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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
4.5 What Would Cayal Do Stars
You know when you read an author and love a series by them so you decide ‘Hey I’ll read something else by them from their earlier works’ and then you are so disappointed because the other series was better or both series seem the same? Well that was not the issue here at all.
I was impressed
This story so far is completely different than The Second Sons trilogy. I love the fresh take on immortals and what would happen when one ready to die but can’t.
There are so many great things going on and it was refreshing to get an immortal that wasn’t all good or bad but mostly in a state of ambivalence about everything. He has done some nice things in the 8000+ years he has been alive, but he has also done some completely atrocious things as well. It was great to listen to his story and remember that he is downplaying all the horrible things even as he tells you how horrible they were.
I like many of the characters. Arkady was probably my favorite. She is playing a part, her entire life a lie. She married a man, a duke no less to save her father. But he is a man with zero attraction to women and Arkady helps him keep his secret from the King and society.
I like them, they are a great couple. Sure they aren’t in love, but there is love between them and a great friendship. In this marriage Arkady gets freedom to study and learn and he gets a cover story so that he can diddle a dude without loosing face in society.
The mythos that is being created in this is fantastic. You have a set of immortals that when magic is in the world are terrible and pretty much make slaves of all human society. When that magic is gone they lay low and become forgotten until the magic tide returns. The Crasii (Animan Human Hybrids) are a very interesting twist to the story. The way they were made, the way they are treated by the humans as slaves and how dangerous they could be if they switched sides and decided to rise up against their masters. This could get good. Warlock and Boots are a great addition to the story and I really love them as a couple.
With great history to the story, multiple immortals in play, a cabal set on destroying them and an army of animal human hybrids this series has a lot of potential. If this is even a hint at how good the rest of the series is I am all in.
Looking forward to the next in the series.
[b:The Gods of Amyrantha|2470390|The Gods of Amyrantha (Tide Lords, #2)|Jennifer Fallon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1199190788s/2470390.jpg|2477587] - Starting May 11th
[b:The Palace of Impossible Dreams|2470411|The Palace of Impossible Dreams (Tide Lords, #3)|Jennifer Fallon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1329377283s/2470411.jpg|2477608] - Starting May 30
[b:The Chaos Crystal|5944682|The Chaos Crystal (Tide Lords, #4)|Jennifer Fallon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1228690642s/5944682.jpg|6117193] - Starting Jun 15
Jennifer Fallon is
You know when you read an author and love a series by them so you decide ‘Hey I’ll read something else by them from their earlier works’ and then you are so disappointed because the other series was better or both series seem the same? Well that was not the issue here at all.
I was impressed
This story so far is completely different than The Second Sons trilogy. I love the fresh take on immortals and what would happen when one ready to die but can’t.
There are so many great things going on and it was refreshing to get an immortal that wasn’t all good or bad but mostly in a state of ambivalence about everything. He has done some nice things in the 8000+ years he has been alive, but he has also done some completely atrocious things as well. It was great to listen to his story and remember that he is downplaying all the horrible things even as he tells you how horrible they were.
I like many of the characters. Arkady was probably my favorite. She is playing a part, her entire life a lie. She married a man, a duke no less to save her father. But he is a man with zero attraction to women and Arkady helps him keep his secret from the King and society.
I like them, they are a great couple. Sure they aren’t in love, but there is love between them and a great friendship. In this marriage Arkady gets freedom to study and learn and he gets a cover story so that he can diddle a dude without loosing face in society.
The mythos that is being created in this is fantastic. You have a set of immortals that when magic is in the world are terrible and pretty much make slaves of all human society. When that magic is gone they lay low and become forgotten until the magic tide returns. The Crasii (Animan Human Hybrids) are a very interesting twist to the story. The way they were made, the way they are treated by the humans as slaves and how dangerous they could be if they switched sides and decided to rise up against their masters. This could get good. Warlock and Boots are a great addition to the story and I really love them as a couple.
With great history to the story, multiple immortals in play, a cabal set on destroying them and an army of animal human hybrids this series has a lot of potential. If this is even a hint at how good the rest of the series is I am all in.
Looking forward to the next in the series.
[b:The Gods of Amyrantha|2470390|The Gods of Amyrantha (Tide Lords, #2)|Jennifer Fallon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1199190788s/2470390.jpg|2477587] - Starting May 11th
[b:The Palace of Impossible Dreams|2470411|The Palace of Impossible Dreams (Tide Lords, #3)|Jennifer Fallon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1329377283s/2470411.jpg|2477608] - Starting May 30
[b:The Chaos Crystal|5944682|The Chaos Crystal (Tide Lords, #4)|Jennifer Fallon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1228690642s/5944682.jpg|6117193] - Starting Jun 15
I loved it. The title makes it sound more romantic than it really is. I was more absorbed by the individual characters and their political intrigue offered in the story. The story works on the questions of what is honesty and how does it relate to a personal set of values.
I have to say, not nearly as good as I expected considering it was written by Jennifer Fallon. Way too slow and never got to the point (and seriously, I am one of the people that is least bothered by a slow book, but come on...). It all just felt really contrived, I never really bought into the world. Very sad, because her Second Sons trilogy was one of my favorites. But I did really WANT to like this book, and I liked Cayal (there needed to be more of his POV and less of Arkady...she got annoying, but then, I don't get along well with girls), which is the only reason this book got a 3. Really it should probably be a 2, but then I'd have to go change the book I read before this to a 1, because this definitely wasn't as bad as that, and that would require effort...but I really wanted to like this book, so I'll leave it at a 3.
I found this a few years back I think...December before last for like practically nothing at Barnes and Nobles, and though it's not the kind of thing I usually read, I thought, what the hell. And I let it sit there for a while, and then I picked it up and once I got to about the third chapter, I knew I wasn't going to sleep because I was so into it. IT was different and there were definitely some things that I found more than a little disturbing in this series, but it was a completely different, and very well crafted world and I enjoyed every minute of it. Everyone's secrets and the double crossing and each of the "Tide Lords" and their crazy alliances and personalities, it was fantastic!
Such a unique beautiful book.
It has world building (and the type I like, with both gods and magic, although at the early stages of magic); it has races other than humans (and the brutality of their creation is conveyed at its fullest); it has interesting characters (including their secrets that push the narrative).
It was so quirky in the first two thirds of the book. And then it suddenly became a much more serious affair.
I am struggling with the rating though. I really want to give it 5 stars because of the enjoyment and I felt that there is so much value (for a fantasy reader of my taste) in this book. Yet, am I giving it 5 stars out of gut feeling alone? I’ll think of it. If not 5 stars, it is a 4.5 stars for sure!
It has world building (and the type I like, with both gods and magic, although at the early stages of magic); it has races other than humans (and the brutality of their creation is conveyed at its fullest); it has interesting characters (including their secrets that push the narrative).
It was so quirky in the first two thirds of the book. And then it suddenly became a much more serious affair.
I am struggling with the rating though. I really want to give it 5 stars because of the enjoyment and I felt that there is so much value (for a fantasy reader of my taste) in this book. Yet, am I giving it 5 stars out of gut feeling alone? I’ll think of it. If not 5 stars, it is a 4.5 stars for sure!
One of the best fantasy novels I have read in awhile. Another concept that I wish I had of come up with.
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The grip this book had on my life, and the way the opening scene has haunted me for the last 10yrs — means this book deserves all the stars and a reread.