment to this series is a great read, with the Lightborn's politics and magic interweaving nicely in and out with the Darkborn's continuing story. And although it does in fact introduce the lightborn into the storyline, it does not really give Mistress Floria as much time or development as I expected. As a review in Amazon pointed out, she was supposed to be the warrior to Telmaine's lady, etc but her character is ultimately one-dimensional. This becomes particularly evident when compared to Telmaine or even to other characters in the Lightborn society, such as the Prince or the mage Tam. She continues to be at the center of the action and yet her fearful and prejudiced mindset becomes an annoying interruption in the flow of the story. I could go on about it but then I'd sound just like her character. Suffice it to say that "Lightborn" accomplishes much despite having to drag her along. I hope that "Shadowborn" somehow resolves this issue.
Review Date: 1/12/2013
Very good message (you get what you expect of others -- and how you speak to them) but the images can be too scary for a small child. I was so startled by the image of "the bully" dog that I stopped reading the book then and there. It shows the dog as practically rabid and his super angry body fills the entire page.
My First 100 Words in Spanish/English (My First 100 Words Pull-Tab Book)
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Review Date: 8/18/2012
A fun, useful book. We look and say words and he learns a couple each time. Not the kind of book he looks at every day but still worth having!
Review Date: 1/17/2012
Funny drawings and a subject matter ("doggies!) that makes it easier to learn to count.
Dibujos chistosos y un tema ("guau-guaus!) que hace mas facil aprender a contar.
Dibujos chistosos y un tema ("guau-guaus!) que hace mas facil aprender a contar.
Review Date: 7/24/2012
What a funny book, and filled with great illustrations! It is especially useful for parents of train-crazy toddlers, who are happy to relate this process to their favorite topic. Often suggesting that he can read the "Potty Train" is enough to convince my toddler to sit on the potty. In fact, he's started calling some real trains Potty Trains...
Review Date: 11/13/2016
The sequel to "A College of Magics," this book again includes Ms. Jane Brailsford (this time as she visits her brother Robert, a Senior Fellow at Glasscastle University, England's premier school of magic). In truth, the book follows a new character, American sharpshooter Samuel Lambert. Samuel and Jane are trying to find out why the new warden of the west has not taken up his post, so to speak.
The story is told primarily from Samuel's point of view, and as such, I felt it has a certain distance from the magic in the story, unlike A College of Magics. The interaction between him and Jane, however, more than makes up for it. It starts rather slowly, too, but if you can enjoy the set up, there is plenty of action in the latter half of the book.
The story is told primarily from Samuel's point of view, and as such, I felt it has a certain distance from the magic in the story, unlike A College of Magics. The interaction between him and Jane, however, more than makes up for it. It starts rather slowly, too, but if you can enjoy the set up, there is plenty of action in the latter half of the book.
Review Date: 1/13/2012
fun book, if a bit noisy.
Review Date: 12/3/2011
Fun but too short. Very noisy for parents.
Review Date: 10/16/2021
I found this book to be a strange combination of sweetness and horror. The relationship between the thief and her victim, both forced to desperate measures in an attempt to save loved ones, is a bit predictable but still sweet. The elements of intense sexual violence, however, were horribly jarring. There just was no going back to the romance for me after that, I simply wanted the book to end.
Review Date: 7/23/2011
This book - and the series in general - began to seem funny rather than exciting. Jo and David are (again), facing a hopeless and insurmountable situation (in this case the end of humanity) and are cut, beaten, thrown, and otherwise abused so that I began to wonder if I didn't mistakenly pick up a copy of Die Hard. I did like the resolution of the plot at the end, and I'm a sucker for sweet endings. But I couldn't recommend the series.
Review Date: 10/24/2011
My son LOVES this book; it's perfect for his passion for all cars, trains and trucks! The pop-ups are wonderful but don't expect a lot of movement and a few are too impractically delicate for a child to use.
Review Date: 11/14/2011
Wonderful book for all those car-crazy boys out there. Too bad the binding is not the sturdiest, but mine enjoyed it while it lasted!
Review Date: 8/10/2011
This series has been increasingly frustrating, as if the author has had progressively less time to dedicate to successive books. When Demons Walk takes place after the invasion that was suggested in the previous book, albeit in another country and with entirely different protagonists.
I agree with one of the previous reviews that noted how the love story between the two main characters (Sham and Kerim) needed a lot more development. I was surprised by how much less captivating it was than the one in Briggs' "Alpha & Omega" books. Even the love story in the beginning of this series was given two books to develop and flower.
In fact, I wanted more character development in general: Kerim's brother and mother seemed completely one-dimensional, Kerim's servant Dickon begins to flesh out just as the story ends, and the story is briefly narrated by Talbot and Elsic yet their characters remain peripheral to the story. I would have preferred the book to have been twice as long, or at least be split into two books the way Masques and Wolfsbane were.
I agree with one of the previous reviews that noted how the love story between the two main characters (Sham and Kerim) needed a lot more development. I was surprised by how much less captivating it was than the one in Briggs' "Alpha & Omega" books. Even the love story in the beginning of this series was given two books to develop and flower.
In fact, I wanted more character development in general: Kerim's brother and mother seemed completely one-dimensional, Kerim's servant Dickon begins to flesh out just as the story ends, and the story is briefly narrated by Talbot and Elsic yet their characters remain peripheral to the story. I would have preferred the book to have been twice as long, or at least be split into two books the way Masques and Wolfsbane were.
Review Date: 6/25/2021
So disappointing! I was predisposed to like this book, as I'd read the first two and loved them. This book, however, had none of the same characters; it was like a prequel from the other books' ancient history. Being an artist, I loved that the main character, Hail, becomes an artist's apprentice at the start of this book. About a third of the way, however, Hail starts running off to do things that seemed not just impulsive but nonsensical. It got so that I had a hard time following the gist of the story and the best I could feel at the end of the book was relief that it was over.
Review Date: 12/19/2010
I agree with a previous review that the premise was interesting; this falls into the category of books whose concept and storyline I like but which is so poorly written that I can't read it for very long before I'm either laughing AT the book or wishing someone else had written it. If you want a well written book in this general genre, try Patricia Briggs -- her work is much better written and still features a female heroine.
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