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birdloveranne's review against another edition
5.0
Another favorite. Wonderful story. Stayed up too late to finish it, brought tears to my eyes. Super good!
beary_bookwormish's review against another edition
4.0
As usual she has crafted a masterful book, I loved it. I love reading about the Celtan planet, and it's flaired inhabitants.
andromeda95's review against another edition
3.0
Great story until the end *spoiler alert*
Another beautiful look at the Celia world. The story started out wonderful, the characters were well developed. The end of the story felt very rushed and not well thought out. After the lies and betrayal and fighting for her own life, Lori just accepts that she will return and without any apology from Draeg she asks him to marry her?! Then there were the loose ends: what was up with the found bracelet in the scarecrow? A big deal was made about her flair which went nowhere. Why did T’Ash even test her? What was the response from Lashin after the apology? Why did the residence not help Lori during the fight? He was so big on the family doing things a certain way. He would never support a housekeeper in killing the last of the direct line.
As I said the last 1/8 of the book just seemed to be slapped together. Hopefully the next installment will get back to the great story telling I’ve come to expect from Ms Owens :)
Another beautiful look at the Celia world. The story started out wonderful, the characters were well developed. The end of the story felt very rushed and not well thought out. After the lies and betrayal and fighting for her own life, Lori just accepts that she will return and without any apology from Draeg she asks him to marry her?! Then there were the loose ends: what was up with the found bracelet in the scarecrow? A big deal was made about her flair which went nowhere. Why did T’Ash even test her? What was the response from Lashin after the apology? Why did the residence not help Lori during the fight? He was so big on the family doing things a certain way. He would never support a housekeeper in killing the last of the direct line.
As I said the last 1/8 of the book just seemed to be slapped together. Hopefully the next installment will get back to the great story telling I’ve come to expect from Ms Owens :)
mslori's review against another edition
3.0
I think I would have enjoyed this much more if I had read ANY of the previous books in the series. I had to spend too much mental energy making sense of the different language uses, and aspects of world that (I'm guessing) were explained a bit more in earlier books. But that's all on me.
I will definitely be checking out more from this author and probably the first book from this series.
*I kept pronouncing the name of the near by city Druida City as Druidia which give it a whole different spin.
I will definitely be checking out more from this author and probably the first book from this series.
*I kept pronouncing the name of the near by city Druida City as Druidia which give it a whole different spin.
tdame79's review against another edition
2.0
I have loved this series from the first book. I loved the links between families, residences, and fam animals, however in this book it just didn't come together for me.
madhamster's review against another edition
3.0
The ongoing threat of the Tradionalist Stance continues, with a deeper exploration of the connection between Family and Residence.
pauliree's review
4.0
This book came out the first day of Nanowrimo so I had to put the writing on hold so I could plow through it. Love this series so much, even though this later generation doesn't do it for me as much as the earlier ones. Still, loving the fams as usual. Great series, I recommend it to anyone who loves fantasy/sci-fi romance
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