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Summary: Prophecy: Book 5 of the Blending
Review: After really liking the first book, and not being too thrilled with two through four; this book made up for it. It would have been perfect if Ms. Green could get rid of telling the story from so many points of view. There were a few surprises here -- good ones too. I'm still not sure if the five have faced the ultimate test. There was a great climax to this book; but not the one I was expecting. What Ms. Green DID leave me expecting was the next series in this world. I've read a lot of her books, they weren't that great. This series is MUCH better. Ms. Green, if you read this: How about a name other than "the Empire".
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Summary: This one was better.
Review: After really liking the first book, and not being too thrilled with two through four; this book made up for it. It would have been perfect if Ms. Green could get rid of telling the story from so many points of view. There were a few surprises here -- good ones too. I'm still not sure if the five have faced the ultimate test. There was a great climax to this book; but not the one I was expecting. What Ms. Green DID leave me expecting was the next series in this world. I've read a lot of her books, they weren't that great. This series is MUCH better. Ms. Green, if you read this: How about a name other than "the Empire".
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Summary: Everything Comes Together
Review: An excellent ending to Sharon Green's series. I tend to be a romantic so knowing that Tamrissa and Vallant finally stay together in the end, lets me rest without the worry of whether I'll have to wait for another book to find out!
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Summary: Everything Comes Together
Review: An excellent ending to Sharon Green's series. I tend to be a romantic so knowing that Tamrissa and Vallant finally stay together in the end, lets me rest without the worry of whether I'll have to wait for another book to find out!
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Summary: Excellent series!
Review: I completely agree with the vast majority of the reviews: this series is addictive. I picked up the first three not long after Book 3 came out, and had to check for the next installments every time I visited a bookstore. Unfortunately, I spotted the last one during the week of my finals, but I still had to read it that very day. I am not really a fan of hardcore fantasy, but these books blended (no pun intended) the elements of a standard novel with an interesting spin on magic. While I don't have the criticism that some had on the amount of conversation, I do feel that there was too much plot summation in Book 2-5. Obviously in the beginning of the novel this is vital, but she repeated the plots of the previous books throughout the text. Needless to say by Book 5, this began to build up and get annoying. Despite this little flaw, I really loved the series and eagerly await the next trilogy!
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Summary: Totally addicted... (and loving it!)
Review: I got addicted to this series when I went through my local bookstore to find a fantasy book with a good cover. I ended up with Convergence, and was addicted from the start. Unfortunatly, I had bought it only three days after it had been published, so I had to wait for each of the subsaquent (sp?) books to be written before I could sastisfy my addiction to the lives of Rion, Naran, Vallant, Tamrissa, Lorand, and Jovvi!The books themselves are the most absorbing, well written books I have ever picked up, and, although she is not, I feel that Sharon Green's name should be listed along with those of Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemmingway, and Henry David Thoreau as the best writers that this nation has ever produced. Unlike most authors, Sharon Green can force her readers to feel emotion, including the most difficult emotion to elicit from a reader; hate. For her style of dealing with the deep-seeded, entrenched, all-consuming evil of the nobles makes the feeling of hatred towards them almost overwhelming. All in all, and incredable series, and I desperatly wait for the second book in the Blending Enthroned to be published.
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Summary: Totally addicted... (and loving it!)
Review: I got addicted to this series when I went through my local bookstore to find a fantasy book with a good cover. I ended up with Convergence, and was addicted from the start. Unfortunatly, I had bought it only three days after it had been published, so I had to wait for each of the subsaquent (sp?) books to be written before I could sastisfy my addiction to the lives of Rion, Naran, Vallant, Tamrissa, Lorand, and Jovvi! The books themselves are the most absorbing, well written books I have ever picked up, and, although she is not, I feel that Sharon Green's name should be listed along with those of Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemmingway, and Henry David Thoreau as the best writers that this nation has ever produced. Unlike most authors, Sharon Green can force her readers to feel emotion, including the most difficult emotion to elicit from a reader; hate. For her style of dealing with the deep-seeded, entrenched, all-consuming evil of the nobles makes the feeling of hatred towards them almost overwhelming. All in all, and incredable series, and I desperatly wait for the second book in the Blending Enthroned to be published.
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Summary: Great! Give Me More!
Review: I have just finished reading the entire series a second time. I really think that this is the best of the lot. The plot really moved along. Each of the 5 or should I say 6 main protagonists continued to develop new, admirable traits as they proceeded to win the 5 Fold Throne. The end of the book answers most of the questions that the Blending and I had about what had happened to them. However, I am so involved in these characters that I want more- more about the lives and futures of these 6 heros. I also want to know more about who or what caused the signs. I want to know more about their collective vision of leadership. I want more about their personal lives. I am sure that a 25 year reign can change them even more. I wonder if they will remain true to their vision or become corrupt. I am also sure that their enemies aren't through with them. Needless to say I was thrilled to read that Sharon Green is writing a new trilogy (3 books can't be enough!) But I want them now!
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Summary: I hate not finishing a series.
Review: I have to finish this book, not because it is enthralling but because I read the first 4. This book has a contrived feeling. i.e. Lorand just now lets us know he is an expert poisoner! Please. I was fairly disappointed how this book has been wrapped up.
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Summary: I hate not finishing a series.
Review: I have to finish this book, not because it is enthralling but because I read the first 4. This book has a contrived feeling. i.e. Lorand just now lets us know he is an expert poisoner! Please. I was fairly disappointed how this book has been wrapped up.
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