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Sword-Born (Tiger and Del #5)
It has been three years since Southron sword-dancer Tiger and Northern sword-singer Del's first fateful meeting. Now these mismatched companions have become true partners: their alliance forged by blood, magic, danger, adventure...and something more.Exiled from both the North and the South, the two have set sail to search for Tiger's homeland. But no journey is ever withou...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
March 1st 1999
by DAW
(first published 1998)
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I have the same feelings about all the Tiger and Del books and so I will use the same review for them all:
Please look for my review of Sword-Dancer (Tiger and Del #1) to see why I liked these books so much.
Please look for my review of Sword-Dancer (Tiger and Del #1) to see why I liked these books so much.
Not the best of the series, but does a lot of interesting stuff with gender/sexuality dynamics/identity, so I enjoyed that. It's also really nice to see a stable, committed, happy couple without much interpersonal drama.
This is my least favorite book in the Tiger and Del series. I liked the beginning with the pirates and that Tiger and Del didn’t spend the whole book bickering for a change. However, the middle of the book dragged and the end had too much nonsensical mystical BS for me. I am so ready for this series to end.
I enjoy this series - The Novels of Tiger and Del. I didn't finish reading this volume this time around (I've read it twice, already) only because I was hungry for something else. I'll get back to it, I hate leaving books unread - even un-re-read.
Too many political issues in the book, took away from the story. But I still enjoyed it, just not as much as the others.
Sword-Born: A Novel of Tiger and Del (The Sword-Dancer Saga) by Jennifer Roberson (1999)
These are all great, mystical Celtic & the bond..romance of course is in there also..
A very satisfying ending.
Beautiful and compelling!
I dare you not to love these characters. Amazing story.
Continuing my re-reading of the series in 2013 to get to the new novel, I found this one still fun, but quite wordy. It just needed to be edited down a bit, many sections were very repetitive, especially the debates about gender equality although I'm all for the spirit of them, and there wasn't much action. I don't want to change my initial rating to a three star, but if I were to rate it now I might, it's on the cusp.
Unlike some fantasy authors, Jennifer Goodwin's tales get better with each book and with age. Del and Tiger make for some amazing book crack.
I do enjoy reading about Del and Tiger. I think though this series lost its excitement and adventure towards these last two books. What did keep me interested was the conversations between Del and Tiger, that kept me entertained and kept me laughing.
The book was as good as the rest of the Tiger & Del books, but the fact that the publisher actually EDITED the cover art because Del was showing too much cleavage... stupid people.
The Sword-Dancer series never impressed me as much as the Chronicles of the Cheysuli. It just doesn't seem to have the same depth or social relevance. But the Sword-Dancer books are solid fantasy with talking, uppity swords, so it's all good!
great book to read for fun, I love how strong the woman character in this book is and how well the male character balances her out, great perspective on a cool relationship wrapped in a really great series
It has been over 15 years since I had read a book from this series. It was nice to come back to. It was a good read, though a little slow at times, when it kept rehashing the same things over and over.
Jul 06, 2011
Robyn - The Sidekick
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My dad
Another captivating story from the Tales of Tiger and Del. It kept me hooked from the instant I opened the cover and kept me wanting to know what happened until the last page.
this is a great read, and a great series... starts to streatch a little after book 6 but still worth the time.
Not as good as the previous, but some interesting outcomes throughout the book and in the end...
Finally finished! Imaginative and witty but it didn't really engage me.
May 21, 2013
Andrew Hermanski
marked it as to-read
May 15, 2013
jaw
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May 13, 2013
Nancy
marked it as to-read
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Jennifer Mitchell Roberson O'Green is an author of fantasy and historical literature. Roberson has lived in Arizona since 1957. She grew up in Phoenix, but in 1999 relocated to Flagstaff. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Northern Arizona University. Roberson had spent her final semester in England at the University of London. This enabled her to do indepth research at castles...more
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