Review: Good writing, lovely even...but became repetitive after a while.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2014
This author knows how to write, I will say that. She knows how to bring presence into her story and I enjoyed this aspect. A very nice mix of fantasy and love. The author left no doubt about the connection her main characters shared, I felt it. My issue was that after about 20 chapters, several things became increasingly repetitive. For example, how many times did she have to have the characters proclaiming their love whether in their heads or out loud? Too many chapters were filled with the character's constantly musing about their love for one another (which we already pretty much got). I could do without it, and I am a hopeless romantic. It got to the point where you wondered if she was intentionally filling chapters with these musings to fill space. It seemed that she was purposely drawing out the ending/cliff hanger.The consummating of Arizira and Talliea's love was beautifully written and explored. I was disapointed that we were lead on even after this to the brink of war and then the book ended. I thought that this whole story could have been told here, not broken up into two books. I felt a bit cheated. If we spent less time on repeating information we already knew, the story could move forward more. Breaking it up this way to me, seemed a way to make more money by writing a sequel. So not only repetitive, but predictable, especially the way book one ended. A good story overall, but I could have done without the constant repetition and have the story just move forward. In the end, she gave voice to every character and you felt all personalities shine through, I just wished it kept going here and not into another book. After all, it is pretty predictable what will happen, why not just keep going?I'd certainly recommend this book, it's a very sweet love story written with love in mind and great story-telling. I loved everything else about the book, the beauty of nature, the characters, scenery, the fantasy all of it, it's just the repetition annoyed me. Be prepared to be left hanging unnecessarily at the end.