Reviews

Destiny: Child of the Sky by Elizabeth Haydon

dei2dei's review against another edition

3.0

I was... disappointed with the end of this series, particularly with the climax at the end. Too many loose ends tied up in far too "neat" a way, and Rhapsody continued to the end as Queen of Everything and Absolutely Goddamned Perfect, which has nagged at me throughout the entirety of the series. Her flaws... were not flaws; I can only describe her as the perfect Mary Sue.

vaderbird's review against another edition

4.0

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

tilmar's review against another edition

4.0

Rhapsody: Child of Blood
Prophecy: Child of Earth
Destiny: Child of the Sky
Requiem for the Sun
Elegy for a Lost Star

katiekatinahat's review

5.0

A solid conclusion to the original trilogy, things wrap up pretty well - although some of it dragged a bit, so it may have benefited from a bit more editing. Achmed & Grunthor are wonderful, Rhapsody's kind of blah, and full of stereotypes - yet I still love these books.

airy_wench's review against another edition

3.0

I was going to try to read the whole series but I'm going to pretend that this trilogy is all that Haydon wrote about these characters! From other reviews, it seems that the issues I had with this one (long,unnecessarily drawn out descriptions and poor pacing, characterization issues) only get worse as the series goes on. I'm happy to leave them where they are and remember them fondly.

nipaqui's review against another edition

I simply love books that I just can't stop reading and this series is one of them. Let for my review be the fact that after finishing it I'm suffering from withdrawal syndrome ;-)

mato's review against another edition

2.0

A standard high fantasy story that quickly devolved (for me at least) into bodice-ripper; blecch.

teaffany's review

3.0

At last we learn who the F'Dor host is! I didn't think I could make it.

I enjoyed the 'conclusion' to this tale. I love when things get wrapped up nicely, tying all loose ends up.. Learning who the 'time keeper' was, Rhapsody and Ashe, etc.

Rhapsody, however, was still unbelievably insufferable. If she wasn't relate able in the first two books, she definitely wasn't in this one. Loved by all who meet her, How many titles of ruler-ship does she have? And honestly.. Ashe comes across as so freaking possessive and thoughtless sometimes! I don't understand him. When I'd read his perspective sometimes I'd literally face-palm at his ridiculousness.

I have the next book in the series, of which I thought it was a trilogy. If I read it and find the characters I find annoying, to remain much the same I don't know if I'll continue with the rest of the books.

Regardless of my somewhat dislike of 2 of the main characters, I would give it a read! The plot, world, and creation is almost flawless and I would read it again for that alone.. Even though Rhapsody can talk quite loudly sometimes! ;)

ellenw's review

2.0

Why did I read all three of these? WHY??

bonanzafamine's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0