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Summary: I wanted to like it,
Review: I wanted to like it, really I did. The plot is fascinating, the characters are interesting, the world is sophisticated. Unfortunately, the book isn't.I had the trilogy recommended to me by numerous people and I eagerly searched out the book to start on a voyage they assured me would hold me spell bound. I wasn't. The prose dragged, the action was far from appealing, and the plot took much too long to pull together for me to want to wait and see where Lisle was taking it. While this book passed my three chapter test (I made it to the third chapter and beyond), ultimately I decided against finishing it. I found other books I was compelled to read while this one merely sat on my bedside stand and collected dust.
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Summary: I wanted to like it,
Review: I wanted to like it, really I did. The plot is fascinating, the characters are interesting, the world is sophisticated. Unfortunately, the book isn't. I had the trilogy recommended to me by numerous people and I eagerly searched out the book to start on a voyage they assured me would hold me spell bound. I wasn't. The prose dragged, the action was far from appealing, and the plot took much too long to pull together for me to want to wait and see where Lisle was taking it. While this book passed my three chapter test (I made it to the third chapter and beyond), ultimately I decided against finishing it. I found other books I was compelled to read while this one merely sat on my bedside stand and collected dust.
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Summary: WOW- this book impressed me!
Review: I was a little scared of the cover because I am not a fan of animal characters... I had the wrong Idea. The characters were excellent! Shape changers, Mages, Gods, Spirits, the normal and magically tainted all tied in politics and fate. The first chapter the book took me captive! The book kept me until the very end.
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Summary: Complex and captivating
Review: I've never heard of Holly Lisle, but saw her book and took a chance. Really glad I did. Worth every minute I spent reading the book. It was complex and captivating, leaving me curious and wondering "what's next". Much better than I thought it would be, will definitely get the next book.
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Summary: I am looking forward to the next volume
Review: In some ways it is what you would expect with the acient majick, awakening evil, and quest elements. However Lisle introduces enough plot twists that you are not quiet sure who is on what side (or are they all on the same side?). That combined with excellent writing and interesting characters makes this well worth reading.
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Summary: This is my favorite book of all time
Review: Of all the fantasy books I've read, this one and the 2nd one in this series are my favorites. The characters are wonderful, the plot is twisting and full of suprizes, and the writing is catching and enthralling. I love the fate connection between Kait and Ry, and find myself passionately wishing them to get together. You find yourself wondering who is actually the enemy and who is the friend.
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Summary: Great! Her break-out book
Review: On the planet Matrin, four centuries of bitter fighting between the houses of Dokteerak and Galweigh appear to be finally over with the pending wedding of an individual from each side. While attending the nuptials, Kait Galweigh overhears a treacherous plan that will eradicate her family. In spite of her efforts to save her kin, the plan works, leaving the Galweighs decimated. Kait manages to escape. Heeding a voice telepathically talking inside her head, Kait travels to a remote area of the planet, seeking the mystical Mirror of Souls, which has awakened after a millennium. On her trek, Kait is followed by an unknown enemy, who plan to add her death to their body count. As Kait struggles to survive, she learns that she has the shape-shifting ability of the detested and feared werewolf. With the help of one of her kind, Kait battles for her life as the beginning of a war of magic threatens to destroy her home planet. DIPLOMACY OF WOLVES is a great opening gamut to Holly Lisle's "Secret texts" trilogy. The story line brilliantly mixes politics, betrayal, and magic into a coherent, fun to read speculative fiction novel. Matrin feels like a real planet and the magical aspects come across as if they are a form of physics. However, what makes Ms. Lisle's novel appear to be the tale that takes her to the top of the genre (if justice prevails) is Kait, an enchanting, complex, and genuine person, who will steal the souls of readers. Harriet Klausner 11/8/98
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Summary: Just a Warning
Review: Since I did not read the whole book, I really shouldn't have given it a rating in all fairness, and would have abstained if I had that option. I'm just writing this to warn potential readers that this book is fairly brutal and graphic, so be warned if you don't like that sort of thing. I've read other books with this amount of brutality, so I might have continued, but I just didn't feel any kind of connection to the characters. Not a book to read on a bad day.
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Summary: Just a Warning
Review: Since I did not read the whole book, I really shouldn't have given it a rating in all fairness, and would have abstained if I had that option. I'm just writing this to warn potential readers that this book is fairly brutal and graphic, so be warned if you don't like that sort of thing. I've read other books with this amount of brutality, so I might have continued, but I just didn't feel any kind of connection to the characters. Not a book to read on a bad day.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read......
Review: Tantilising....magicial....this book is more than a simple run-of-the-mill book. Holly Lisle had done a WONDERFUL job with The Secret Texts. She is one of the best authors out there. Id recomend this book for anyone over 12. Though many younger kids could read it, there's some stuff they don't really need to read.
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