BattleAxe (aka The Wayfarer Redemption) by Sara Douglass
… On the one hand, I don’t want to read any more of the books because there’s so much clichéd nonsense; on the other hand I am compelled to find out what happens next! So I award BattleAxe three stars; the two-dimensional characters and bad writing on one side balance out the fantastic pacing and imagination to make this a distinctly average fantasy novel. Read the rest.
I have no doubt your review is dead-on Amanda, but I can’t help but wonder if I’d like this series. My reading preferances can be admitidly cheesy sometimes. ( I’ve long had a place in my heart ofr Sword and Sorcery). And this series has been popping-up in my periphreals for several years now. But there is so many good books out there to read… ah the sweet dilemma of so little time, so many books.
This series was really difficult for me. I guess that I just couldn’t enjoy where the author was taking us and I hated the main character. Just me… The first book was really pretty good, but by the time I finished the last one I swore of Sara Douglass for good.
Greg – if you think this series is something you might like, then definitely pick them up. I have read a number of reviews and I think that Sara Douglass is a bit Marmite (an English term – you either love her or hate her!) Some of the reviews for this series were glowing :-)
Well I think I’ll keep thinking about it..The series could be one that I want to like more then I will, y’know what I mean?
The covers caught my eye. I love Royo.. -and I know this next statement goes in a completely opposite direction after making a comment about the cover-I’ve been reading all my books via Amazon Kindle right now, and this series doesn’t have a Kindle edition yet..