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Summary: Intrigues
Review: I agree w/the review that this starts a little slow, & the whole thing w/the Gracely thing kind of boggs down the pace. If you love Sharon Green's Blending series as I do this is no bother, it just makes you want to get to that next page! If Sharon Green should read this review I want her know that I love what she does & Please DON'T stop! I can barely contain myself til the next installation of the series.
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Summary: Repetitive, redundant, and tends to repeat itself
Review: I enjoyed the five books in the original Blending series, and so I looked forward to their continuation. And while I did keep turning the pages on this one, I found the dialog incredibly irritating. Almost the entire story is told via conversation. And the dialog is so mannered, awkward and formal - even when it is mere agreement. For example: "Let's also say that your violence would have mine to keep it company." This book could've been one third its final length if she'd written "Agreed." once in a while. But instead she has one member of the Blending state an idea, then has a short paragraph for _every_ other member to make a statement agreeing with it. She does this with other conversations as well, but mercifully, those tend to have fewer people in the room. The obsession with tea and (for the women) bathing also gets old. All of the bad guys are pretty much the same character divided into different bodies, which can make them a bit hard to keep track of. However, it is still entertaining to watch their downfall. The world Ms. Green has built here is really interesting, but this particular novel doesn't really do it justice. Still, it is readable, and Book Two in the Blending Enthroned series is a bit better, so it may be worth reading this one. However, my best recommendation is to stop with Book 5 of the original Blending series.
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Summary: New Blending Book
Review: I enjoyed this book but one thing that annoyed me was the fact that it introduced a lot of new characters, some of which seemed to have no relevance to the story. Hopefully now that Ms. Green is finished with the introductions the next book will move much faster and tie all the story lines together. One note for new readers: if you haven't read the the blending series before this do so, because you will be completly lost without it. Besides that the book got really interesting at the end, complete with a traditional cliff hanger ending. I can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: New Blending Book
Review: I enjoyed this book but one thing that annoyed me was the fact that it introduced a lot of new characters, some of which seemed to have no relevance to the story. Hopefully now that Ms. Green is finished with the introductions the next book will move much faster and tie all the story lines together. One note for new readers: if you haven't read the the blending series before this do so, because you will be completly lost without it. Besides that the book got really interesting at the end, complete with a traditional cliff hanger ending. I can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: The Blending Enthroned
Review: Like the last series by Sharon Green, The Blending, this book was about Jovvi, Tamrissa, Naran, Rion, Vallant and Lorand. One of the bad things in this book, according to me, was that the author spent more time introducing the enemies than refamiliarizing me with the main characters that the readers have grown to love. One of the good aspects of this book is that there is less gooey-stuff, if you know what I mean. I wish Sharon Green had a map of the different countries and cities so I could follow along better. However, the ending is very catchy and will grab me in for the next book: Deceptions.
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Summary: Ho hum..
Review: On a positive note Sharon Green's characters are very well devloped. Unfortunatly she also has a tendency for using cliches and I don't for a minute believe that people in that era would speak the way most of her characters would. Each member of the blending seems a little too perfect for my tastes and there was far too much time spent whining about how bad the situation was. Naran's lack of talents seemed to be a little bit disappointing as well as the fact that she is now one of the 6. I'm sorry but there is a reason why this story is under the "fiction" section and that is because the characters are not realistic.
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Summary: Bleding Enthroned-Intriguing
Review: Sharon Green has developped a style all her own in this series. Her editor must be very good to keep "everyone's" story straight. I like the fact that all the characters get to "take over" in the telling and the concepts for her world are in a word-intriguing.
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Summary: Intrigues - The Blending Enthroned
Review: The new series starts off with another slow-paced but interesting beginning as we are introduced to new enemies and allies and witness the changes being wrought by the new order. Not all of these new characters develop quite the way you might first expect. Yet as we begin to explore the world outside of Gan Garee, I can't help but to think that a map of some kind might be useful. The action in the next book, Deceptions, should pick up now that all the players have moved into position, especially with the surprise thrown in for the cliffhanger. The one thing with which I was disappointed was the development of Naran's prescient talent - or rather the lack of it.
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Summary: An Intriguing Beginning
Review: The new series starts off with another slow-paced but interesting beginning as we are introduced to new enemies and allies and witness the changes being wrought by the new order. Not all of these new characters develop quite the way you might first expect. Yet as we begin to explore the world outside of Gan Garee, I can't help but to think that a map of some kind might be useful. The action in the next book, Deceptions, should pick up now that all the players have moved into position, especially with the surprise thrown in for the cliffhanger. The one thing with which I was disappointed was the development of Naran's prescient talent - or rather the lack of it.
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Summary: Reading this series is like stabbing yourself in the eye
Review: The writing in these books is fine up to a point, but the content of the books just beats your head in by repeating the same words, same phrases, and same ideas until plowing through the drivel is an act of willpower. You continue reading in the vain hope that the writer will get to the point until you've gotten to the end of the third book and throw it away in disgust.
What's wrong with this series:
1) "I like tea" "I could go for some tea" "Boy, I just can't do anything without having my tea" "I couldn't live without having tea" "Is anyone up for some tea?" It's pretty established in the first series that everyone and their mother likes tea; in fact, it could be mentioned maybe once per book and the reader would get the idea, but apparently the IQ of the reading population has sunk to a record low after reading the first series and having debauched into the mind state of a shrub we need to constantly be reminded that there's nothing else to drink in the world. Doesn't that make you thirsty for tea?
2) Repetitive agreement. If everyone agrees instead of just summarizing their agreement, every single character needs to get their word in on how they agree, how much they agree, and how much they agree with the other person. This gets headbangingly old very quickly.
3) The infallibility of the main characters. Not only do they agree with each other on everything, they're ALWAYS RIGHT. Sharon Green takes interesting complex characters from her first books and turns them into carbon copy know-it-all monkeys with the individuality of a clone.
4) The bad guys. Every bad guy is the same, they're all insane and the reader is told they're insane and incredibly stupid. After the first few guys each revelation that the next villain is an insane retard unable to face reality doesn't come as a shocker and the good guys winning ain't no surprise.
In summary, if you're thinking of buying or reading these books, don't. Go get something better to read or just reread the first series which is infinitely better. You don't need 3 books to tell the same story of how everyone likes tea, agrees with each other, is always right, and always wins against the stupid incompetent bad guys. Some of the other reviewers have commented that this could have been put into one book, I disagree, I think the entire thing could have been reduced to about 2 chapters.
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