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libraryinthecountry's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this quick glimpse into Rielle and Jon's first meeting! It also had some simply sweet moments between Leigh and some fantastic banter between the two of them. This is very fast-paced read (or listen), giving a little more insight into Rielle's character and events that are a driving catalyst for Blade & Rose's story. Highly recommend this short story and the overall series!
proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition
3.0
A bit too short for me to really know what I think of this world and the author. But Rielle seems like a great character!
amym84's review against another edition
4.0
Winter Wren works as an introductory short story. We meet seventeen year old mage apprentice Rielle who is accompanying her master on a mission to save an important Viscount from a village under the control of mercenaries. The question of save one in order to save many is an internal conflict that presents itself for Rielle within the rather short read.
Having already started the first full-length book in the series, Blade & Rose, I can assure you that Winter Wren sets up quite nicely characters and situations that we'll continue to see in the main arc of the series. I'm surprised by how much in Blade and Rose seems to hinge on things that occur in Winter Wren, but I feel like Miranda Honfleur makes these decisions very well in that they enhance what's to come, but if you don't read Winter Wren you won't be lost whatsoever.
I really enjoyed the narrator as well. I thought she did a great job with the different voices (both male and female). I hope she continues narrating the series.
Overall, this is a great, short, could read on a lunch break-type read. Perfect enticement to what already feels like a promising series.
Having already started the first full-length book in the series, Blade & Rose, I can assure you that Winter Wren sets up quite nicely characters and situations that we'll continue to see in the main arc of the series. I'm surprised by how much in Blade and Rose seems to hinge on things that occur in Winter Wren, but I feel like Miranda Honfleur makes these decisions very well in that they enhance what's to come, but if you don't read Winter Wren you won't be lost whatsoever.
I really enjoyed the narrator as well. I thought she did a great job with the different voices (both male and female). I hope she continues narrating the series.
Overall, this is a great, short, could read on a lunch break-type read. Perfect enticement to what already feels like a promising series.
simonlorden's review
5.0
This is a prequel story to a 6-book series with a mage protagonist. Rielle, the protagonist works together with her master (and lover) Leigh to save the viscount of a city, but then the paladins arrive - soldiers who are immune to magic, and aren't a big fans of mages.
I got some serious Dragon Age vibes from this story, but given that I love Dragon Age and I love mages, that is definitely a good thing. Rielle was a kindhearted protagonist that I think I would love. Leigh (and by extension the rules and philosophy of their employers) was pissing me off already in this short story, and honestly I could feel no romantic chemistry between the two of them -but Rielle stood up for her beliefs, and judging by the blurbs, she seems to have a different love interest in the later books? No idea what happens there.
In short, I loved this story, I loved Rielle, and I put the first book of the series on my TBR. It's pretty cheap on Amazon right now but I'm not sure if that's permanent or due to a sale or something.
I got some serious Dragon Age vibes from this story, but given that I love Dragon Age and I love mages, that is definitely a good thing. Rielle was a kindhearted protagonist that I think I would love. Leigh (and by extension the rules and philosophy of their employers) was pissing me off already in this short story, and honestly I could feel no romantic chemistry between the two of them -but Rielle stood up for her beliefs, and judging by the blurbs, she seems to have a different love interest in the later books? No idea what happens there.
In short, I loved this story, I loved Rielle, and I put the first book of the series on my TBR. It's pretty cheap on Amazon right now but I'm not sure if that's permanent or due to a sale or something.
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