Overview:
This is the third book in The Others series.
The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before—both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes. In desperate need of answers, Simon Wolfgard, a shape-shifter leader among the Others, has no choice but to enlist blood prophet Meg Corbyn’s help, regardless of the risks she faces by aiding him.
Meg is still deep in the throes of her addiction to the euphoria she feels when she cuts and speaks prophecy. She knows each slice of her blade tempts death. But Others and humans alike need answers, and her visions may be Simon’s only hope of ending the conflict.
For the shadows of war are deepening across the Atlantik, and the prejudice of a fanatic faction is threatening to bring the battle right to Meg and Simon’s doorstep…
My Review:
3.5 Stars
Reader beware! Do not read this book before reading "Written in Red" and "Murder of Crows", which are books one and two in the Others series. This book will make absolutely no sense if you try to read it out of order.
That being said, I wish I had waited six months to buy this book for two reasons. One, it would have been somewhat cheaper than it is now and two, there would have been information on whether or not there were more books in this series. My review could basically go either way depending on what the answer is to my number two reason.
I absolutely love Anne Bishop's The Others series. I devoured "Written in Red" in one sitting and then re-read it again just so I could become even more entrenched in this world. I waited eagerly for "Murder of Crows" to be published and read it on the night it was released. So you can imagine how highly anticipated book three was for me.
Turns out, this book was my least favorite of the bunch. It was actually a bit of a disappointment. I kept waiting and waiting for the climax which I have come to expect and look forward to in this series, but it never came. At least not for me.
This book definitely has all of the same awesome characters and of course, the fantastic world is still the same, yet changing. There were some new characters and I've got to tell you, they annoyed the crap out of me. I personally thought "The Lizzy" had no place in this book and maybe that's why I found the plot a hard sell, seeing as how she has so much to do with starting off the chain of events that make up this novel's plot.
Mainly, it felt like a lot of stale information and plot filler to answer the questions of previous books with no real conclusion presented. So, I'm sincerely hoping this was not the final book, because if it is, I will be editing my review.
This is the third book in The Others series.
The Others freed the cassandra sangue to protect the blood prophets from exploitation, not realizing their actions would have dire consequences. Now the fragile seers are in greater danger than ever before—both from their own weaknesses and from those who seek to control their divinations for wicked purposes. In desperate need of answers, Simon Wolfgard, a shape-shifter leader among the Others, has no choice but to enlist blood prophet Meg Corbyn’s help, regardless of the risks she faces by aiding him.
Meg is still deep in the throes of her addiction to the euphoria she feels when she cuts and speaks prophecy. She knows each slice of her blade tempts death. But Others and humans alike need answers, and her visions may be Simon’s only hope of ending the conflict.
For the shadows of war are deepening across the Atlantik, and the prejudice of a fanatic faction is threatening to bring the battle right to Meg and Simon’s doorstep…
My Review:
3.5 Stars
Reader beware! Do not read this book before reading "Written in Red" and "Murder of Crows", which are books one and two in the Others series. This book will make absolutely no sense if you try to read it out of order.
That being said, I wish I had waited six months to buy this book for two reasons. One, it would have been somewhat cheaper than it is now and two, there would have been information on whether or not there were more books in this series. My review could basically go either way depending on what the answer is to my number two reason.
I absolutely love Anne Bishop's The Others series. I devoured "Written in Red" in one sitting and then re-read it again just so I could become even more entrenched in this world. I waited eagerly for "Murder of Crows" to be published and read it on the night it was released. So you can imagine how highly anticipated book three was for me.
Turns out, this book was my least favorite of the bunch. It was actually a bit of a disappointment. I kept waiting and waiting for the climax which I have come to expect and look forward to in this series, but it never came. At least not for me.
This book definitely has all of the same awesome characters and of course, the fantastic world is still the same, yet changing. There were some new characters and I've got to tell you, they annoyed the crap out of me. I personally thought "The Lizzy" had no place in this book and maybe that's why I found the plot a hard sell, seeing as how she has so much to do with starting off the chain of events that make up this novel's plot.
Mainly, it felt like a lot of stale information and plot filler to answer the questions of previous books with no real conclusion presented. So, I'm sincerely hoping this was not the final book, because if it is, I will be editing my review.