Sword and Verse Lib/E (Audiobook)

from DarkFaerieTales

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales Quick & Dirty: A fight for knowledge. Opening Sentence: First came Gyotia, many-limbed and all-seeing, born from mountains of hidden fire into the darkness. The Review: The concept behind this book is very interesting. The book world is divided between slaves ...

from NicoleSch

I'm not really sure what to rate this one. During the first couple of chapters I thought it was going to be fantastic. I loved the depiction of writing, and the fact that we have a female character who is strong in learning, but not fighting for once. I thought Raisa's crush on Mati was cute. I t...

from trinityM82

Terrible. Central character is a romantic weakling that does nothing to move her own plot along.

from BillieBook

In reality, it's probably closer to two and a half stars, but I generally round up. Not bad, but fairly standard and predictable YA fare, only (thankfully) without a love triangle. I did like the creation myth MacMillan invented for her world, but found the book as a whole fairly easy to put down...

from HeatherLINC

I enjoyed this book from the first page. The author did a fabulous job creating an interesting and complex world and Raisa, although not perfect, was a compelling heroine. Combined with romance, action, political unrest, mythology, libraries and the power of the written word, this was my type of ...