Six of Swords

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Summary: The first , and the best!
Review: Six of Swords is actually the first book in a series of 5 fantasy novels about Irissa, a magical seeress, and Kendric, a typical "I wouldn't touch magic with a ten foot pole," sword-swinging type of guy. Unfortunately, the author appears to have switched publishers in the middle of the series. The third book, "Keepers of Edanvant" is labelled as book one of the "Sword and Circlet" series. If anyone has made the unfortunate mistake of picking up "Keepers of Edanvant" as I did, it quickly becomes obvious that certain necessary elements are missing. "Six of Swords" as well as "Exiles of the Rynth" supply those necessary elements. "Six of Swords" explains how Irissa and Kendric met one another as well as the evil wizard, who became their nemesis throughout the rest of the series. This is the story about how all of their adventures began. I found it in a book store after it was out of print; chances are you can find it too.

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Summary: Tedious and poorly written
Review: Somebody gave me this book as a gift. The synopsis on the back cover was intriguing. The idea of a world where magic was disappearing sounded like it would make a great book. Unfortunately, while the idea was good, the execution was terrible. I almost put this book down several times. If I wasn't one of those people who have to finish a book once it's started, I would have given up early on. First of all, the writing is dreadful. I was so confused at times as to what was going on as well as what was being talked about. The interaction of the wooden characters was terrible. This included ridiculous sounding dialogue as well as no sense of connection between the characters. I didn't know what they were talking about half the time. Then there were the author's awful similes and metaphors. I have never read anything so artificial...they were so bad that they actually disrupted the flow of the writing. My brain would just stumble over them...I actually went back a few times to make sure I hadn't read them wrong. I hadn't. Throughout the book, there was only a vague sense of plot. I kinda knew what the characters were working towards, I just wasn't sure why. The reader never gets and understanding of the world or the motivations of the characters. It made for very difficult and very unenjoyable reading.

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Summary: Pretty bad.
Review: Somebody gave me this book as a gift. The synopsis on the back cover was intriguing. The idea of a world where magic was disappearing sounded like it would make a great book. Unfortunately, while the idea was good, the execution was terrible. I almost put this book down several times. If I wasn't one of those people who have to finish a book once it's started, I would have given up early on. First of all, the writing is dreadful. I was so confused at times as to what was going on as well as what was being talked about. The interaction of the wooden characters was terrible. This included ridiculous sounding dialogue as well as no sense of connection between the characters. I didn't know what they were talking about half the time. Then there were the author's awful similes and metaphors. I have never read anything so artificial...they were so bad that they actually disrupted the flow of the writing. My brain would just stumble over them...I actually went back a few times to make sure I hadn't read them wrong. I hadn't. Throughout the book, there was only a vague sense of plot. I kinda knew what the characters were working towards, I just wasn't sure why. The reader never gets and understanding of the world or the motivations of the characters. It made for very difficult and very unenjoyable reading.