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Summary: A pitiful effort
Review: Once again, the formula of red-haired woman married to a dark-haired man facing the rivalry of a white-blond woman emerges, but this time freighted with more personal baggage than the hold of the Titanic at its maiden voyage. Ms. Kennealy-Morrison has accomplished two things with this book; both accomplishments should have rated a warning label on the cover.The author's primary accomplishment was to aid her therapist by building an entire novel around her version of events with Jim Morrison in the long-ago; her therapist, presumably better-paid and with more leisure time than I, could in good conscience be expected to read this novel. WARNING: This novel contains very little artistic merit, and is designed to get back at someone who died before the author could sufficiently abuse them because of how they treated her husband. The secondary accomplishment (though by no means a small one) is the production of a book whose prose style forces the reader to examine it "through a hill, greenly." Although usually an excellent writer, Ms. Kennealy-Morrison strings parenthetical asides and stilted faux-Gaelic expressions together in this work like some demented cartoon leprechaun, producing endless run-on constructions that would shame Darby O'Toole at his most drunken. WARNING: May cause the reader to decide the only useful product of Ireland is whiskey. These points having been made, an author as (usually) excellent as the one who brought us Aeron and Arthur deserves our support despite the occasional stinker. Here's hoping that the Brendan series is better!
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Summary: Don't miss this one!
Review: Patricia Kennealy-Morrison just keeps getting
better and better. This book contains some of
her best writing to date -- the story is
well-told, the language is superb, the characters
intriguing. As a longtime reader and admirer of
The Keltiad, I am happy to say this is a welcome
addition to the series indeed!
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Summary: A wonderful addition to the Keltiad.
Review: The Keltiad, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison's series about a space faring Celtic people decended from the Atlanteans takes another step back in their history, and toward the Immram from Earth. She skillfully blends Celtic lore and legend into a fresh and creative blend with its own character and ambiance. As in her other works, strong female characters abound. This story focuses on the rise of an orphaned girl raised with no knowledge of her family or connection to the royal house of Brendan, to become first warrior and then queen.
The most stirring part of the novel, however, is the quest of Athyn for her lost love Morric. A true hero tale, Athyn must decend into the underworld and contest for the return of her love to the world of the living. In so doing, she works mighty changes on the worlds of the Kelts, the final results of which are yet to be seen in Ms. Kennealy-Morrison's masterful series.
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Summary: Fantasy Keltia at its best
Review: This book is one of the best yet by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison. Once again visiting a place in the stars with wonderous Celtic roots. It tells a story of revolution, love, and magic. The whole idea that there are Celts in the stars, with what all true Celts want, a way to rebuild our society into what it once was , only with a stronger arm.
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Summary: Let It Go, Sister!
Review: This women mentions the fact that she "knew" Jim Morrison at every opportunity. It's clear that she adores name-dropping, something that makes her look like more of a groupie than just one more of Morrison's women. So he "married" her in a Celtic ceremony (legal? no.). Whoopdeedo. It was 30 years ago. Morrison had loooooootttssss of ladyfriends, not to even mention Pamela Courson, whom he appeared to be the most devoted to. She needn't feel so special. Patricia Kennealy"-Morrison?" If anyone can use hyphenated names so freely, then my new name is Eviepants Kennedy! Guess what? I once saw JFK Jr. in an airport! We were married a year later in an unrecognized, unpublicized ceremony involving bat blood and Tootsie Pops. *sigh* Sorry, she annoys me.
Rating:
Summary: Let It Go, Sister!
Review: This women mentions the fact that she "knew" Jim Morrison at every opportunity. It's clear that she adores name-dropping, something that makes her look like more of a groupie than just one more of Morrison's women. So he "married" her in a Celtic ceremony (legal? no.). Whoopdeedo. It was 30 years ago. Morrison had loooooootttssss of ladyfriends, not to even mention Pamela Courson, whom he appeared to be the most devoted to. She needn't feel so special. Patricia Kennealy"-Morrison?" If anyone can use hyphenated names so freely, then my new name is Eviepants Kennedy! Guess what? I once saw JFK Jr. in an airport! We were married a year later in an unrecognized, unpublicized ceremony involving bat blood and Tootsie Pops. *sigh* Sorry, she annoys me.
Rating:
Summary: Let It Go, Sister!
Review: This women mentions the fact that she "knew" Jim Morrison at every opportunity. It's clear that she adores name-dropping, something that makes her look like more of a groupie than just one more of Morrison's women. So he "married" her in a Celtic ceremony (legal? no.). Whoopdeedo. It was 30 years ago. Morrison had loooooootttssss of ladyfriends, not to even mention Pamela Courson, whom he appeared to be the most devoted to. She needn't feel so special. Patricia Kennealy"-Morrison?" If anyone can use hyphenated names so freely, then my new name is Eviepants Kennedy! Guess what? I once saw JFK Jr. in an airport! We were married a year later in an unrecognized, unpublicized ceremony involving bat blood and Tootsie Pops. *sigh* Sorry, she annoys me.
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Summary: Horrible Plunge into Author's vanity
Review: Though her previous efforts have been entertaining; this latest is a horribly written attempt to rewrite history. Unfortunately the history being rewritten is not Celtic but the life and times of Jim Morrison. Maybe this was an attempt at catharsis. Though glimmers of revenge were rather clear. Overall I found the book tedious. Little action or even resolution made it to the page. And in all I found her tone incredibly smug and spiteful. On top of that she has apparently dropped the excellent cover artist who did the previous covers for someone whose work definitely borrows from the Heaving Bosoms genre. Not that I judge a book by its cover; I was just trying to find something in its favor. And even that was not possible. Return to the fantasy world you have created so wonderfully in the past Ms Kennealy. Otherwise please warn those of us who have run out of patience with you. A big "Jim and Patty do the Celts" sticker on the cover will do just fine.
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Summary: Please stop the fixation with Jim Morrison!
Review: When I first read Patricia's book of the Keltaid, I was hooked. The Tales of Aeron were fantastic, but unfortunatley, I picked up Blackmantle. It is my firm opinion that Patricia's writing is being destroyed by her own bitterness and anger. After reading the other reviews, I agree that this is an autobiography of Patricia and her time with Jim Morrison. Throughout this book were lacunae that seemed to be Patricia reminiscing over her own relationship with Jim Morrison. This distracted from the book greatly as I got the book to read a tale of the Keltaid and not about Patricia and Jim. On top of that, Patricia gets very vindictive in this book towards all those who she perceives as betrayers of Jim Morrison. She meets out vengeful and harsh punishments on those who betrayed the great bard Morric Douglas. This is just the way for Patricia to get even with all those who knocked Jim Morrison over the years. It gets pendatic very fast and distracts from the story. And her supposed heroine, Athynn, who never forgets or forgives is really a horrible person. Athynn is supposed to be great and full of justice, but don't tell that to her enemies as she goes out of her way to brutally murder all of them. Not my idea of an ideal king or queen, but Athynn is the greates queen of Keltia. If that is so, I don't ever want to go there! I hope that Patricia gets some therapy to help her with her fixation on Jim Morrison and her own bitterness and anger. Once she does that hopefully she can write further good stories about Keltia; otherwise, I think she needs to stop writing period.
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Summary: boring...............
Review: While I'm quite fond of the Keltiad series, I have to say this is the weakest of the series. If your both a fan of Patricia Kennealy-Morrison and her late husband Jim, then yes, you might like this book, both for the inside references and what might have been. However, if you're not a Doors fan and have no interest in their music, this book becomes a painful exercise in patience. Ultimately, one has to realize that this book is Patricia Kennealy-Morrison's attempt to exercise the ghosts of her past and is in fact her therapy. It's a shame her readers had to foot the bill though. It's a shame her husband died, but life and the wheel goes on, and Ms. Kennealy-Morrison needs to let go of her husband's ghost and live for herself again. Besides which, this book, (along with "The Deers Cry"), has horrid, vile, "romance novel" style covers. This hurts the book worse than the writing does, because those who might be interested in Fantasy/Science Fiction tend to avoid romance books, and romance readers will get turned off by the F/SF elements.
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