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Five Stars One of the most satisfying fantasy series I've read. His writing is lyrical and has no wasted words. Read it slow to get full enjoyment. The story of five Canadian students pulled to a parallel world, the young men and women are key to the survival of that alternate world. At first I thought it would be too hokey to stand up but it does, oh so well. I don't know that it stands up to LOTR as some reviewers claim, but it's good enough in its own right. It is a dark series and not everyo
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This turned out to be only a somewhat satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. the Summer Tree was such a great beginning, but the other two books didn't really live up to the potential of that book. Kay did a great jog illustrating how self-sacrifice is necessary, often, for the greater good, and I liked that he wasn't afraid to kill off a major character for the good of the story and it's themes, but I think he tried to do a bit too much. There were so many story lines going on and he had to full
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Mar 17, 2012
Te-ge Bramhall
marked it as to-read

Dec 28, 2013
Lynne
marked it as to-read-fantasy