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Summary: A Tale of Two Halves
Review: 'Ring..' can essentially be divided into two halves. The first 300+ pages is filled with musings and arguments over the gender of a character and reflections on the events of book two. Very slow moving. The second half jumps into the flow of the story and is much easier to read.I haven't yet read the previous two books in the series (though I plan to) so it took me over 100 pages to begin to understand anything in this book. I can't stress this highly enough. Start with the first book. This is exceptionally well-written and is an original take on the normally staid field of epic fantasy. A very refreshing read. Fancher spends a lot of time developing her characters so that by the end I felt well acquainted with each of them. I look forward to a fourth book.
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Summary: A Tale of Two Halves
Review: 'Ring..' can essentially be divided into two halves. The first 300+ pages is filled with musings and arguments over the gender of a character and reflections on the events of book two. Very slow moving. The second half jumps into the flow of the story and is much easier to read. I haven't yet read the previous two books in the series (though I plan to) so it took me over 100 pages to begin to understand anything in this book. I can't stress this highly enough. Start with the first book. This is exceptionally well-written and is an original take on the normally staid field of epic fantasy. A very refreshing read. Fancher spends a lot of time developing her characters so that by the end I felt well acquainted with each of them. I look forward to a fourth book.
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Summary: Very Disapointing
Review: Although this is not the worst book I have ever read, I found it very disapointing. The first two books were wonderful, they presented a beleivable set of brothers living in an interesting world, but I could not get past the first couple hundred pages of this book because it was so bad.The focus on Mikhyel didn't bother me until it came to all that Temorii/Thyerri ( ). When it came to that point, I tried to press on, hoping that the story would be salvaged by the end , but i found i couldn't handle it any more. I closed that book and have never opened it.
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Summary: I Want More!
Review: Another character driven book-my personal favorite! I got the advantage of reading it before the final edits and could see the changes Jane made. It was the gold thread through the tapestry! Plote threads from the first two were tied up and more questions were raised. And we finally get to see some of the action from Ganfrion's point of view! Congrats, Jane! You've left me wanting more!
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I highly recommend reading this series, especially if you like character driven stories that are angsty and kind of dark. I don't know what more to say without ruining the story, except I would have liked more graphic details of Mikhyel's childhood but I thought Mrs. Fancher did a wonderful job at slowly reveling pieces of Mikhyel's past. Just read the books and judge for yourself. ^_^
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I highly recommend reading this series, especially if you like character driven stories that are angsty and kind of dark. I don't know what more to say without ruining the story, except I would have liked more graphic details of Mikhyel's childhood but I thought Mrs. Fancher did a wonderful job at slowly reveling pieces of Mikhyel's past. Just read the books and judge for yourself. ^_^
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Summary: A great 400 page story got lost in over 700 pages
Review: I laughed when I saw Amazon lists the book as having 'only' 544 pages. I wish. The book weighs in at over 700 pages, of which roughly half should have been cut. The first 200 pages are filled with characters endlessly remembering events of the last book. At first I was pleased to have my memory refreshed, but after about 50 pages of this, I was getting really annoyed. The next 200 pages actually moved the plot along, but at a snails pace. It wasn't until around page 400 that the story really began and the remainder of the book was good. I don't know if the waste in this book is the result of a self-indulgent writer who can't bare to leave out anything she has written or if the editor/publisher insisted that the book be this size - but the results are disappointing. It was odd that the author choose to focus almost exclusively on Mickel. What made the previous books so interesting was the many different storylines. Yet in this, the largest installment, none of the characters have any part at all accept as minor roles in Mikhel's tale. I have been eargerly awaiting in what was supposed to be the conclusion of a triology, but the inside of the book lists yet another book and of course this book in no way concluded much of anything. Saddly, this book was not worth the wait.
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Summary: Conclusion of Dance of the Rings
Review: I love this book...strong character, strong plot, and follow-through on all the promise of the first two volumes [Ring of Lightning, Ring of Intrigue.] I had the chance to read it in manuscript, to be sure, and this is one set of books I wish I'd written!
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Summary: slightly off center
Review: I really enjoyed the first two books inthis series, but I found the third a bit disappointing. I would have liked a little more on the other brothers, as opposed to the heavy focus on Mikhel. I guess I'm a prude also, because I found the love scenes between khyiel and thierry a little too descriptive for my hetero tastes. It would have been better if it were a little more balanced by Nikki having a hot affair with someone, anyone! Anyway I'm glad that she did take the chance with that type of writing although I'm sure she lost some readers over it. I like where she's going with mirym and the rest of the cast. I'll be reading the next book with high hopes.
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Summary: A dissapointment and not the great conclusion I'd hoped for.
Review: I was looking forward to a conclustion of this series with this book. My heart sank when I saw how thick the book was and when I then saw there was a 4th book coming... Then I started reading the book. With this installment the author seems to have lost her sense of balance with story telling. Most of this book (3/4) seems to be about Mikhyel and his tangled relationships. In the end I gave up on this book. I got sick of reading about the great Mikheyl, because what I actually enjoyed about the first 2 books was the sense of balance and growth of all the three brothers Mikheyl, Deymoran and Nikki. I won't be reading any more of this series. It's been a real dissapointment because it started out so well and now it's just rambling. What ever happended to a well written TRILOGY?? It's a rare beast these days.
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