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4.0
Loved it, except for the very last two pages that were too shameless a set up for the next series of books. Uncool for a book billed as The Conclusion of this story arc.
I've read this at least twice since it came out. When I look back though, I always think of it as two very different books. One being the Surebleak Saga and the other being the attack on Liad. The strands do come together fine at the end...but the Surebleak story line so caught my attention and imagination that I wish we had had nothing but a full book of it, with no distractions, especially such compelling ones.
The whole declaration of lifemates, with two new sets in this book, is fun but overused. In the initial world building they were seen to be rare, but now they are everywhere. And in both cases, the arrangement is declared suddenly, without discussion about it between the pair. I feel a little cheated. It's all wham bam lifemated!
All that said, it's Liad. It's Korval. And there is a certain magic to those things that may not be denied. So yeah, ok, four stars from my fan girl heart.
I've read this at least twice since it came out. When I look back though, I always think of it as two very different books. One being the Surebleak Saga and the other being the attack on Liad. The strands do come together fine at the end...but the Surebleak story line so caught my attention and imagination that I wish we had had nothing but a full book of it, with no distractions, especially such compelling ones.
The whole declaration of lifemates, with two new sets in this book, is fun but overused. In the initial world building they were seen to be rare, but now they are everywhere. And in both cases, the arrangement is declared suddenly, without discussion about it between the pair. I feel a little cheated. It's all wham bam lifemated!
All that said, it's Liad. It's Korval. And there is a certain magic to those things that may not be denied. So yeah, ok, four stars from my fan girl heart.
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