Review: Epic story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
5 Stars just isn't enough. This has to be the best book I've read in a very long time. Not my normal romance genre. There is romance in it, but this is an amazing, gritty, violent, action packed and emotional saga that goes far beyond a simple love story. It's hard to find words appropriate enough to express just how very epic and completely engrossing I found this story. TLHoG was recommended to my by one of my GR friends whose reviews I have followed for years. I cannot thank her enough. This author is quite simply amazing. The level of character complexity and layers of world building were astounding. You are witness to the ugliest of human nature and horrific events. Cruelty and constant injustices. Drawn into controversial and thought provoking debates that are pitted with intelligence and engrained beliefs. There is the purest of love and the evilest of hatred, and you are not only subjected to them but you experience them. At least I did. I would recommend this to anyone who can appreciate an author so talented she can take you to a fictional world and make you believe its real. Make you feel the cold, feel despair, piss you off, and in at least 1000, pages never lose you. Make you laugh at the wit and constant bantering. Make you able to see a man in alien so physically different than us. Make you believe in a love that can go so much deeper than skin. Its a harsh and brutal tale, so be warned, but equally passionate and gripping. I know for a fact, I will not be able to pick up another book right away. Having just finished it, I can't imagine what I have on my TR pile could compare, and I have to say, that was so consuming, I am just spent. But this one book put Smith at the top of my favorite authors. Great, great read.