Review: GREAT!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
I have just completed the "Cycle of Awarn trilogy. It was AWESOME!!!!!!! I loved this trilogy!! I'm hoping you make it into a series & don't just place these characters on a shelf. In your writing you have brought these characters to such lively personas that I've become invested in them! It's like becoming hooked on a reality show! :) I ( & I can only speculate but I'm sure your other readers as well...) care about these characters & their lives/stories. After reading the first book in the trilogy: the WhiteTree, I was hooked "hook, line & sinker"! I couldn't get to the next book fast enough! I didn't even stop to write a review of The White Tree before moving on! Lol...shame on me!! :)  but again,in my defense, :) that's what happens when the story gets you excited about its characters & the storyline. It's bloody awesome!! :) the second book " the Great Rift" is no exception! Each book is great on its own but readers will rush to the next one!I love the 2 main characters Dante & Blays!  I love the way they meet & then strike up this friendship that will stand the test of time. I tend to be one of those readers where I don't like to lose characters (by death) but I also understand that in order to make it real & not just lala land that you (the writer) have to be realistic & people die when they are a part of such life & death situations! But I do not like it when any of my main characters die! :(  it makes me super sad & I don't pay money to be made to feel sad! Again, I understand the reasoning but ....I'm not going to say more than that because I don't like it when people write spoilers in their review. I will say this tho life (in reality) can be so sad & I think that's why I love fantasy genre because we all deserve a little magic in our lives! Hint! Hint! :) These books give you it all! Thank goodness! Because believe me when I say that these books are really good! I'm one of those readers that if it stinks or if you make me super sad or the writing is just so-so then I may finish that book but as far as the series goes...I'm done! There are just too many really good writers out there to waste my time.I think for me it always comes down to how well the characters are built& evolve over the series as well as the storyline. I love the intrigue in this storyline & I love the little details that make the story different & unique for example the game the entourage must learn to play. I think anytime you can introduce a new "type" of character that hasn't been written about before is really creative on the writers side. I mean there are millions of stories out there so a new concept is pretty cool & entertaining! I think that's what I love so much about the books, I was entertained!  I was taken to this other world & just kind of became lost within the story. That's my kind of story! That's my kind of book! That's my kind of writer!!