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Summary: READ THIS SERIES! It's absolutely MAGICAL.
Review: Not only is this books series captivating and realistic, it has everything that makes up a classic; a great plot, a great villain--and a MAGINIFICENT heroine. You get caught up in the reading and you're really sorry when it ends...I hope that Meredith Ann Pierce plans to write another book for all our sakes, and that the story doesn't stop here...the ending in "The Pearl of the Soul of the World" really gets to you, and you'll need a box of kleenex. You'll laugh, cry, and never forget this marvelous masterpiece in young adult fantasy/science fiction. This is my all-time favorite book series, and if you read it and it doesn't become your favorite, I guarantee you'll still have memories from it when your ninety. "The Darkangel Trilogy" will bring out the many sides of you as it catches you and suspends you in it's lyrical telling.
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Summary: the darkangel
Review: Now, I read the collectors edition which had all three stories in it so I'm not real sure where this one ends and the next begins. But I'll try to get the overall point across. A slave girl's beautiful owner is captured by a soulless vampyre. Facing being auctioned she goes to where her mistress had been taken and waits. Eventually this beautiful but frigid boy comes and takes her to his palace as a servant to his wives, all of which used to be women but since he sucked out their souls are now wasting away so that she can not even tell which one is her mistress. But she falls in love with the vampyre and escapes to try to find a way to free her mistress and maybe the vampyre who had once been a boy but was stolen by a witch. Through much travel she comes upon powerful magic, befriends strangers, learns the true origins of her people, befriends monsters, and meets her vampyre's evil full grown brothers. Throughout the books she hunts down and fights this witch who is trying to destroy her world and lives many other adventures along the way. I loved the book"s" and can tell you that you will never ever guess the end. This book is anything but predictable. I suggest getting the collectors edition, you won't want to wait to find out what happens next. It may seem slow but in the end everything fits ever so nicely.
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Summary: How to become a co-dependant racist heroine
Review: Okay.I LOVE fantasy. Good ones. This isn't badly written and the world is intriguing but Meredith, you should be using your powers for good! Our heroines' skin gets LIGHTER in the sun of Solstar and therefore she is more beautiful? She is only worthy of love when she is tall, fair, blonde, and buxom? She cuts out her own heart and gives it to the vampire? Okay, what is up with that? That works? Not that I have noticed. Young girls should not be reading this. Oh sure, his ex-wives are all wraiths but I, with my superior blonde hair and light skin and big heart, will SAVE this woman strangling, soul-stealing man. Girls and women who have fallen under the spell of this book: Run! Male liars, alcoholics, and wife beaters who can suck a women's soul dry: sorry to have to tell you this but you should really save yourselves.
1 extra star for the good spinning scenes and Lyon battles.
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Summary: I almost never give anything five stars.
Review: Pierce's "Firebringer" trilogy was written for kids. So...when I read this book (and its two sequels), I was expecting to read a kid's story. Instead, I was amazed by the depth of "The Darkangel." To the person who couldn't get past Pierce's style of description: The spinning wheel made yarn out of emotions. Aeriel was surprised that she was spinning anything-and the yarn that she was spinning was made from her own feeling of surprise. Does that help any? (Pierce's storytelling voice is, indeed, a little strange...but that just means that you have to pay attention to the details!)
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Summary: Great....but utterly AWFUL!
Review: The book starts off slow and ends abruptly. The plot inches along slowly, but the language and the characters enticing you to read more...until finally you're at the end...and that's it. The end is short and sloppy. After I read this book I was very angry that a book could be left in such a place...so many loose ends. How was that done again? - She did WHAT? Very sloppy...but the story its self demands to be read. If you can stand your own anger at the ending...the book is decent enough.
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Summary: Good Young Adult Fantasy - Average
Review: The Darkangel reminds me somewhat of the Narnia stories. The Universe Ms. Pierce creates is completely different from our own, and yet there are hints of similarities. There are vampyres and other magical creatures, quests and other standard fantasy stuff but the people are remarkably the same as in our world. This was written as young adult literature and it reads like it. The writing is simplistic the story plain and relatively uncomplicated although I will admit I did like the plot. Character development was adequate although more could have been done, especially for the protagonist Aeriel, to me she seems to be a little undone. In fact if I had to describe the book with one word I would say it was 'undercooked.' There is little explanation as to how their world came to be the way it is, it had not always been the way it is portrayed, where did the magical creatures come from, where did the people go? A lot of questions and very few answers. Do these questions need to be answered for you to enjoy this book? Not really but they do distract from the story itself. This story is very age appropriate for young adult readers. No sex, violence is mostly implied and the horror fairly mild. I found this to be a very average work. It is the first volume of a trilogy and I intend to read at least the one following vollum, we will see if it gets any better. Even if it remains at this level it is not a BAD book, I'll leave it as a RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: Incomparable language, slow pace
Review: The disparity in the reviews here seems to boil down to a question of what you're looking for in a book. The Darkangel is not an adventure novel. The pace is slow, so if you're looking for a faster paced book you're likely to find it boring. If you enjoy beautiful language that floats you through the (admittedly kind of thin, but with some great moments) plot, this book will make a big impression. The pace picks up in the two sequels (A Gathering of Gargoyles) without losing the magic of the language, and Aeriel does gain more character as they progress. Have some patience and enjoy the scenery and this is a lovely book.
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Summary: Must Read at Least Once
Review: The first of my three favorite books in the whole world. Start here and join Ariel on her journey with Irrylath. I read this just for something to read one day and once I started I could not stop until the last. I recommend it for all ages boy or girl.
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Summary: A good likable read
Review: The story gave a new nuance for me. I am fond of reading YA books and so far, this is totally different from other vampire's book. The setting, which at the beginning kind of confusing, started to make sense if we imagined ourselves living on the moon (another new idea, vampire - night - moon).
This vampire, the "Darkangel" who stole Eoduin, to be his bride and Aeriel, to be his brides' maid, was a halfmade vampire. He still had soul dan a trace of goodness that made Aeriel (and me still) loved him. Instead of taking revenge for having made Eoduin and the previous 12 brides into wraiths, she decided to save and free him from the White Witch that intended to make him a "darkangel" son.
With the guidance of the first of three stanzas of the Lady Ravenna, Aeriel started her journey to save the ones she loved and ultimately, the world.
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Summary: Simple and Beautiful
Review: This book first struck me as just a little neat book with some made up words for every day objects, any other fantasy book. As it went on, however, the scale got much larger and got much more beautiful. Aeriel is a great heroine, someone that represents the element of love in all of us, willing to do anything for that "what if?". Her ultimate sacrifice for beauty and innocence was the best part. I couldnt put this book down, i read it in one day actually. Also, I've never read a vampire novel that actually had the vampire with wings, i loved it, for its something i've always wanted to see in a book personally. Now i can't wait to read the second one!
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