Shadows & Starstone (The Immortals #1)
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A thousand years ago the gods known as The Four created the Immortals to protect and defend their...
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The Ancients
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The towers have fallen, and the gate is closed. As Caldera settles and all eyes look outwards,...
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David McK (3906 KP) rated The Odyssey in Books
Apr 6, 2026
Homers epic poem, about the travails of Odysseus on his return from the siege of Troy.
It's probably one of the most well-known of ancient saga's, but - from my memory of trying to read it whilst at school - boy, is it a slog to get through.
That is where this comes in, in what is - basically - a graphical retelling of the story in a visual medium (graphic novel), with this covering all the key points of the story, including the fact that Odysseus wasn't exactly faithful to Penelope in the 10 years it took him to get home to Ithica (after spending 10 years at this siege of Troy) ...
The Ever Falls
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The epic conclusion to The World Apart Series. Addie and Clark have just defeated one evil, only...
Sparks (Sparks Saga #1)
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“Everyone in the world has a Spark, a light inside that guides them, keeps them alive.” ...
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Avengers: Endgame (2019) in Movies
Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Time's Convert in Books
Jan 15, 2022
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Times Convert
By Deborah Harkness
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Marcus Whitmore was made a vampire in the eighteenth century. Over two hundred years later, he finds himself in love with Phoebe Taylor, a human who decides to become a vampire herself.
And with tradition enforcing separation from Marcus, Phoebe's transformation will prove as challenging now as it was for Marcus when he first encountered Matthew de Clermont, his sire.
Time's Convert moves with epic sweep from the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War, through the treachery of the French Revolution to a bloody finale in New Orleans.
This is one of my favourite books as it follows on from one of my favourite series The All Souls Trilogy!
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Dec 9, 2021 (Updated Dec 9, 2021)
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Pick up and play this brand new mobile RPG with stunning graphics and animation! Build your...
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Empire of Grass: Book Two of the Last King of Osten Ard in Books
May 27, 2019
The second book in The Last King of Osten Ard series is a continuation from The Witchwood Crown. There was no grand finale of that book, so this coming straight off the back of it seems natural.
Where the first book was all about bridging from the previous series to the new one, and setting up some of the plot to come, this one was allowed to get on with the job at hand. And boy does it - there is so much plot. We chop and change from one character's PoV to another. At times this is a little jarring as they don't tend to be closely linked. And at certain points, we are reunited with a character we haven't seen for 100 pages or so and frankly have forgotten what they were up to.
This massive cast of characters, and epic strands of plot which barely converge throughout the book, is something I don't take well to. I found this with John Gwynne's books and the same is true here - I find it quite hard to remember who is who. And it doesn't help that some of the characters are fairly interchangeable, having very similar backstories and positions in their respective houses.
Some of the plot is revealed as we go through the book, which keeps the reader guessing (why are they doing that, why are they going there etc). However the narrative style is a little towards the "describe everything"/Stephen King end of the spectrum, which can get tedious at times.
There are key points in this book where characters converge together and they are truly wonderful pieces to read and really engage the reader. However there are so many tiresome trudges through the forest, and a few too many times where people suddenly meet up at the right time to be rescued.
An epic fantasy tale in every sense of the word, and definitely something different to the current crop of writers in the genre. But a massive commitment is needed from the reader (I think of myself as a medium speed reader but this took me nearly 4 weeks to finish).
