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A freaky ending, an interesting magic system, and mysterious societies lurking on the fringe have convinced me to read the third book. But, I have my reservations.
It's hard to pin down how I feel about Ms. Beckstrom. I don't dislike her, but I'm not particularly attached to her either. Combine that with paragraph after paragraph of tedious detail and this isn't a series I'm excited about. I can't tell you how tired I am of reading the same phrasing to describe Allie's magic - I got it the first ...more
It's hard to pin down how I feel about Ms. Beckstrom. I don't dislike her, but I'm not particularly attached to her either. Combine that with paragraph after paragraph of tedious detail and this isn't a series I'm excited about. I can't tell you how tired I am of reading the same phrasing to describe Allie's magic - I got it the first ...more
The final third of this book is really good, fast moving and engaging. The first hundred pages, though, are slow. The next hundred are quicker, but not as engaging as I expected. The problem is that, while this is the second book in a series, we still have hundreds of pages of world building, and it's nitty gritty world building without the engaging wonder of coming into a brand new universe that we got in the first book.
As readers of Magic in the Bone know, Allie Beckstrom suffers memory loss f ...more
As readers of Magic in the Bone know, Allie Beckstrom suffers memory loss f ...more
How to review this book - I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it, so we'll see how this all plays out...
I liked the book, maybe even 3.5 stars worth of like, but there were just a few things that are holding me back from rounding up (again).
Allie Beckstrom is fighting to retain as much of her memory as she can, if she can only remember to set a Disbursement. You would think that someone who is as good as she is at Hounding and magic, she would be able to remember, but... Allie is asked to ass ...more
I liked the book, maybe even 3.5 stars worth of like, but there were just a few things that are holding me back from rounding up (again).
Allie Beckstrom is fighting to retain as much of her memory as she can, if she can only remember to set a Disbursement. You would think that someone who is as good as she is at Hounding and magic, she would be able to remember, but... Allie is asked to ass ...more
4.5 stars
I’m going to start off by saying I love this reader. She’s so good. I often forget it’s one person. She’s one of my favorite readers.
Lots and lots of action and danger. The plot and pacing were great. I hate for her that she loses her memory but it’s an unusual twist to the usual magic user so in that way I like it. There’s a lot of repetition but it usually felt like it was because she’d forgotten the scene in which she told us and was repeating it as if it was the first time. Mostly. ...more
I’m going to start off by saying I love this reader. She’s so good. I often forget it’s one person. She’s one of my favorite readers.
Lots and lots of action and danger. The plot and pacing were great. I hate for her that she loses her memory but it’s an unusual twist to the usual magic user so in that way I like it. There’s a lot of repetition but it usually felt like it was because she’d forgotten the scene in which she told us and was repeating it as if it was the first time. Mostly. ...more
This barely made the cut, but hints of an intricate future plot tip this book into the four star category.
Jan 03, 2009
Siara
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Aug 01, 2010
Gisela
marked it as maybe
Feb 01, 2011
♥Tricia♥
marked it as wishlist
Jun 29, 2012
Garima
marked it as to-read
