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heyjudy's review against another edition
4.0
Review here: http://geekyreading.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-ballad-gathering-of-faerie-by.html
jcousins's review against another edition
5.0
I really like this series. Please tell me she is writing another one and fixing up all the loose ends. I can't sleep!
rallyk's review against another edition
5.0
This was one unique book! At the last page I was smiling! I'm going to miss the guys from Ballad. For me this one was the better one! ♥
glindaaa's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars! I loved it, it's way better than Lament!
I didn't like Deirdre in Lament but in Ballad I really hate her. I mean what the hell is she doing. I don't understand the text messages yet and I hope I will before the ending, but anyway they annoy me. She annoys me. Really how the hell does she do that, so much!
What I think that is surprising is that Stiefvater made me love this book. I didn't really like Lament and I just read it because I wanted to read this one and halfway through Lament I wanted to finish it to know what happened or what was going to happen.
I can't stop reading this one because I love James. Thank heaven he is the main character right now. He is so sarcastic and he has an amazing style of humour and he is sassy.
Nuala is a person I have to get used to. However I can totally understand that she is not that open. Which I need to know if I like the character. She must be closed because she feeds on those humans and because she is almost dying. I like her when she finds out that she loves James but still calls him loser or whatever. She doesn't give in. (Way better than Deirdre and Luke)Though it's still the thing with killing and murder. Nuala also killed people so I think that if I know that, that would be a total no-go for me.
I also wonder what Eleanor is up to, I don't trust her and I never did. I don't understand how people could. I wonder what would happen to Paul and Sullivan. What the hell Delia is doing in there (should that woman not be killed by someone or atleast looked up in an aslym?!) and maybe also what would happen with Deirdre and her talking about Luke is here, he is not here blablabla.
So I just have to finish this as fast as I could.
[23/01/13]
so I finished the book in the middle of the night and I first want to say that I didn't totally understand the last part with Eleanor and Deirdre and the king of death bladiebla. I mean I missed it that Delia got killed by Sullivan. (in one way or another)
I think that it was very difficult for James to leave Nuala but you see his is realistic more than Deirdre who actually forgot him, he is really in a fight with himself which one to pick. He is praying that he could save both but he know he couldn't and than he is thinking me or the world and so he picks the world, which makes him in my eyes a true hero and I'm glad he got his Nuala back.
I liked Sullivan, I want to say that because I never mentioned him very much. He is just that teacher you have to love because he doesn't do things like idiot teacher will and he trust James. He is like the friend-teacher. Which is good. I'm glad he kind of survived.
And I'm thankful for Paul because: Nuala.
I would like to have a better explination though about Deirdre and Linnet because just: What the hell happened? We never had an answer about how it happened or why and is it just me but it's never mentioned that Linnet was missing, while Deirdre her text messages was sooner then Halloween..Really confusing.
I didn't like Deirdre in Lament but in Ballad I really hate her. I mean what the hell is she doing. I don't understand the text messages yet and I hope I will before the ending, but anyway they annoy me. She annoys me. Really how the hell does she do that, so much!
What I think that is surprising is that Stiefvater made me love this book. I didn't really like Lament and I just read it because I wanted to read this one and halfway through Lament I wanted to finish it to know what happened or what was going to happen.
I can't stop reading this one because I love James. Thank heaven he is the main character right now. He is so sarcastic and he has an amazing style of humour and he is sassy.
Nuala is a person I have to get used to. However I can totally understand that she is not that open. Which I need to know if I like the character. She must be closed because she feeds on those humans and because she is almost dying. I like her when she finds out that she loves James but still calls him loser or whatever. She doesn't give in. (Way better than Deirdre and Luke)Though it's still the thing with killing and murder. Nuala also killed people so I think that if I know that, that would be a total no-go for me.
I also wonder what Eleanor is up to, I don't trust her and I never did. I don't understand how people could. I wonder what would happen to Paul and Sullivan. What the hell Delia is doing in there (should that woman not be killed by someone or atleast looked up in an aslym?!) and maybe also what would happen with Deirdre and her talking about Luke is here, he is not here blablabla.
So I just have to finish this as fast as I could.
[23/01/13]
so I finished the book in the middle of the night and I first want to say that I didn't totally understand the last part with Eleanor and Deirdre and the king of death bladiebla. I mean I missed it that Delia got killed by Sullivan. (in one way or another)
I think that it was very difficult for James to leave Nuala but you see his is realistic more than Deirdre who actually forgot him, he is really in a fight with himself which one to pick. He is praying that he could save both but he know he couldn't and than he is thinking me or the world and so he picks the world, which makes him in my eyes a true hero and I'm glad he got his Nuala back.
I liked Sullivan, I want to say that because I never mentioned him very much. He is just that teacher you have to love because he doesn't do things like idiot teacher will and he trust James. He is like the friend-teacher. Which is good. I'm glad he kind of survived.
And I'm thankful for Paul because: Nuala.
I would like to have a better explination though about Deirdre and Linnet because just: What the hell happened? We never had an answer about how it happened or why and is it just me but it's never mentioned that Linnet was missing, while Deirdre her text messages was sooner then Halloween..Really confusing.
kurpjukaste's review against another edition
3.0
nezinu, kas mani sajūsmināja pirms daudziem gadiem tā, ka ieliku 5 zvaigznes, bet tagad tā ir tikai uzbūvēta pasaule ar neatbildētiem jautājumiem. kā arī mulsina lasīšanas kārtība, jo pieļauju, ka bija jāsāk ar Lamento, bet uz grāmatas tas nav norādīts.
goosemixtapes's review against another edition
3.0
i?? have definitely read this but just apparently never marked it as such? anyway iirc this one was better than lament but still not my fav stiefvater by any means
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
After I read the first installment of this series, I said that I was eagerly awaiting the next installment. Well my wait for volume 2 is over, and now I have to be patient about volume 3.
Ballad is told by James and Nuala. James was an important character in Lament, since he is Diedre's best friend. He has started at a new school, Thornking-Ash to be with Dee. Nuala is a Leanan Sidhe, one of the many faeries who populate this story.
It took me a little while to remember James and Diedre's story, but once I got that back, Ballad moved quickly. I am not sure how this book would read if you had not read Lament. I think it would be possible to follow the story, but having read Lament made everything clearer.
Because I had read Lament, it was obvious that this was a continuation of Dee's involvement with the faerie world and that James would be drawn in because of his involvement with Nuala.
As the story moved forward, I could hardly put the book down. What was going to happen to James and Diedre's relationship? How does Paul, Sullivan and Nuala fit into the tale? Why are the faeries so interested in Dee.
All I can say is read this book. You will find it intriguing if you have not read Lament, and if you have read the first volume, you won't be able to let go of this book until the very end.
Now, where is volume 3?
Ballad is told by James and Nuala. James was an important character in Lament, since he is Diedre's best friend. He has started at a new school, Thornking-Ash to be with Dee. Nuala is a Leanan Sidhe, one of the many faeries who populate this story.
It took me a little while to remember James and Diedre's story, but once I got that back, Ballad moved quickly. I am not sure how this book would read if you had not read Lament. I think it would be possible to follow the story, but having read Lament made everything clearer.
Because I had read Lament, it was obvious that this was a continuation of Dee's involvement with the faerie world and that James would be drawn in because of his involvement with Nuala.
As the story moved forward, I could hardly put the book down. What was going to happen to James and Diedre's relationship? How does Paul, Sullivan and Nuala fit into the tale? Why are the faeries so interested in Dee.
All I can say is read this book. You will find it intriguing if you have not read Lament, and if you have read the first volume, you won't be able to let go of this book until the very end.
Now, where is volume 3?
emilymorgan02's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this book. It is very different series than her book Shiver and I didn't like it as well...but all in all it is interesting and I like the main character in this one.
leslie_turner0121's review against another edition
3.0
This book was MUCH better than the first as far as making sure all the plot lines the book has are tied up. Good read. A bit strange with the text message conversations at first. Overall good story.