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A review by vicwritesbooks
Heritage by S.M. Boyce
5.0
I hope you enjoyed Heritage. If you have a moment, please leave a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, your blog, or any combination thereof" -S. M. Boyce
Well, alright, if you insist. Here goes nothing.
I have been reading ebooks for way too long. I read the first book of Grimoire saga from my phone (because I got it for FREE!!!). Anyway, I absolutely loved Lichgates and I went searching for its 'brothers and sisters' to find that no bookstore in my country has them.
So that's what happened on twitter, year 2013:
Viki (L)
And hey, how is that possible that Estonia's bookstores don't have The Grimoire saga by @thesmboyce
5:48 p.m. Mon Apr 8
S. M. Boyce
@iamstayinghere Bummer! They should be able to order it :/
2:42 p.m Tue Apr 9
Somehow I started reading other, more easily accessible books, and left Grimoire saga humming in the back of my mind - never forgetting the amazing world of Ourea, but never really reaching it either.
Time went by and I miraculously got some free money to spend. What was the first thing that crossed my mind? Books. Specific books I had wanted to read for months and months. I pulled myself together and ordered Treason and Heritage. (First paperpacks I have ever ordered! And first books that I actually read on paper in a long long time - has to be special, right?)
Boyce has this special skill to bring her writings alive. I literally live through the words and actions, I can see the story through my own eyes, I am in it, one with it, and that makes me draw the scenes (not that they come out right or even good).
In Heritage, Kara was - not finding better words to describe it - pain in the ass. Well at some points anyway. Stone was trying to teach you and you couldn't handle the pressure! Not that shooting fire through cracks in a rocks could possibly be helpful somehow. Slash. Braeden is trying for what feels like the hundreth time to get fire into a statue dragons mouth while shooting water into seaserpents mouth. Slash. Nah, that skill wouldn't be useful at all.
Meanwhile on twitter:
Viki (L)
#Heritage #GrimoireSaga Amusing that what Kara learns and doesn´t appreciate, is quite the same what Braeden NEEDS to master @thesmboyce
9:07 p.m. Sun, May 4
S. M. Boyce
@iamstayinghere Love it! Ten points for getting that reference.
6:31 p.m. Mon, May 5
There's more to a person that meets the eye. Kara's grandfather Agneon is a beautiful example of how what other people see is not all the truth there is. He was a killer, yes, but did he want to be? No one knew the guilt he felt.
I enjoyed seeing Braeden's less confident side. To say or not to say, how to say and what to say. The way he was afraid of losing the one person he truly cared about. Theese moments in the books make me think if there exists a man like that in the real world. Someone who'd walk through fire for you, refuses to let you leave, is ready to conquer the world for you. Someone like Braeden. Because I feel I don't want anything less. Love...
Oh, and then he goes and tries to get himself killed. You must know the shock I felt, reading about the horrible pain he was in. Screaming. I had tears in my eyes. And Gavin, you idiot, found it a great time to debate about the good and bad points of giving him the antodote. Huh.
Viki (L)
Noo noo no no no. Braeden got hit by a Sartori!! That didn't just happen, did it? #Heritage by @thesmboyce #GrimoireSaga
12:58 PM - 14 May 2014
S. M. Boyce
@iamstayinghere Shhhhhh *spoilers*
8:31 PM - 14 May 2014
But apparently, I am good at spoilers. For that leads to my favorite monologue:
Viki (L)
I absolutely LOVE Gavin's monologue after he realizes some important things Might be my favorite part from the book #Heritage by @thesmboyce
Evelyn irritates me. Niccoli is a mystery. And Deidre brings forth confused feelings. Gurien I appreciate, Cedric I have begun to respect, Stone I find amusing. I kind of love the name Remy, though I know little of the man behind the name.
Grimoire saga is asdfghjklöä if you know what I mean. It´s an isen. It steals your soul, you live it, you breath it. It is a yakona trying to survive it´s Blood´s commands. It is a vagabond bringing the readers peace and happiness. It is a drenowith deforming a simple pages of writing into a masterpiece.
Well, alright, if you insist. Here goes nothing.
I have been reading ebooks for way too long. I read the first book of Grimoire saga from my phone (because I got it for FREE!!!). Anyway, I absolutely loved Lichgates and I went searching for its 'brothers and sisters' to find that no bookstore in my country has them.
So that's what happened on twitter, year 2013:
Viki (L)
And hey, how is that possible that Estonia's bookstores don't have The Grimoire saga by @thesmboyce
5:48 p.m. Mon Apr 8
S. M. Boyce
@iamstayinghere Bummer! They should be able to order it :/
2:42 p.m Tue Apr 9
Somehow I started reading other, more easily accessible books, and left Grimoire saga humming in the back of my mind - never forgetting the amazing world of Ourea, but never really reaching it either.
Time went by and I miraculously got some free money to spend. What was the first thing that crossed my mind? Books. Specific books I had wanted to read for months and months. I pulled myself together and ordered Treason and Heritage. (First paperpacks I have ever ordered! And first books that I actually read on paper in a long long time - has to be special, right?)
Boyce has this special skill to bring her writings alive. I literally live through the words and actions, I can see the story through my own eyes, I am in it, one with it, and that makes me draw the scenes (not that they come out right or even good).
In Heritage, Kara was - not finding better words to describe it - pain in the ass. Well at some points anyway. Stone was trying to teach you and you couldn't handle the pressure! Not that shooting fire through cracks in a rocks could possibly be helpful somehow. Slash. Braeden is trying for what feels like the hundreth time to get fire into a statue dragons mouth while shooting water into seaserpents mouth. Slash. Nah, that skill wouldn't be useful at all.
Meanwhile on twitter:
Viki (L)
#Heritage #GrimoireSaga Amusing that what Kara learns and doesn´t appreciate, is quite the same what Braeden NEEDS to master @thesmboyce
9:07 p.m. Sun, May 4
S. M. Boyce
@iamstayinghere Love it! Ten points for getting that reference.
6:31 p.m. Mon, May 5
There's more to a person that meets the eye. Kara's grandfather Agneon is a beautiful example of how what other people see is not all the truth there is. He was a killer, yes, but did he want to be? No one knew the guilt he felt.
I enjoyed seeing Braeden's less confident side. To say or not to say, how to say and what to say. The way he was afraid of losing the one person he truly cared about. Theese moments in the books make me think if there exists a man like that in the real world. Someone who'd walk through fire for you, refuses to let you leave, is ready to conquer the world for you. Someone like Braeden. Because I feel I don't want anything less. Love...
Oh, and then he goes and tries to get himself killed. You must know the shock I felt, reading about the horrible pain he was in. Screaming. I had tears in my eyes. And Gavin, you idiot, found it a great time to debate about the good and bad points of giving him the antodote. Huh.
Viki (L)
Noo noo no no no. Braeden got hit by a Sartori!! That didn't just happen, did it? #Heritage by @thesmboyce #GrimoireSaga
12:58 PM - 14 May 2014
S. M. Boyce
@iamstayinghere Shhhhhh *spoilers*
8:31 PM - 14 May 2014
But apparently, I am good at spoilers. For that leads to my favorite monologue:
Viki (L)
I absolutely LOVE Gavin's monologue after he realizes some important things Might be my favorite part from the book #Heritage by @thesmboyce
Evelyn irritates me. Niccoli is a mystery. And Deidre brings forth confused feelings. Gurien I appreciate, Cedric I have begun to respect, Stone I find amusing. I kind of love the name Remy, though I know little of the man behind the name.
Grimoire saga is asdfghjklöä if you know what I mean. It´s an isen. It steals your soul, you live it, you breath it. It is a yakona trying to survive it´s Blood´s commands. It is a vagabond bringing the readers peace and happiness. It is a drenowith deforming a simple pages of writing into a masterpiece.