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Summary: Not so great
Review: The first book was very imaginative and creative. The following four books were terrible. The author repeated the same plots over and over again and the characters became less and less appealing. The books became extremely preachy and less enjoyable
Rating: 
Summary: Shallow Characters and a Corny Plot
Review: This book has some attempt at a plot but is a major letdown after Sharon Green's other Blending books. Her characters are either these saints who know everything, or evil nobles who are plotting to take each other down. The main Blending's only purpose it seems is to point out how everyone else in the world is stupid, greedy, and far inferior to their great power. And why is it that every book involves some elaborate reason why all the characters must sleep with each other? It seems Ms. Green has run out of any other way of involving romance into the plot now that the characters have all paired off, so in order to keep her hornier readers interested she must give the characters a chance to screw around...again and again. And none of the main characters can do any wrong. They seem to be infallably kind and forgiving, while still able to point out a million flaws in everyone they meet. In fact, the only place they seem to have any problems is with their own relationships, which seem to have the same trite problems showing up over and over and over again. So Tamrissa can run an entire nation, and show what a strong female character she is, until Vallant (what's with the name anyway) comes near and she turns into a quivering mass of indecisiveness, self-pity, and doubt. I'll admit at first it was somewhat interesting, but by the seventh book it has been run into the ground enough times! This book is shallow, and simply an attempt to make money and finish off a dying series. Sharon Green should dunk her head in a bucket of water before she writes another book!
Rating: 
Summary: Great series, on par with some of the best fantasy authors
Review: This is another great book in the Blending series. Sharon Green takes 6 main characters, adds in the enemies personalities, and gives you a real taste for their world, their society and how its run. She obviously put a lot of thought into the world's setting and the details make the story for me. She switches back and forth from the main characters to things going on in the capital to the neighboring countries/nations and makes it look fairly easy too. These characters really show the complications of life and what is involved in running a city, country and the politics of situations. I highly recommend you start with the first book and work your way through. I'm rereading them all for the second time and just thoroughly enjoying them. The characters are rich and distinctive and the author has really done a great job drawing the reader in.
Rating:
Summary: Great series, on par with some of the best fantasy authors
Review: This is another great book in the Blending series. Sharon Green takes 6 main characters, adds in the enemies personalities, and gives you a real taste for their world, their society and how its run. She obviously put a lot of thought into the world's setting and the details make the story for me. She switches back and forth from the main characters to things going on in the capital to the neighboring countries/nations and makes it look fairly easy too. These characters really show the complications of life and what is involved in running a city, country and the politics of situations. I highly recommend you start with the first book and work your way through. I'm rereading them all for the second time and just thoroughly enjoying them. The characters are rich and distinctive and the author has really done a great job drawing the reader in.
Rating: 
Summary: Settle things and move on
Review: While I enjoyed the initial series, the internal strivings of the Seated Blending is getting overdone and distracting. I've gotten so I skip over the infantile tantrums and high school relationships. If you read this book, focus on the nobles who were sent West to help recover the wasted lands. Those people are interesting; they develop and grow. Pay attention, as well, to the middles and their instructors learning how to develop their own skills and the troubles that arise there. These two areas are much more complicated and enjoyable to read. The Blending has become redundant and, frankly, annoying. If one more of them sleeps with another person, I think I may give up all together. I can only hope the next book will finally settle the relationship issues so the Blending can move on with problems outside of themselves.
Rating:
Summary: Settle things and move on
Review: While I enjoyed the initial series, the internal strivings of the Seated Blending is getting overdone and distracting. I've gotten so I skip over the infantile tantrums and high school relationships. If you read this book, focus on the nobles who were sent West to help recover the wasted lands. Those people are interesting; they develop and grow. Pay attention, as well, to the middles and their instructors learning how to develop their own skills and the troubles that arise there. These two areas are much more complicated and enjoyable to read. The Blending has become redundant and, frankly, annoying. If one more of them sleeps with another person, I think I may give up all together. I can only hope the next book will finally settle the relationship issues so the Blending can move on with problems outside of themselves.
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