Rating: 
Summary: Thoroughly engrossing and entertaining
Review: This was the first Anne Bishop book I read and I loved it! I could not put this one down. I had to know what was going to happen next. I found my self caring about the characters. I hated the witch hunters with as much passion as I loved the witches. I have never read a book, where the witch was the good guy and worth saving from the real evil of the world. The story was a lesson in not being judgemental - all humans are not good and all witches are not evil. After having read this book, I devoured the 2 remaining ones in the series and bought all the other books that she has written. I have yet to be disappointed. Anne Bishop is a throughly enjoyable writer.
Rating:
Summary: Thoroughly engrossing and entertaining
Review: This was the first Anne Bishop book I read and I loved it! I could not put this one down. I had to know what was going to happen next. I found my self caring about the characters. I hated the witch hunters with as much passion as I loved the witches. I have never read a book, where the witch was the good guy and worth saving from the real evil of the world. The story was a lesson in not being judgemental - all humans are not good and all witches are not evil. After having read this book, I devoured the 2 remaining ones in the series and bought all the other books that she has written. I have yet to be disappointed. Anne Bishop is a throughly enjoyable writer.
Rating: 
Summary: Good read
Review: Though not as good as Bishop's Black Jewels, Pillars of the World (and the following two books) are still good books with great characters. Though these characters did not grab me the way her Black Jewels characters did Bishop has still woven an excellent fantasy trilogy worth owning. The only thing I didn't like was what happened to my favorite character...but I won't spoil anything for future readers.
Rating:
Summary: I like it!
Review: When I first found out that this is not in the Daughter of Bood universe, I was a little disappointed. However, after I started reading the book, I was soon captured by this story. Her characters are always very interesting and real, and I like her description of the animals (in this case, the horses). I also admire her ability to show how damaging is emotional abuse for a child. It is always emotionally satisfactory for me to see how she deal with the bad guys at the end. The only reason I gave this book a 4-star rating is because I wish she deal with the town's people with their own dose of medicine.
Rating:
Summary: Sensuous and poignant...
Review: While not on the same par as the Black Jewel books, Anne Bishop's latest fantasy novel features her usual lush realms and intriguing characters. The Fae, an ancient and magickal race, can longer ignore the passings of the mortal world. The roads to Tir Alainn are becoming blocked, and more Fae clans are starting to die out. Dianna, the Huntress, and her brother Lucian, the Lightbringer, the two most powerful Fae beings, must find out this new threat or else Faerie will no longer exist as they know it. All they have to guide them is an elusive reference to the 'Pillars of the World.' Ari is a young witch, the last of a long line of powerful witches. She has typical adolescent problems, like not being able to fit in with the other girls, who taunt her endlessly about her 'witch' skills. She is also having some difficulty ridding herself of the amorous intentions of Royce, an arrogant young man who is the son of the most influential man in the village. Elsewhere, Aldolfo, the Master Inquisitor, the Witch's Hammer, continues his restless witch hunt. He and his minions travel from village to village, killing any witches they find. His motto? "Thou shall not suffer a witch to live." Ironically, it is his very nature that compels him to do so, for he himself is half-witch. On the warm Summer Moon, fate brings Ari and Lucian together. Soon, an unlikely group of allies are brought together in a final stand-off between good and evil. Bishop explores some fascinating themes in this beautifully-written novel. The hypocrisy of human nature. The hysteria of the witch hunts. Trust, honesty, loyalty, and selflessness as the ultimate gifts of love. Although the ending is weak and somewhat disappointing, Bishop leaves plenty of room for a sequel.
Rating:
Summary: Pillars of the World
Review: While The Black Jewels Triligy was extordinarly writen and some of the best books I have ever seen. Pillars of the World lacks the something that wes so readily avalible in her other works. It is not the worst book, but if you want something to keep you turning the pages and guessing at what will happen next you should try another book
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