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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Probably my favourite part of the main story. Salamander is the best character and really balances out Jill and Rhodry's dynamic well. Also enjoy that what happened to Jill in this book is taken seriously by those around her.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping
fantasy racism
In this installment of the Deverry novels, we have two unfinished tales--the ongoing "current" story of Nevyn, Rhodry, and Jill and a new story of an earlier reincarnation of the souls of Galrion, Blaen, and Brangwen as Necyn, Maddyn, and Branoic. This book rolls right along, with intriguing characters around our main protagonists and plenty of plot twists. I will be diving into the final book in this arc of the Deverry books soon.
Awesome book.
The plot thickens with the dark-Hawks succeeding in their plans to separate Rhodry and Jill, and set the stage for instability in Deverry. This is a wonderfully easy book to read - devoured in a day! It finishes in a real cliffhanger where Nevyn's plans are in shambles and desperate to rescue Rhodry from whatever fate is in stall for him.
The plot thickens with the dark-Hawks succeeding in their plans to separate Rhodry and Jill, and set the stage for instability in Deverry. This is a wonderfully easy book to read - devoured in a day! It finishes in a real cliffhanger where Nevyn's plans are in shambles and desperate to rescue Rhodry from whatever fate is in stall for him.
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
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I was super into the third Deverry book for the first chunk--the more modern storyline is interesting, and the flashback storyline finds Nevyn doing some interesting political stuff to bring peace to their war-torn country--but then comes a lengthy interlude where we meet a guy who can charm horses, and you're like, this is so cute, and then it turns out he can ALSO charm WOMEN, and brainwashes the main girl into running away with him and basically he makes her a sex slave. Now, to be fair to the book, this is treated as VERY WRONG AND BAD, it is definitely called rape, but it is still really stressful to read! And the rest of the book is no less stressful after that. I also had a little bit of a hard time remembering who all of the tertiary characters were but that wasn’t a huge deal. I dunno, B?
I was super into the third Deverry book for the first chunk--the more modern storyline is interesting, and the flashback storyline finds Nevyn doing some interesting political stuff to bring peace to their war-torn country--but then comes a lengthy interlude where we meet a guy who can charm horses, and you're like, this is so cute, and then it turns out he can ALSO charm WOMEN, and brainwashes the main girl into running away with him and basically he makes her a sex slave. Now, to be fair to the book, this is treated as VERY WRONG AND BAD, it is definitely called rape, but it is still really stressful to read! And the rest of the book is no less stressful after that. I also had a little bit of a hard time remembering who all of the tertiary characters were but that wasn’t a huge deal. I dunno, B?
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The previous reincarnation in this story was the most disappointing part. Which usually, that's my favorite part of the story. It just abruptly ends without even really finishing up the storyline. The Jill/Rhodry present-day story line redeemed the disappointment of the reincarnation element.
While sometimes confusing, jumping time periods, it's a very interesting story. I found myself smiling grimly at the end of this chair of the series. While it was great news, it was bittersweet.
4 Stars
The Bristling Wood (Deverry #3) by Katharine Kerr
Epic Fantasy!
RTC
The Bristling Wood (Deverry #3) by Katharine Kerr
Epic Fantasy!
RTC
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No