Okay, I give up. I couldn't even finish this one, which is very rare for me--and I had less than a hundred pages to go. I had put it down one night and have not been able to make myself pick it back up again.

I found it to be completely boring, despite the interesting concepts and potential conflicts. This book just drug. Not much action to move it along. Gets bogged down in what seem to be side-stories (they may come together at the end, I'll never know). I liked this authors previous series, so More...

I would have actually given this book 3,5 stars but there's no such scale.
After reading The Black Magician trilogy I expected this one to be better... there was nothing wrong with the style of writing but I wanted something fresh, something new. And here? I'm getting a copy of Canavan's previous novel.
The motive of forbidden romance between Sonea and Akkarin is very similar to the one that Auraya and Leiard struggle with. Despite the fact that they are featureless (most of the characters in thi More...

This is a review for ALL of the books, ie. the whole series.

I started the book about 5 or 6 Months before I finished it, but never got past the first fifty pages. I had liked the Black Magician Trilogy, but I thought I didn't like the theme too much in this book.
Yet, in the end, I think I totally prefer this series to the other!

There were many positive points in the series. It was more complex and the plot and the world seemed very well deverloped. It had more mature themes, which are definite More...

Was looking for a new author (having exhausted all the ones I know I like). Ran across this in the local library. I really couldn't get into it. The writing was a bit clunky and the plotline seemed fairly standard high fantasy by the time I gave up. The world building seemed potentially interesting, but I couldn't bring myself to care enough to keep reading. I gather from other comments that this author has more interesting works, so I may try another book another time.

pretty much made me feels like im in another world;sometimes hard for me to imagine but exciting to be there.

the war between gods resolves to this;
the circlian-those who belives & worshipped 5 gods.
the dreamweaver(sp)-those who believe in other choices in life rather than giving yourself in to the 5 gods.

the story started out with auraya whom became one of the white.
the white-leaders to the human chosen by the 5 gods as their representative on earth.
also a dreaweaver named leiard.

how can i p More...

Really liked this book though it jumped around a lot. I totally want Mischief lol he is so cute.

The Priestess in White is an interesting story, I picked it up mainly because I enjoyed Canavans previous Trilogy. It is an intriguing storyline with the potential of being very good, and involves a good cast of characters across different species.
The story is told from the perspective of Auraya a priestess who is chosen to become on of the White, a priestess who is blesses with extraordinary powers from the gods. But trouble is brewing from the south and the White must rely on all their knowle More...

After reading a lot of Trudi Canavan's books I have to say the age of the five trilogy is my favourite and it is the set of books which swung me making her my favourite writer. Again the world she creates is so real and amazing and it makes you get lost in the book so easily that you never want to put it down. I am 13 and I read the book in a few days, basically not doing anything else other than that and stopping for my tea. You will get hooked by the characters and the mysteries and learn to l More...

Trudy Canavans Schreibstil is ansprechend und fesselnd. Sie erschafft Welten, in die man sich problemlos hineinversetzten kann.
ABER
Obwohl das Buch spannend war und mich gefesselt hat ist es doch wirklich extrem vorhersehber, so vorhersehbar wie Rosamunde Pilcher Verfilmungen. Schon nach 100-200 Seiten war klar, wer mit wem, was schiefgeht und was es mit Leiard auf sich hat, zumindest war mir das klar. Es werden einfach zu viele gängige Klischees verwendet, die man von woanders her schon kennt.
De More...

Bei diesem Buch bin ich sehr zwiegespalten.
Einerseits gefällt mir das Weltbild und das Magiesystem extrem gut. Auch die Völker und die einzelnen Kulturen sind wirklich orginell. Ich war erst skeptisch, ob Canavan sich von der Idee und auch der Art wie man Magie heraufbeschwört, von der "Gilde-Trilogie" lösen kann, doch das hat sie gut gemacht und somit eine neue Welt geschaffen. Soviel zum Guten.
Jetzt zum Negativen: Die Handlung. Dem ersten Teil (das Buch ist in drei Teile gegliedert)fehlt einf More...

Judging from what I'd heard I wasn't sure I'd enjoy Priestess of the White, but oddly enough I ended up hooked. Initially the POV shifts were jarring but once I got into the flow I found it exciting; each of the recurring characters' stories were compelling enough to carry a book on their own, it was like reading four or five interwoven books in one. I ended up attached to them all, Emerahl the reclusive sorceress and the winged Siyee Tryss in particular.

Canavan's created her own fictional setti More...

Priestess of the White is the first novel in Trudi Canavan’s Age of Five series.


Set in a fantastical world where Gods have chosen representatives to do their bidding in the world, this novel mixes magic and religion. The leaders of Hania are the White – five powerful sorcerers who are guided by their Gods. Auraya is the youngest of the White and the novel begins with her joining the Priesthood and her commitment to devote her life to the will of the Gods.


It is the Gods’ will that all of Northern More...

My thoughts on this book are mixed.

The good first: This book had many good points. The characters were engaging, particularly the protagonist, Auraya, and Leiard. The author took (in my opinion) a new tack on the genre of high fantasy, blending human affairs with the imaginary. Lastly, it was very, very readable and had that "un-put-downable" quality that I have found lacking in other books of its kind.

And the not so good: There were a number of clichés played out in this book that I found irri More...

Auraya baissa les yeux vers l'anneau blanc � sa main. il lui conf�rait l'immortalit� et des pouvoirs extraordinaires. Jusque-l� une jeune fille comme les autres, Auraya �tait d�sormais l'Elue des dieux. Ainsi commence une fabuleuse saga dans un monde de magie, de h�ros, de dieux et d'amour interdit. La jeune pr�tresse Auraya est devenue l'une des cinq Blancs, les plus puissants serviteurs des dieux. Sa mission d'ambassadrice l'am�ne dans des r�gions recul�es pour rencontrer des cr�atures extraor More...

Interesting and with the potential to be better

The Good
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Secondary/Tertiary Characters: Most of the secondary viewpoint characters have some personality that make the story worth reading and some of the tertiary characters are good too. Character development is lacking for most characters though. Looking forward to more from the Hag.

Hints: There are many hints at history and future of the world -- enough potential to make continuing the series worth while.

The Bad
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When I first started reading the book I decided that it wasn't for me with all the confusing names and changing points of view every other page. There was also the completely fantastical creatures and people that were pretty unbelievable. But something kept me reading. I don't know what but I was intrigued about what was going to happen.
It was only once I got about three quarters of the way through that I was enjoying the book and could really relate to the main character(s) of Auraya and Tryss More...

Książka zaczynała się strasznie nudno i mimo, że z czasem się rozkręciła - nie zdołałam polubić zdecydowanej większości postaci; wątek "miłości" głównej bohaterki, to kompletna porażka, która ciągnie całość w dół. Bardzo, bardzo w dół. Męczyło również, że ona i przynajmniej kilkanaście innych postaci - była pod względem charakteru klonami tych, które u T.Canavan pojawiły się już w Trylogii Czarnego Maga.

Na plus wątek Si, ale już na minus - nagła nauka latania u Aurai (niemożliwe do opanowania, More...

Sadly, the second time round I pick this book up, it has lost it's enticing 'new' appearance; the story however, of course remains as fabulous as the first time it found itself being engulfed by my eager mind. It is interesting to discover many similarities between this trilogy and Canavan's 'Black Magician' trilogy, yet to see the story still spin a beautiful, mysterious web of interweaving plots and dangerous secrets. By making the protagonist Auraya (at least I feel she is the protagonist eve More...

The verdict: decent story-telling not quite spoiled by mediocre character development and lack of orignality in fantasy-land people. If we could award partial stars, I'd give this one 2.7.

Actually, the author's decriptive ability is quite good, but I didn't think that she consistently struck the right balance between too many words and too few. The various peoples of the fantasy world weren't particularly original, and neither was the plot.

In contrast, there were some interesting ideas, and reli More...

I don't normally read fantasy, but I picked this book up on Christmas eve as I was about to spend several hours in transit, and I actually really enjoyed it. I liked the characters, I was invested in the plot and I devoured it within a couple of days. It's well written and easy to keep up with.

My only personal let down is that I feel there should have been more of a revelation at the end. There are definite hints throughout the book that there's a revelation to be made, however nothing came and More...

Caution, some slight spoilers, but nothing too serious :P

I wish i could give this book four and half stars, becaus it really was amazng, but because it took so long for me to get into it i think thats why i can only give it four stars rather than five. I loved it, but the beginning is awful! No wonder the majority of people on here give up after the first few chapters, but it gets better i promise! I loved Tryss' character the most, and still dont really understand where Emerahl comes into all o More...

This is just not fun. I'm having to force myself to finish it. I can't even be sure if it's a good book, I'm so sick of reading it! The plot seems creative, but something about it draaaaaaaags.
Edit: Finally finished it, and still completely unimpressed. And after I enjoyed her other trilogy so much, too!

I enjoyed reading this book but found it was the kind I could put down for long periods without being worrying about when there would be time to pick it up again. The plot was engaging and the action developped from chapter to chapter but I felt a lack of connection of affection for any specific character. All the characters gained my equal respect and affection which I've noticed is sort of the authors style, withouth making me choose any sides. Lots of political and religious issues in the boo More...

It was an enjoyable book, but it took me two weeks to read, which in itself is an indication of how bad it was. I usually plough through Trudi's (I love being on first name basis with authors! Eep!) books in less than a day!

I didnt find the storyline that captivating, and I found there were many times during the book that the only reason I continued reading was the fact that the author was trudi canavan. I was wholly convinced the ending would provide some sort of redemption, whereby a dismissa More...

This book was twice as long as it should have been. Unnecessary verbage and dull smaller plots took away from an interesting main storyline. Hopefully Canavan's method of storytelling improves in the subsequent books of this trilogy.

I've always liked the fantasy genre but this book was very hard for me to get into, and i have to be honest that i didnt finish it. The pace of the book is very slow. The writing style is very clunky, too much unnecessary description and the characters are completely cliche of the genre. Trudy Canavan feels the need to not only come up with new names for places, people, creatures, transport and devices but she expects us to be able to pronounce them as she intends and remember them after one men More...

At first I didn't like this book, but the intrigung sub-plots and many of the characters hooked me. I didn't like the main character as she was a little too Mary Sue-ish and the planned romantic entanglement seemed a little too contrived. I loved every other character and the world created and that more than made up for it.

This book has strong feminist themes, such as Emmerahl teaching girls to defend herself, or becoming a whore to survive, but with no shame. I didn't think this was overbearin More...

I was a bit disappointed by this book at first. I had LOVED The Black Magician trilogy, and was sad to see that this book couldn't quite live up to the first in that series. It was obviously aimed at a younger audience (at least the beginning was - it did get significantly darker near the end) and the characters didn't seem nearly as complex. Still, it was good enough to keep me entertained through all 672 pages and I would in no way "dis-recommend" it... I'd just tell people to read the other t More...

I really don't know how I managed to finish this one. It was repetitive, not at all believable and lacked originality. The characters were shallow and uninteresting, funnily enough the only person I found mildly entertaining was a memory of a man living inside of another man. And the names, come on! A character called Emerahl with green eyes and red hair? It really sounds like something a fifteen-year-old would think up after reading her first DragonLance novel. If you want to read about little More...