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Summary: Falling in love with Rohan and Sioned
Review: Despite the old adage, never judge a book by its cover, I remember picking up a copy of Sunrunner's Fire because of the beautiful cover art. I had no idea that it was the 3rd book in the series, nor did I really care. But when I began reading it, I decided I would seek out the first two novels because it seemed very interesting. This was when I was about 13 years old. My parents had divorced a few years earlier, and the father figure I had growing up was not the greatest. When I began reading Dragon Prince, I fell in love with the characters and especially Rohan. I wanted to be that type of person... he embodied all the qualities I respected. And so, Rohan kind of became a role model for me. Needless to say, the novels are still among my favorites, and have impacted my life greatly. This is an incredible work, and the characters are beautiful. Do yourself the favour of reading this wonderful story.
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Summary: If you like realism or complexity, not for you.
Review: Melanie Rawn was an author whose books I had been meaning to get around to reading for years - I know now I didn't miss out on anything. If you like complex characterisation and worldbuilding, and realistic, flowing plots, this novel is not for you. I recognise that this was her first novel, but there are are plenty of first novels which are at least technically better than this. Typos and bad grammer abounded to say the least. The plot was disjointed - the break between Rohan and Sioned's wedding and the war was the most disconcerting and noticeable break in narrative but not the only one. What happened for those six years? This was a time period that an accomplished author would have been able to condense and gloss over, whilst still imparting a sense of the development of the characters and political situation during this time, but Rawn simply skipped a period of time which could have been fleshed out much more skillfully. I was initially drawn to Rohan and Sioned but very quickly became sick of them. At least Rohan had a little bit of a romp of excitement near the end, but the mental anguish he went through after/during this was so 2-d i couldn't really have cared less. If more development of his character beyond the cliched prince was made perhaps I would have cared. Similarly for most of the other characters e.g. I started to care about Camigwen but what happened to her? The initial involvement I had in Sioned and Rohan's relationship dissipated after the consummation of their match and the dinner at the rialla, which was such a letdown it left me uneager to plow through the rest of the book. Perhaps this novel would have been more interesting if the main characters had been Roelstra's daughters. I felt they had the potential to actually be 3-d, they had a dark side and they actually had motivations to do something about the situations they were in. If only they had been fleshed out and given a chance. I still wasn't sure at the end what side the second daughter was on anyway. The dragons were what initially attracted me to this story and I was dissapointed there too. It's fine to make the dragons completely non-mystical, I was quite entranced by this break with traditional fantasy. But the references in the story to them were completely irrelevent; their saviour role was completely accidental and felt like a deux-et-machina so that the author could have a reason to call her cardboard prince a dragon-prince. The encounter with the hatchling gave me hope for a complicated parallel between the animals and the humans (if anyone has ever read a book called 'Firelight the Red Stallion', Hawkeye's meeting with Firelight as a foal was a comparable opportunity) but this was not to be realised. Nor were the fascinating potentials or ideas of Sunrunner magic or the conflict between a ruler's powers and a Sunrunner's power ever satisfactorily dealt with. There are tonnes of fantasy that deals with magic and politics and war and love better than this series; for dragons, I would recommend Robin Hobb's FARSEER and LIVESHIP trilogies, Jane Yolen's classic DRAGON'S BLOOD trilogy, and of course the PERN books by Anne Macaffrey.
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Summary: Great, rip-roaring tale
Review: Bought this book becuase it was on sale and i liked thecover. Its different then the other "sword and soccery"books out there, it actually has characters that are driven by human feeling, emotions and desires. That means sometimes the book feels like a soap - but it adds to the drama. It has enough other fantsy elements to take you away into that "other realm" and suspend your disbelief. This book also has the greatest couple of all fantasy novels, I can't think of couple that made such a great pair together as Rohan and Sioned. It might not be for the purist, but its makes a very refreshing change. Highly recommended END
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Summary: Great Book
Review: It is a great book for all fantasy novel readers. The characters are so real you can almost see them standing next to you. The whole series is great, but this is a definite must read
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Summary: A little slow, but a great read!
Review: Dragon Prince is a great book! I love fantasy, and this is a wonderful fantasy story! The character development was wonderful and I can't wait to read her other books in this series! The only problem that I had with this book was that it went just a little slow for my taste...but it was great nonetheless! As Anne McCaffrey proclaims, "...Melanie Rawn is good!"
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Summary: What can I say? Brilliant.
Review: i read this book in the Summer Holidays and spent the rest of it pretty much reading the rest of the series. Fantasy is called fantasy for exactly that reason: it's not real! Hence you can't expect the characters to act in ways that you would yourself, at best, it's a reflection. I loved the dream-like, lyrical language used in the novel and i also loved the lavish descriptions of characters and setting. I loved the idea of Sunrunners vs. Sorcerers and the romantic aspect of the novel was both poignant and uplifting at times. Being Ms. Rawn's first novel, it is not her best, but amazingly, it is still incredibly absorbing and well-written! FIVE STARS!
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Summary: Excellent story, great author, need better editors
Review: Melanie Rawn, I can't but help give props to you on your Dragon Prince and Star Scroll Series. They are some of the most awesome books that I have had the opportunity to read. The only thing I have to say in the negative is the quality of editors that Ms Rawn has to look over her books. There are many times throughout the book Chaynal is called by a nick name of Chay, but 1 in about every 10 time he is called Clay. A definite typo that tend to be irritating. Also the wording in many areas are not up to par and make you have to sit and think what they were actually trying to say. One specific time is at the Rialla right after Meath felled the Merida assassin Rohan says to Meath "I wasn't aware that Lady Andrade allowed he Sunrunner to walk around the holes in there clothing." So unless the Sunrunners have some tradition of walking around holes in there clothing, I believe this sentence is supposed to be "Walk around WITH holes in there clothing." Small mistakes like this make the book frustrating enough to want to write a review as negative as this. I am sorry, the book is completely awesome, I could read it 1000 times, I only hope that the grammar and typos are not frequent in your other books. Frequent Reader, Isaac
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Summary: Wonderfull
Review: Dragon Prince is a great mix of romance and sword play. Some may say it's mainly a romance, but how can you miss all the fighting. True it takes a little bit to get to the gore, but all the events leading up to it keep you gripped tight to the book. For me this book had a good balance to satisfy the romantic in me and the fearsome fighter too.
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Summary: Dragon Prince is tested
Review: Dragon Prince mimics the world in that everyone has an agenda. Manipulation, plotting, ego, battle, high ideals brought low by the "real" world. Very reminicent of "The Well Of Souls". No one is untouched by the events detailed and the chemistry of relationships change as well. A very good read.
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Summary: A good book for reader of any genera of liturarure
Review: Dragon Prince is a teriffic a book that depicts the saga of two people that has inherated two different kinds of power that combines their power to overcome great obsticals to see their future come into play ? Rohan the Heir to the desert throne and Sioned a sunrunner destined to be his bride .
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