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hotpinkmess's review
5.0
What sort of world would one inhabit, if, abstract thought and desires could be bound into a creature? What sort of creature would you birth with a flawed creator? In A Shadow of Summer, Daniel tackles a system of magic that I have not entirely seen before and--will probably never forget.
An idea that lives and is bound to its creator, where its purpose is to serve and continually look for means to break that servitude. It brings power...and it brings danger.
In the country of Saraykeht, the captive spirit of Seedless brings prestige, money, trade and peace. But for how long? What schemes does Seedless hold to break free of its imprisonment? And in the shadow of such peace, rumors of a growing threat to Saraykeht abound: a seemingly numberless horde of Galts held at bay by Seedless, plot to undo the spirit and the city itself.
Will they succeed?
Daniel's writing is a mixture of pure poetry (easily understandable however), and vivid emotion. This book came as a complete surprise-love to me. I did not go into this book expecting much as it was from an author I had no previously exposed myself to (and wow, do I feel dumb for that.) He tackles so many things in this book and the next that I'm at a loss to outline them all...And he does it masterfully.
A good balance of friendship, family, betrayal, love and despair. The dialogue and descriptions balanced each other out. I didn't find myself at a section that I felt bored enough to skip. I WANTED to read it, I WANTED to know what would happen next. In fact, I lost too much sleep devouring these books entirely once I started.
If I could give it a 6000 out of 5 or 10 stars, I would. Suffice to say, I highly recommend sampling these and checking them out.
An idea that lives and is bound to its creator, where its purpose is to serve and continually look for means to break that servitude. It brings power...and it brings danger.
In the country of Saraykeht, the captive spirit of Seedless brings prestige, money, trade and peace. But for how long? What schemes does Seedless hold to break free of its imprisonment? And in the shadow of such peace, rumors of a growing threat to Saraykeht abound: a seemingly numberless horde of Galts held at bay by Seedless, plot to undo the spirit and the city itself.
Will they succeed?
Daniel's writing is a mixture of pure poetry (easily understandable however), and vivid emotion. This book came as a complete surprise-love to me. I did not go into this book expecting much as it was from an author I had no previously exposed myself to (and wow, do I feel dumb for that.) He tackles so many things in this book and the next that I'm at a loss to outline them all...And he does it masterfully.
A good balance of friendship, family, betrayal, love and despair. The dialogue and descriptions balanced each other out. I didn't find myself at a section that I felt bored enough to skip. I WANTED to read it, I WANTED to know what would happen next. In fact, I lost too much sleep devouring these books entirely once I started.
If I could give it a 6000 out of 5 or 10 stars, I would. Suffice to say, I highly recommend sampling these and checking them out.
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