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Summary: This has to be one of the best books I read...I think it is.
Review: This book was amazing and I just want to start off that you shouldn't be waisting your time reading this ...buy the book and go and read it as soon as possible .Now to explain it with out ruining the great story.It is about a girl named Aeriel , a blonde haired , green eyed girl who is a slave to a young woman a few years older than her named Eoduin .She is taken by an icari (the white witches sons all of which are vampyrs) and Aeriel ,under speculation that she did it goes to slay the icari .But once she climbs atop the great mountain steps she waits and he comes.She is taken aback by him and his beauty.She then is taken to his castle ,long deserted , and makes her a slave for him and his wives...or what she calls wraiths.Now for the rest of the story ,you will have to buy the book and read it because it is very good and I did say I wouldn't ruin it.So I also decided that I liked it so much that in my spare time ,for something to do and so I can continue this story .I will continue on with her happenings and try to make the stories as good as the Authors :Meredith Ann Pierce.But I just want to enchorage all people to read these books.
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Summary: Wonderful!!
Review: This book was wonderfully written and I could not put it down! If you are looking for a book with action, fantasy, and a little romance this is the perfect book for you! I am looking forward to reading the whole Darkangel Trilogy.
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Summary: Wonderful and Enchanting
Review: This is my favorite book of all time. The writing is beautiful and lyrical, the plot is captivating and well-thought-out, the characters are fully three dimensional and memorable, and the style is sincere and elegant. A wonderful unusual fantasy that few authors can mimic and few readers will find elsewhere.
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Summary: Magical tale of redemption and romance
Review: This is the only book that I have ever delayed finishing, because I loved it so damn much. The storyline is deceptively simple: a young slave seeks revenge for her mistress, abducted by a vampyre, and becomes his servant instead...but like the best stories, there's a lot more to it than that.
Aeriel is a heroine who grows on you at the same time as she grows into her own skin. The vampyre, like the best villains, is simultaneously replusive and seductive. And of course, there are the helpers, like the Duarough, the tribespeople, the Pendarlon...It might take you a while to guess where the tale is set. The mythology is rich and left me panting for more. I'm delighted to discover the other books have been published, and will be ordering them as soon as possible.
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Summary: An Enthralling Fantasy for All Ages
Review: This magnificent work of fantasy combines high magic, archaic and beautiful language, and completely believable characters to weave a tapestry of "a dream of the Moon." The lands Aeriel the slave hails from are but a thinly disguised Moon, with Oceanus/The Planet as an obvious Earth. A whole world has been created on the Moon, a world where lorelei, icari, and other fantastic creatures live, dwell, and rule. Aeriel vows to kill the darkangel when her friend Eoduin is snatched from a hilltop near their home. As the darkangel's servant for a full year, she plots and plans his downfall with the aid of the Wardens of the planet, a dwarfish mage, and the darkangel's own wives. But at the end of the tale, a surprising twist gives a message of redemption and hope. Give this book to your children, and read it yourself. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: This series definatly ties with Meredith Pierces' other series, 'The Firebringer Trilogy', for the best fantasy books I've ever read. I have read All the Harry Potter books, most of Tolkiens books, and pretty much everything else... but it always comes back to the *BADLY* underappriciated books by Ms. Pierce. She builds strong worlds of beings with their own myths and ledgends...I love everything about her books. Her rythmic method of writing will have you completly hypnotaised to the point of having to shake your head after you finish one of her books to wake back up. Her worlds suck you in and inspire you... The comments left by 'A Reader' from Denver are quite unnessisary and are based on nothing but misinterpritation of a dark and beautiful tale. There is absolutly nothing 'racist' about these books, there is no 'wife-beating' (Of course he sucks souls... He's a VAMPIRE!!!) And as for Alcaholics.... where?
The trilogy ends in a 'girl power'type of way (but better then that) So even if there was beating, alcaholism, etc (which I assure you- there is not) The ending would have the power to balance it as it is anyway...
I reccomend people read the books before commenting on them..
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Summary: As deadly as having your soul sucked dry...
Review: Upon reading the positive reviews I borrowed a copy of this book, for I am a fan of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's fantasy novels. Sigh. What can I say? The plotline is so predictable that I wondered if Aeriel has terribly weak logic to not see Darkangel IS the Prince Irrylath Dirna drowned in the lake. She is not very likable, the story is oddly bland and lacks in real action, drama, and passion. I suggest reading Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' "Hawksong" to get more kicks than this dry thing.
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Summary: I hate to be the party pooper but...
Review: Well, I hate to be the party pooper, but I borrowed this book from my local public library on the recomendation of a few friends and also because it got such rave reviews here at the Amazon.com site. Heck, it even had praise from Madeline L'Engle and I LOVE Madeline L'Engle. Well, I was amazingly dissapointed. I am a huge fan of fantasy, and this yarn was just a bit thin for me. Meredith Pierce has a unique story telling voice that others may find enduring but I found rather tiring. Her descriptions were not very clear, yet redundant at the same time. If you don't know what I am talking about, here is a quote from the book on pg.58 that illustrates what I mean. "'It must be amazement,' thought Aerial, 'That I am spinning, for I am amazed to be spinning at all.'" In one sentence, she used the word "spinning" and "amaze" twice and you still have no clear image of what's going on. The wording in this book prevented me from seeing pictures and images in my head becuase half the time, I was trying to decipher what she was trying to convey! I have to admit, I stopped reading the book at about a quarter of the way through.. I couldn't put up with the frustration anymore. Perhaps if I had read the thing the whole way through, it might have redeemed itself. And then again, perhaps I am just a very picky reader and you may find that you LOVE the book. This is just my two cents.
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