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Fantasy.
Fiction.
Romance.
Thriller.
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 they??ve sworn to protect. But Seraph is spared a similar fate by the ex-soldier Tier??and together they build a life where she is no longer burdened by her people??s responsibility.
But now Tier is missing??or dead??and Seraph??s reprieve from her duty is over. Using her magic to discover her husband??s fate, Seraph realizes the prison that holds the evil entity known as Stalker is weakening??and only Seraph can fulfill… (mere)
sandstone78: For well-drawn middle-aged heroines with children having adventures. Kayl in Caught in Crystal is a widowed swordswoman drawn back into adventuring to save the Sisterhood of adventurers she was sworn to, and Seraph in the Raven duology is a mage searching for her missing husband.… (mere)
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On the one hand, this was really refreshing because the characters have real depth and complex and believable emotions and motivations. They were also properly smart and knew their stuff like you would expect from people that actually lived in this fantasy world their whole life.
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. ( )
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. ( )
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This book is dedicated with gratitude to:
Robin and Gene Walker Dan, Pam, Jason, John, and Alex Wright Buck, Scott, and the rest of the crew at Buckner's V.W. Parts Exchange Paula, Michael, and Liam Bachelor Dave, Katharine, and Caroline Carson
Anne Sowards—who made this one better
And, as always, to those stalwart people who read it in its roughest stages (in alphabetical order):
Collin Briggs, Michael Briggs, Michael Enzweiler, Jeanne Matteucci, Virginia Mohl, Ann Peters, Kaye Roberson, and John Wilson
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“It’s not far now, my lad,” said Tier.
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“Today,” Tier told Seraph, “the sun is warm on my face. Let’s save tomorrow’s troubles for tomorrow.”
Fantasy.
Fiction.
Romance.
Thriller.
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 they??ve sworn to protect. But Seraph is spared a similar fate by the ex-soldier Tier??and together they build a life where she is no longer burdened by her people??s responsibility.
But now Tier is missing??or dead??and Seraph??s reprieve from her duty is over. Using her magic to discover her husband??s fate, Seraph realizes the prison that holds the evil entity known as Stalker is weakening??and only Seraph can fulfill
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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. ( )