Rating: Summary: __ Review: Great book. Good look into the Authorian times with interesting twists that make it different but better than most books out there.
Rating: Summary: Guinevere is The Dragon Queen! Review: Having read Borchardt's Wolf series, I wondered what she could add to tales of Arthur and Guinevere. She added Maniel, the shape shifter, an evil Igraine and Merlin and a magical Arthur and Guinevere to become what is sure to be a classic retelling of Guinevere's story.After Sharan Newman's Guinevere series, Rosalind Miles Guinevere, the Idylls of the Queen and Nancy McKenzie's Guinevere books, and the wonderful Mists of Avalon, I thought the story had been told from as many points of view as possible. I was wrong. Borchardt manages to work her wolf character into The Dragon Queen with wonderful results. She makes Guinevere a very magical, very Celtic and very human person. This is a fresh view of the Guinevere/Arthur story-with page turning, keep you up all night reading thrills. Try this book-you'll like it!
Rating: Summary: Got my money back Review: Hundreds of writers have waded into the Arthurian waters and some have come away with great books. This isn't one of those times. The Guinivere in Dragon Queen is so perfect she's just a card board figure. The ruin of Merlin's character isn't even worth talking about. I bought it at 8:15 AM read it, didn't like and by 4 PM I got my money back.
Rating: Summary: different Review: i found this book in my teacher's stash, and since i was stuck in one of the boring beginnings of jordan's WoT series, i picked this one up, and surprisingly couldnt put it down. i was a little daunted at first when i found out borchardt's rice's sister, she's a 'wee' bit on the sensual side, so ive heard, but it was surprisingly good. at times you do have to reread a paragraph or so, i dont know if it's because my mind borders miniscual or if it really requires you to do so, but i did. im not an arthurian legend fanatic, and from the vastness of the books in the catagory i dont want to be, but this is an excellent spin on the sometimes annoying retellings. it's shall we say uncanny.
Rating: Summary: An unexpecting re-imagining of Guinviere Review: I found this to be a refreshing and wonderful approach to the Arthurian legend. Guiniviere is not a simpering woman or a token player, she is the story. Marion Zimmerman's Guin was irritating; Kim Newman's Guin was smart and well rounded, but a reactive rather than proactive character. In Borchardt's Guin we see a strong Queen who we cannot imagine by the end of this first book as the tragic woman who leads to Arthur's downfall. The story if the same, the journey is diffrent.
Rating: Summary: A new refreshing view point of an old legend. Review: I got this book becuase I enjoy reading Arthurian legends, the last one being the "Mists of Avalon." I was very happy to see that the Guinevere is portrayed a strong and powerful woman who takes her fate into her own hands and doesn't look back. At first I did't quite get the magic and the dragons, but once you get into it, it all seems to fit. It's a fantasy novel, not history.
Rating: Summary: This book is fantastic! Review: I have read her other books and they were great! This book was different, I never read a book like this. I never knew what was going to happen I could not predict a thing. I finished this book in record time and cannot wait for part two! A must read for anyone, especially if you read the Wolf series.
Rating: Summary: Dazed and Confused Review: I love fantasy books and I liked Alice Borchardt's previous wolf books and the Devoted books. But this book jumps from character to character, from story to story, from one "world" to the next "world" with very little in the way of transition, explanation or logic. I understand that this book is about "magical" things and events, but for goodness sake, I found myself wondering what the heck was going on WAY more often than is necessary. And I kept thinking that at the end it would end up making some sort of sense...but no such luck. Get Ms. Borchardt's other books and skip this one.
Rating: Summary: Dazed and Confused Review: I love fantasy books and I liked Alice Borchardt's previous wolf books and the Devoted books. But this book jumps from character to character, from story to story, from one "world" to the next "world" with very little in the way of transition, explanation or logic. I understand that this book is about "magical" things and events, but for goodness sake, I found myself wondering what the heck was going on WAY more often than is necessary. And I kept thinking that at the end it would end up making some sort of sense...but no such luck. Get Ms. Borchardt's other books and skip this one.
Rating: Summary: Confusing and just plain stupid Review: I love reading books and I always feel bad if I don't finish a book. It feels like i didn't give it a fair chance. I had to labour to finish this book. It was horrible. I rarely have trouble reading a book but this book is so confusing. It leads you around and becomes so unbelievable. I read fantasy constantly and thought it was imposible to make a fantasy book unbelievable. I was proved wrong. I hated this book mostly because i wanted a strong heroine but this book doesn't have one. There is no way to relate to the protaganist.
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