The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle, #2) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 15, 2012 ♥ Unaeve ♥ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

3 stars for the first part of the book..
and not because he is a bad writer or something but just because he put way to much fight descriptions ,fighting trainings and war techniques in a book where i didn't expect it to be,at least not in such an amount.
I love to read fantasy not action or adventure novels..and i get disappointed if i don't get what expected .

The 4 stars are because as up 70% to the end it was a great story again,a page turner with a lot of "normal" action and we learn much abo ...more

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Apr 25, 2010 Jesslyn rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: z2010-kindle-reads, reviewed, cat-epic-fantasy, cat-series-ongoing, auto-buy-series, audio-book, z2015-kindle-reads, audiobook-great-narration

I loved this book and am shocked that it managed to better than the first one. It took me down roads that I was reluctant to travel in the story, having invested in what I felt should happen, but ended up happier for that journey. Brilliant writing, a tight storyline and superlative character development.
If you love Epic Fantasy grab this one quick.

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Nov 05, 2011 Bri rated it it was ok

Peter, Peter, Peter... May I call you Peter? I feel like I have spent enough long hours with your words that I can do so now. So, here's the thing, Peter. I respect what you are trying to do with all the building of suspense and making the audience really hang on and WAIT (oh the waiting!). But I did not need the entire first 3rd of your book to be about a relatively new character that no one is really crazy about. Sure, it's nice, the whole getting to know the antagonist thing. And sure, Krasia ...more

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