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What a wonderful, insightful review, gali! This seems like a book that I would enjoy as well! :)
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hsimone wrote:What a wonderful, insightful review, gali! This seems like a book that I would enjoy as well! :)
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Great review, gali. I particularly liked how you described the characters. Well done!
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chytach18- wrote:Great review, gali. I particularly liked how you described the characters. Well done!
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As a fan of medieval stories I would have to give this one a read.
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Alec Corvi wrote:As a fan of medieval stories I would have to give this one a read.
You really should! :)
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Great review! Your second paragraph was particularly convincing. I like the notion of it being "less evil versus more evil." I'll have to keep this book in mind for future reading.
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Tanaya wrote:Great review! Your second paragraph was particularly convincing. I like the notion of it being "less evil versus more evil." I'll have to keep this book in mind for future reading.
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This reminds me of The Lord of the Rings until I got to the 'less evil versus more evil' part :) The characters soundsvery interesting especially 'Arune – a spectral sorceress in need of a body' I would love to read about her. Great review!
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kimmyschemy06 wrote:This reminds me of The Lord of the Rings until I got to the 'less evil versus more evil' part :) The characters soundsvery interesting especially 'Arune – a spectral sorceress in need of a body' I would love to read about her. Great review!
Thank you. Let me know what you think of it, if you do read it. :)
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Book of the Day! Wow!

What a wonderful review, and it really sounds like a book that I would really enjoy! There are so many elements that I like about what you wrote, but your line...
Lovers of dark fantasy novels would be well advised to immerse themselves in this story!
...has me convinced that this would be a book that I would enjoy! It sounds like a very in-depth epic fantasy, and I do like the fact that there are multiple characters' perspectives!
Congratulations to the author for a positive review! :tiphat:
Thanks again gali! :)
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Thank you both! I loved the book!!! :)

I have purchased the second one and plan to read it as well.
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It sounds like a very well-written and engaging story. The characters sound complex which is something I love. I'm not sure I'm into dark fantasy though...perhaps this could be the book to turn me over to the "dark side"? ;) Great review! It is really hard not to pick up a book with a review like this!!!
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Rachaelamb1 wrote:It sounds like a very well-written and engaging story. The characters sound complex which is something I love. I'm not sure I'm into dark fantasy though...perhaps this could be the book to turn me over to the "dark side"? ;) Great review! It is really hard not to pick up a book with a review like this!!!
It is that. Thank you. :)
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gali wrote:
lol I rather liked the "less evil" one though. 8)
Kind of like a motorcycle club romance (lol) great review BTW it convinced me to buy the book rather than read it with my kindle unlimited. Its nice to see a review that so thoroughly explores all of the parts of the book without gibing the whole story away.
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