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When the ancient evil of the Blackbringer rises to unmake the world, only one determined faerie stands in its way. However, Magpie Windwitch, grand...
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Oct 23, 2011
Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress"
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Blackbringer is well done fantasy fiction with faeries. The storyline is intricate and inventive. I never thought I'd read a book that was able to combine faerie lore with djinn lore, but it was done very successfully here. I liked the characters, including Magpie, the lead heroine, and her murder of crows who she travels with. They love her dearly and their love is reciprocated in spades. And there is also Talon, a Prince of a faerie warrior clan of Dreamdark, who was born with underdevelo
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Nov 15, 2010
Andrea
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Magie Windwitch is much more adventurous than most faeries. Accompanying her scholarly parents around the world to record dying magics, she becomes a devil hunter with a merry band of crows. When she discovers a loosed devil that seems different than all of the rest, she returns home for the first time in 80 years to get answers.
I was reluctant to start this because as much as I love Susanna Clarke's fae, I was growing kind of tired of the teen faery sagas I'd run across lately. This More...
I was reluctant to start this because as much as I love Susanna Clarke's fae, I was growing kind of tired of the teen faery sagas I'd run across lately. This More...
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Dec 21, 2011
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I have read many books about fairies this year but this was the best of the lot. Okay, while I was reading the others I thought the same thing, but this book was a stand out!
Magpie is a fairy who is a devil catcher. Humans have been letting them out to plague the world. She is the only one who has the ability to make the glyphs to rid the world of these foul beings. She finds that a new devil, one who is different and scarie More...
I have read many books about fairies this year but this was the best of the lot. Okay, while I was reading the others I thought the same thing, but this book was a stand out!
Magpie is a fairy who is a devil catcher. Humans have been letting them out to plague the world. She is the only one who has the ability to make the glyphs to rid the world of these foul beings. She finds that a new devil, one who is different and scarie More...
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Aug 10, 2009
Julia
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Magpie Windwich is a fairy who, with her band of crow companions, hunts down the devils that are plaguing the world. She has discovered a new kind of evil however in the most recent devil she found. There is nothing but darkness and gnawing hunger where she would normally expect to find filth and blood. To learn of what she has found, she decides she must chase down the djinn, the elemental forces that created the world, but they are in hiding and have not been seen for millenia. 'Pie is not
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Jan 23, 2012
Jacob
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This is a good book, well-written and with interesting characters. So why two stars? It just wasn't a match for me. To be fair, I didn't know that I don't really like fairy stories until I read this one. Now I know. So I want to keep the rating so that my books will take this into account in recommendations, but I need to explain, as well, that it's not Blackbringer's fault.
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Nov 01, 2007
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This was a fun, back to basics fairytale. There were good guys, bad guys, fun fairy names like Poppy Manygreen and Magpie Windwitch (called 'Pie by those who love her best). There were lovely illustrations peppered here and there by the author's talented husband. It looks strongly like this will be a series unless it just bombs. It was certainly left in such a manner as to lend to its becoming a continuing saga. We'll see. All in all, it was a fun and fanciful little jaunt into the land of
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Dec 17, 2009
This was the sort of book I like to linger over, just enjoying the pretty words and the vivid images. I was not surprised to learn that Ms. Taylor is an artist, because BLACKBRINGER reminds me of the sort of intricate, beautiful-with-corners-of-creepiness picture books I loved as a kid. But it was also a just plain fun story, with a fresh and spunky heroine, and ancient mysteries and magic.
Also, I just loved the crows. Unreasonably. I wish I had my own pack of cheerful, loyal, chero More...
Also, I just loved the crows. Unreasonably. I wish I had my own pack of cheerful, loyal, chero More...
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Jan 29, 2009
Christine
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I was enchanted by Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer. Laini Taylor's writing pulled me in, and the characters and story wouldn't let me go. The first bit of dialogue hooked me; I loved how the characters don't use some exalted High Language, but instead speak in a wonderful rough-and-ready dialect. Dialect is tough to pull off, and one that's largely invented even more so. But Taylor does it brilliantly; enough to add richness and flavor, not so much as to be confusing.
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Nov 07, 2011
Mina
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Laini Taylor's language is vivid and poetic, as usual. She gives readers an edgy, humorous, and totally original story, as opposed to the current YA obsession with oversexed, heartless fairies who are terrible and beautiful, etc etc. Blackbringer gives us traditional Tinkerbell-esque fairies, in that they have gossamer wings, and are magical and tiny in comparison to humans/cats. Of course, Taylor makes them much more interesting- there are warrior fairies, dying brands of magic, and a beautiful
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Jul 28, 2011
A long time ago when the world was relatively young the Seven Jinn who created the world along with a Faerie named Belatrix captured all the devild that lived in the world and imprisoned them in bottle. Belatrix the heroine lost her lover in those final battle and went away somewhere to disappear.
Jump ahead a couple thousand years and Magpie is born. She spends a brief childhoold time in Dreamdark a kingdom of faeiries, then her family takes off to gather all the Faerie magic before it disappear More...
Jump ahead a couple thousand years and Magpie is born. She spends a brief childhoold time in Dreamdark a kingdom of faeiries, then her family takes off to gather all the Faerie magic before it disappear More...
Mar 19, 2011
Chemung County Library District
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Dreamdark – Blackbringer, by Laini Taylor
As a Youth Services staff member, I have been whittling down the list of must-reads recommended by both book review periodicals and fellow Juvenile and YA readers. I have been mired in teen angst, hurled through recycled adventures, and generally worn-out by stories that just don't wow.
This book, Dreamdark, was recommended to me by a staff member. It sounded like another rehashing of fairy-tale ingredients, but because it had earned More...
As a Youth Services staff member, I have been whittling down the list of must-reads recommended by both book review periodicals and fellow Juvenile and YA readers. I have been mired in teen angst, hurled through recycled adventures, and generally worn-out by stories that just don't wow.
This book, Dreamdark, was recommended to me by a staff member. It sounded like another rehashing of fairy-tale ingredients, but because it had earned More...
Jan 25, 2011
Rhiannon
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Last April, while in Books of Wonder, I ran into signed copies of the two first books of this enchanting series. For some reason, that I no longer remember, I had heard of this series and thought it impossible to find, so I was super excited to run into both copies in hardcover, signed by the author Laini Taylor and the artist Jim Di Bartolo (her husband).
Alas, as every bibliophile knows, even the most exciting book can sit on your shelf for 8 months while you work your way to that More...
Alas, as every bibliophile knows, even the most exciting book can sit on your shelf for 8 months while you work your way to that More...
Aug 03, 2010
Maureen
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by Laini Taylor
Okay, so yes, this book has been out for three years and I'm just now reading it. Pshaw! It's still a wonderfully written whammy of a story.
There were several things I really enjoyed. First, the way in which the fairies as a culture have lost something. This is a theme which resonated strongly with RJ Anderson's books and which is equally powerful here. Without making them like us, it does evoke that sense of having lost something, whether it's a con More...
Okay, so yes, this book has been out for three years and I'm just now reading it. Pshaw! It's still a wonderfully written whammy of a story.
There were several things I really enjoyed. First, the way in which the fairies as a culture have lost something. This is a theme which resonated strongly with RJ Anderson's books and which is equally powerful here. Without making them like us, it does evoke that sense of having lost something, whether it's a con More...
Oct 04, 2011
Kristen
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Loved it! This is a great tale for a wide range of ages. Although I am not one to choose fairies as a genre, I soon found these are not your typical fairies. Instead of Tinkerbell I was introduced to fae and imps more from Lord of the Rings.
From the very first page I was easily whisked into a fun mystery and a world that never seemed to lull. Even in backstory and world building, I was still driven to keep reading. I loved and compared this story with Robin Mckinley's Hero and the Crown se More...
From the very first page I was easily whisked into a fun mystery and a world that never seemed to lull. Even in backstory and world building, I was still driven to keep reading. I loved and compared this story with Robin Mckinley's Hero and the Crown se More...
Dec 24, 2011
JennJenn
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I was pleasently surprised by this novel. I went into it hesistantly (I'm not even sure why, considering I have absolutely adored everything Laini Taylor has written so far) because of the faerie theme. I've had bad experiences with faeries (I wont name names here, but you know who you are), but this blew me away. This, right here, is how every faerie novel should be written.
Here's a little blurb about this wonderful book:
Magpie Windwitch is a fearie who travels with a ki More...
Here's a little blurb about this wonderful book:
Magpie Windwitch is a fearie who travels with a ki More...
Dec 15, 2011
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Jan 04, 2011
Eleanor
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Admittedly, what first got me interested in the book was the cover - shallow I know, but it's so fantastic! Then when I started reading the book, I was a little taken aback by the language used (eg. 'aye pet' and calling devils 'slags' and humans 'mannies') it sounds strange but I just wasn't expecting it.
Then I just got sucked into the world and the story of Magpie Windwitch. Such interesting characters and great illustrations every now and then in the book to help you picture t More...
Jan 02, 2010
Melissa
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Although I first found the whimsical qualities of this book to be a bit distracting, the story soon began to increase in complexity and kept me involved. I'm not usually a reader of books with talking, cigar-smokin' crows, and the sweetness of fairy-wings, so it took me a little while to let myself go and just ride the story.
And it was a fun little ride. Magpie Windwitch is a tiny fairy taking on a grandiose world. Not alone, of course. Along the way she is supported by a flock o More...
And it was a fun little ride. Magpie Windwitch is a tiny fairy taking on a grandiose world. Not alone, of course. Along the way she is supported by a flock o More...
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Aug 31, 2010
Kelly
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I loved this book. Magpie is a tough little fairy who flies about with a flock of crows hunting down the devils that humans have released from their bottles, expecting to be given three wishes, of all things. When a devil that travels as a shadow, sucking up souls, heads right into the heart of the fairy world, 'Pie is the only one who can help. The old magics must be retaught and new ones invented.
I think besides the fantastic characterization and plot, the best thing is how detail More...
I think besides the fantastic characterization and plot, the best thing is how detail More...
Oct 03, 2007
Heather
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" Magpie Windwitch, faerie, devil hunter and granddaughter of the West Wind, must defent an ancient evil creature, called the Blackbringer, who has escaped from his bottle and threatens to unmake all creation."
Wow! Wow! And WOW again! This book was unlike any other fantasy I have ever read. I loved it! In the days where every fantasy book has some Harry Potter element, it's refreshing to read something entirely different.
Wow! Wow! And WOW again! This book was unlike any other fantasy I have ever read. I loved it! In the days where every fantasy book has some Harry Potter element, it's refreshing to read something entirely different.
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Apr 03, 2011
Rachel
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Normally I avoid faerie stories like the plague, thinking them too girly and fluffy, with the exception of Spiderwick Chronicles which I thought were brilliant on an illustration and storytelling level. However, I gave this series a try after picking up the second volume and realizing that I should probably read the first book in the series first. With a recommendation on the back cover from author Shannon Hale, I started reading. Laini Taylor has created a vast new world that I dove headfirst i
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Apr 09, 2010
Christina
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Blackbringer is simply breathtaking, it's as simple as that! After reading Lips Touch Three Times, I was mesmerized by Laini Taylor's way with words and determined to read something longer... something that would satiate me just a bit more. Blackbringer was definitely the answer to that.
Laini Taylor presents us with a story set in Dreamdark, an imaginative and beautifully constructed world where faeries co-exist in a place filled with mannies (humans), crows, Djinns, demons, imps, an More...
Laini Taylor presents us with a story set in Dreamdark, an imaginative and beautifully constructed world where faeries co-exist in a place filled with mannies (humans), crows, Djinns, demons, imps, an More...
Jul 08, 2009
Alyshia
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I was really looking forward to reading this book. The story line sounded intriguing and the title was interesting, but once I got into the book I struggled with reading it and gave up just into the fourth chapter.
The dialogue was difficult to read. Over and over again I had to read a single line, I even tried to read it out-loud to better fit the words she used with the words she meant (like "neh" for "no"), but most just sounded foolish. I had a much easier time More...
The dialogue was difficult to read. Over and over again I had to read a single line, I even tried to read it out-loud to better fit the words she used with the words she meant (like "neh" for "no"), but most just sounded foolish. I had a much easier time More...
Feb 05, 2010
Kaia
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Some time ago I read Holly Black’s The Spiderwick Chronicles, largely because I enjoyed the movie and the local bookstore had a nifty version with all five stories and extra illustrations in it. I liked it enough that I started taking into consideration the whole fairy fad going on these days. I’d been avoiding books with fairies because I was utterly sick of them. But a short time ago, while in the bookstore, I found myself questioning this.
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“Self,” I thought, “is that really fair? I More...
Jun 12, 2010
Grace
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I think this is a classic. Almost up there with Narnia. There was almost zero romance, but it was still good even though this is a romance saturated world. There was no cursing and it had a good classic plot line.
The plot was almost simple but with enough twists, especially towards the end, that made it so interesting. Considering the original world Taylor put them in, that made it even better. It seemed so hopeless for the faerie world at first - but Taylor put enough hope in it to More...
The plot was almost simple but with enough twists, especially towards the end, that made it so interesting. Considering the original world Taylor put them in, that made it even better. It seemed so hopeless for the faerie world at first - but Taylor put enough hope in it to More...
Dec 30, 2007
Nerd Goddess
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Wow, this book was so good! The concepts were intriguing, and well played. I know that there's a series in mind for these books, but this could quite easily stand alone. The characters were fantastic, the plot amazing. All in all, an awesome book! Also, the fairies are not pink and create stupid magic. They hunt devils for Pete's sake! Warrior fairies are always cool.
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May 06, 2008
Emily
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Excellent example of world building in fantasy. I loved the three dimensional characters, the setting, and the author threw in lots of great twists to keep me on the edge of my seat. Lovely. I actually tried to slow down to savor this one, but fat chance of that. I tore threw the book and want more.
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Feb 12, 2008
Virginia
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LOVED this book. Will definitely be reading the next one when it comes out.
Faeries, bad monsters, the unraveling of the world, romance, imps, girls that can talk to plants, boys that can sew wings, a tough girl heroine, the moonlit gardens, extinct dragons, genie/djinn creators...
very cool.
Faeries, bad monsters, the unraveling of the world, romance, imps, girls that can talk to plants, boys that can sew wings, a tough girl heroine, the moonlit gardens, extinct dragons, genie/djinn creators...
very cool.
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Apr 19, 2010
Christina
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Really cool faery story! Magpie Windwitch, granddaughter of the West Wind, travels the world with her crow brothers (who smoke stogies and bring along gypsy caravans to live in; they're really cool guys!), capturing devils who have been set loose from their bottle prisons by well-meaning but ignorant "Mannies" (humans). Once upon a time the world was created by seven fiery Djinn, sort of the faeries' gods, but after the Devil Wars the Djinn went away to sleep, hidden from all knowledge
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Sep 23, 2009
Kelly
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The idea of a faerie world that secretly coexists with our world is not a new one, but Laini Taylor imagines such an intricate telling of that world, this book should not be missed, if for the beautiful setting alone. The book tells the story of Magpie Windwitch, a little faerie with a great destiny to capture the evil that humans have inadvertently let loose into the world. It starts out a little slow, but once the pieces of the story start coming together, it's a quick and entertaining read to
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