One Dozen Daughters: The House of the Four Winds (Series #1) (Paperback)

from Linyarai

I really enjoyed the first half, and how naturally everything felt building up. I would have preferred a longer book, as I felt the excitement ended quickly and the ending wrapped up too easily. I was expecting more drama and conflict, and what there was didn't last long. Still looking forward to...

from anyaejo

3.5 StarsFull review to come. I enjoyed the prologue of this one immensely and then the rest of the book didn't quite hold up the humor and fun, oh well. I was very much reminded of The Princess Bride but on the sea and with the girl disguised as a man ;-).

from Kassilem

My last book of 2014! It was entertaining book, with some action and romance. The romance was foreshadowed throughout the whole book which was kind of annoying and predictable, but there were spots in the book where you're not sure it will work out. Shamal really irritated me but I think that had...

from 4hounds

The romance was (of course) predictable. Some of the villains and set-up of the House of the Four Winds - the place that gives the book its name - weren't, but I wanted them to be fleshed out a little more. This felt like a novella that had been pumped up to novel-size, though not nearly as much ...

from lexilewords

This book could have conceivably been a series of short stories tied together by the fact they're stories of Clarice. There's several different "arcs" throughout the book that have a beginning, middle and end making this feel more serialized at times in fact. There's Clarice's decision to leave h...