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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
it was really different that what i expected it to be. but it was still pretty good.
I love Ms. Briggs ability to write female and male characters that are equally strong and independent. This her first book had such wonderful leads, Aralorn and Wolf. She is a smart, independent, smart arse, nobel turned savior. The Wolf, an heir, damaged and hated by his father. The two of them dance back and forth developing into a sweet story. Their relationship or lack of one really carries the story the evil king and his minions didn't matter much to me. They are there, evil, ok really evil, with zombies, ghosts, dragons.... It was a really good story and nice escape and a wonderful first book from a fantastic author.
I’ve read all of the Mercy Thompson and alpha and omega series books and I really enjoyed them. They are werewolf urban fantasy books and this is more of a classic fantasy. It’s a very different story, which surprised me a lot but I really enjoyed it. If feels a bit like a DND campaign and has a surprisingly few amount of characters but for being a simple story it was really well done.
Masques is a fantasy adventure with romance elements.
In the author's forward to the latest edition, she talks about her lack of fantasy genre education when writing it, and her heavy use of fantasy cliches. She's not wrong, but I didn't find them especially odious, either.
The story revolves around Aralorn, a half-human mercenary, and Wolf, her friend and companion who is on the run from something in his past in the shape of a... wolf.
The villain of the piece is the ae'Magi, a powerful sorcerer tasked with controlling the world's magic to avoid a repeat of the vaguely defined "magic wars." As people in such positions tend to do, he ends up overstepping his bounds.
As the story goes on, a romance subplot becomes more important, but never becomes the motivation for the story as a whole. I think it was well handled and added depth to the characters involved.
In the author's forward to the latest edition, she talks about her lack of fantasy genre education when writing it, and her heavy use of fantasy cliches. She's not wrong, but I didn't find them especially odious, either.
The story revolves around Aralorn, a half-human mercenary, and Wolf, her friend and companion who is on the run from something in his past in the shape of a... wolf.
The villain of the piece is the ae'Magi, a powerful sorcerer tasked with controlling the world's magic to avoid a repeat of the vaguely defined "magic wars." As people in such positions tend to do, he ends up overstepping his bounds.
As the story goes on, a romance subplot becomes more important, but never becomes the motivation for the story as a whole. I think it was well handled and added depth to the characters involved.
I loved Wolf's character. I liked this book because Aralorn is just so much like me. Strong, stubborn, doesn't listen, and generally does what she wants. The storyline was cliche and a little predictable. Not one of her best but still good in it's own right. The villain in this story was well thought out but the climax was a little anticlimactic. Still if you like Patricia Briggs I recommend this book even though it is not her best it is still good and fun to read.
Really looking forward to the sequel. Ate this one up in a day. I can tell it is an early effort as she is obviously (in parts) still experimenting with some aspects of the trade. Parts of the story remind me very strongly of the Hobs Bargain, for example. Still she's Patricia Briggs and she didn't let this reader down.
not as good as her others - obviously the first. i'm glad she kept writing - i'm also glad that she learned how to write dialogue, conflict, and emotional love.
This was Briggs' first published novel, and it's a good one. Magic, shapeshifters (even into a mouse!), invisible beings, romance, and power struggles. Not a bad beginning...
