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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Wow. I am stunned. This second book in the Ravenwood series moved me as much as the first. The power of the Light in the end had me in tears. I liked that Selene was honest with Damien instead of the typical hide everything from each other til the end. I'll be reading this again and remembering it in my dreamscapes.
After reading the first book in the Ravenwood Saga, I was so excited to read the sequel. "Flight of the Raven," didn't disappoint. If anything, it made me love the characters and story even more! Selene and Damien are awesome characters. Selene grew a lot in this book. She learned how to let go of distrust and what it means to truly love. Damien learned how to open up about grief and to be patient in new relationships. The love they grow to share for each other is so beautiful and selfless.
The story also grew as well. There were a few revelations I didn't see coming, which I have a feeling will make the last book pretty intense.
I can't wait for to read "Cry of the Raven," but I also don't want this series to end yet!
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
The story also grew as well. There were a few revelations I didn't see coming, which I have a feeling will make the last book pretty intense.
I can't wait for to read "Cry of the Raven," but I also don't want this series to end yet!
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I can't even begin to tell you how much I absolutely loved this book. It's everything I was hoping for and so much more. I didn't think it could top Mark of the Raven, but it did. I'd give it more than five stars if I could.
This story is very much about Selene's journey from the darkness to the light. Fighting her way out the darkness she grew up in, the only way of life she's known, and finding her true purpose in the Light. With the help of her new husband Lord Damien Maris, she's seeing the world in a whole new way. Leaving her home in the Magyr Mountains and going to Nor Esen is such an eyeopener for Selene. The way Damien treats his people with kindness and honor and the amount of respect they show him in return is so different from the fear and terror her mother instilled in her own people. It's such a refreshing change. I loved watching Selene discover her true self.
There was such a beautiful and powerful message in this novel. It took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes. I know it's early in the year to be saying this, but Flight of the Raven will definitely be making my best of the year list. I highly recommend this series to everyone, even if you're new to fantasy. It's beyond amazing.
This story is very much about Selene's journey from the darkness to the light. Fighting her way out the darkness she grew up in, the only way of life she's known, and finding her true purpose in the Light. With the help of her new husband Lord Damien Maris, she's seeing the world in a whole new way. Leaving her home in the Magyr Mountains and going to Nor Esen is such an eyeopener for Selene. The way Damien treats his people with kindness and honor and the amount of respect they show him in return is so different from the fear and terror her mother instilled in her own people. It's such a refreshing change. I loved watching Selene discover her true self.
There was such a beautiful and powerful message in this novel. It took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes. I know it's early in the year to be saying this, but Flight of the Raven will definitely be making my best of the year list. I highly recommend this series to everyone, even if you're new to fantasy. It's beyond amazing.
Estuvo increíble esta entrega, lo disfrute muchísimo. Aunque se sintió más que todo de transición, se preparó el terreno para el tercer libro.
La lectura tiene más dinamismo por la suma de perspectivas. Mientras se muestra la evolución de la relación entre Damien y Selene, se agregan los puntos de vista de Amara y de Lady Ragna. Entonces el conflicto político se desarrolla en ambos bandos y muchos secretos son desvelados.
Con el matrimonio de Damien y Selene, ahora los secretos de Ravenwood son conocidos por Damien. Pero esa parte en que Selene se desahoga y le cuenta lo de su don, y como quiere descubrir su verdadero propósito, sienta una dinámica en la relación muy bonita y poco desarrollada en libros de fantasía juvenil.
Hay una evolución notoria en Selene que fue causado por el cambio de ambiente. sus pensamientos ya encuentran un lugar idóneo para llevarla a un cambio personal y se dio un gran paso para fortalecer su mente.
Me gusto la manera en que el mundo se expandió y mostro los dominios de la casa Maris y de la casa luceras.
Tengo que admitir que estuvo genial ese final, la muerte de Amara es un suceso que marca un punto de inflexión para Selene.
Una cosa que note es que me gusta como maneja este libro los sueños, y el concepto del poder de Selene esta muy interesante y tiene mucho potencial.
La lectura tiene más dinamismo por la suma de perspectivas. Mientras se muestra la evolución de la relación entre Damien y Selene, se agregan los puntos de vista de Amara y de Lady Ragna. Entonces el conflicto político se desarrolla en ambos bandos y muchos secretos son desvelados.
Con el matrimonio de Damien y Selene, ahora los secretos de Ravenwood son conocidos por Damien. Pero esa parte en que Selene se desahoga y le cuenta lo de su don, y como quiere descubrir su verdadero propósito, sienta una dinámica en la relación muy bonita y poco desarrollada en libros de fantasía juvenil.
Hay una evolución notoria en Selene que fue causado por el cambio de ambiente. sus pensamientos ya encuentran un lugar idóneo para llevarla a un cambio personal y se dio un gran paso para fortalecer su mente.
Me gusto la manera en que el mundo se expandió y mostro los dominios de la casa Maris y de la casa luceras.
Tengo que admitir que estuvo genial ese final, la muerte de Amara es un suceso que marca un punto de inflexión para Selene.
Una cosa que note es que me gusta como maneja este libro los sueños, y el concepto del poder de Selene esta muy interesante y tiene mucho potencial.
A bit more worldbuilding, and a lot more symbolism.
There's a touch of excitement early on as the small band who escaped in the first book encounters dangers on their way back to Damien's kingdom. But once they do arrive, the pacing slows significantly and stays there until about 70% of the way through. There's a lot of Selene being insecure about her new husband, and repeating her presumption of his rejection over and over in her internal monologue.
I'm usually a sucker for a marriage-of-convenience trope. But the chemistry here just didn't quite do it for me. (Might have had something to do with the hero and heroine voices sounding too similar too often--which is sort of the risk you run character-wise with a sensitive male and emotionally repressed warrior female.) In terms of intimacy, both are evasively shy and almost painfully innocent.
Despite Selene's mother being power-hungry, ruthless, amoral, and conniving... Lady Ravenwood doesn't seem particularly intelligent. Though she considers her daughters to be her primary means to an end and has trained them to be skilled fighters, she's done little to prepare them for emulating her viciousness. No desensitizing lessons in killing things--not even animals--prior to the development of their dream gift. No preparing them for the weight of their expected responsibilities (she just springs it on them partway into their orientation that she expects them to assassinate people.) No lessons in how to use their beauty and feminine wiles to get what they're after in less deadly ways (which Lady Ravenwood herself is clearly good at). Gross maternal negligence doesn't seem a sufficient explanation for poor planning.
Then again, Selene's mother has also aligned herself with the Dominia Empire--the evil bad guys who originally wiped out her Great House--in a plot to get revenge upon all the other houses that just sat back and allowed her House to be exterminated hundreds of years prior. (Oh, except for the House of the dude she's having an affair with, of course. They apparently get a revenge pass for his... services. >.>) So yeah. Maybe she's just not that smart.
The end was a touch of twisty and surprising. I give it kudos for subverting my expectations. But given the sometimes draggy pacing, I'm just a little less sure if I'll end up finishing the series.
There's a touch of excitement early on as the small band who escaped in the first book encounters dangers on their way back to Damien's kingdom. But once they do arrive, the pacing slows significantly and stays there until about 70% of the way through. There's a lot of Selene being insecure about her new husband, and repeating her presumption of his rejection over and over in her internal monologue.
I'm usually a sucker for a marriage-of-convenience trope. But the chemistry here just didn't quite do it for me. (Might have had something to do with the hero and heroine voices sounding too similar too often--which is sort of the risk you run character-wise with a sensitive male and emotionally repressed warrior female.) In terms of intimacy, both are evasively shy and almost painfully innocent.
Despite Selene's mother being power-hungry, ruthless, amoral, and conniving... Lady Ravenwood doesn't seem particularly intelligent. Though she considers her daughters to be her primary means to an end and has trained them to be skilled fighters, she's done little to prepare them for emulating her viciousness. No desensitizing lessons in killing things--not even animals--prior to the development of their dream gift. No preparing them for the weight of their expected responsibilities (she just springs it on them partway into their orientation that she expects them to assassinate people.) No lessons in how to use their beauty and feminine wiles to get what they're after in less deadly ways (which Lady Ravenwood herself is clearly good at). Gross maternal negligence doesn't seem a sufficient explanation for poor planning.
Then again, Selene's mother has also aligned herself with the Dominia Empire--the evil bad guys who originally wiped out her Great House--in a plot to get revenge upon all the other houses that just sat back and allowed her House to be exterminated hundreds of years prior. (Oh, except for the House of the dude she's having an affair with, of course. They apparently get a revenge pass for his... services. >.>) So yeah. Maybe she's just not that smart.
The end was a touch of twisty and surprising. I give it kudos for subverting my expectations. But given the sometimes draggy pacing, I'm just a little less sure if I'll end up finishing the series.
This was absolutely fantastic. I have fallen madly in love with this world and don't ever want to leave. The relationship between Selene and Damien in this book is perfection. I cannot wait to see how it all ends in the next one!
Flight of the Raven is a very good sequel to Mark of the Raven. I enjoyed how the relationship between Damien and Selene developed. The middle of the book was a little slow. In my opinion, it took Selene too long to figure out what she wanted and who she was. The last part of the book was excellent though. I look forward to the next book.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for an honest review.
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think I liked this book more than the first one because my expectations were SO much lower.
In the first book I expected all kinds of fun and crazy stuff like epic fights and rAvENs and cold-hearted murderesses and mysteries and thrills and AHHHH INTENSE COOLNESS but in the second book I expected them to sit around and feel awkward and that's exactly what happened.
So I guess it all worked out in the end.
...
Except it didn't.
Because the romance in this book was weird and kind of disgusting and I saw TOO MANY red flags. Their marriage, and how they dealt with conflict, didn't seem remotely realistic. The fact that they had loads of tension, and conflict, and awkwardness, but they had sex one time, and boom *POOF* MAGIC it all disappeared, was very frustrating and mildly troubling.
A lot of their relationship was just stupid, in my opinion, and I could deal with that, but some of it was straight-up unhealthy and made me mad.
I'm just glad 15 year old me didn't read this.
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I skimmed the last book, like MAJORLY skimmed (as in I skipped entire chapters), I was not impressed and I don't really feel like I can count that I read it.
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This whole series was a fail for me, but I guess I can see why others might enjoy it. *shrugs* Different strokes for different folks.
In the first book I expected all kinds of fun and crazy stuff like epic fights and rAvENs and cold-hearted murderesses and mysteries and thrills and AHHHH INTENSE COOLNESS but in the second book I expected them to sit around and feel awkward and that's exactly what happened.
So I guess it all worked out in the end.
...
Except it didn't.
Because the romance in this book was weird and kind of disgusting and I saw TOO MANY red flags. Their marriage, and how they dealt with conflict, didn't seem remotely realistic. The fact that they had loads of tension, and conflict, and awkwardness, but they had sex one time, and boom *POOF* MAGIC it all disappeared, was very frustrating and mildly troubling.
A lot of their relationship was just stupid, in my opinion, and I could deal with that, but some of it was straight-up unhealthy and made me mad.
I'm just glad 15 year old me didn't read this.
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I skimmed the last book, like MAJORLY skimmed (as in I skipped entire chapters), I was not impressed and I don't really feel like I can count that I read it.
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This whole series was a fail for me, but I guess I can see why others might enjoy it. *shrugs* Different strokes for different folks.
This is one of the best works of Christian fiction I've read. If you have a young fantasy lover, this is a great book for them. I love the way this story is from someone who doubts and slowly turns toward the light. While some may think it is too "on the nose", I quite enjoy this series.
I love the way she ends both of these with a POV from Lady Ragna. It makes so much sense to show her blindness yet knowledge.
With the Dominia Empire making their way into the other lands and Selene and Damien growing stronger with those around them, I can't wait to see how this trilogy concludes.
I love the way she ends both of these with a POV from Lady Ragna. It makes so much sense to show her blindness yet knowledge.
With the Dominia Empire making their way into the other lands and Selene and Damien growing stronger with those around them, I can't wait to see how this trilogy concludes.