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Tales from the Tiarna Beo #1
Requiem for the Wolf
They told him that the Lost were animals. Crazed and brutal, they said, a danger to themselves and others. Hero, they called him, for providing the mercy of a clean death. They lied.
The Tiarna Beo is a land frozen in the still moment between acts of savage violence. Forty years after a Purging that drove an entire race either into the ground or north through the mountains, every man watches his words and his neighbour. Only a fool draws attention to himself, and only the suicidal travel from the North.
Growing up fatherless in a cold and grieving home, Breag had a clear vision for his future – a good woman, a family of his own and a quiet life. When his good woman betrays him, her confederates force him into the Tiarna on a mission to find one of the Lost and bring it home to be sacrificed. Mired in hopeless duty and wandering rootless among people who would kill him if they knew what he was, Breag struggles to hold on to the frayed edges of his humanity.
But no good deed goes unpunished. When his rescue of a brutalised young woman reveals her to be the Lost he has spent eight years hunting, Breag is forced to choose between her life and his future. And she’s not prepared to go quietly. Breag’s choice will create ripples that ignite the fumes of anger among his people and theirs, and ultimately to burn the entire kingdom down around his ears.
The Tiarna Beo is a land frozen in the still moment between acts of savage violence. Forty years after a Purging that drove an entire race either into the ground or north through the mountains, every man watches his words and his neighbour. Only a fool draws attention to himself, and only the suicidal travel from the North.
Growing up fatherless in a cold and grieving home, Breag had a clear vision for his future – a good woman, a family of his own and a quiet life. When his good woman betrays him, her confederates force him into the Tiarna on a mission to find one of the Lost and bring it home to be sacrificed. Mired in hopeless duty and wandering rootless among people who would kill him if they knew what he was, Breag struggles to hold on to the frayed edges of his humanity.
But no good deed goes unpunished. When his rescue of a brutalised young woman reveals her to be the Lost he has spent eight years hunting, Breag is forced to choose between her life and his future. And she’s not prepared to go quietly. Breag’s choice will create ripples that ignite the fumes of anger among his people and theirs, and ultimately to burn the entire kingdom down around his ears.
571 pages, ebook
Published December 27, 2016
About the author
Tara Saunders
6 books37 followersTara Saunders finds it odd to write about herself in the third person She doesn't think the convention is morally objectionable as such, so she's going along with it good-naturedly.
She's sure that she's done lots of interesting things in her life, but every one of them leaked out her ears the moment she sat at her keyboard to write about them. While her mental gears are frantically whirring, she hopes you'll be content to know that she lives in a little cottage in the West of Ireland with her hordes of children and an overabundance of elderly dogs.
She hopes you'll come and chat to her on Twitter at @_Tara_Saunders_ or on Facebook at StormChildBooks. Even better, join her mailing list on www.tarasaunders.com, and not only will you be treated to semi-regular meanderings like this one, she'll also send you some entirely more focused short stories featuring the characters you love from the Tiarna Beo.
She's sure that she's done lots of interesting things in her life, but every one of them leaked out her ears the moment she sat at her keyboard to write about them. While her mental gears are frantically whirring, she hopes you'll be content to know that she lives in a little cottage in the West of Ireland with her hordes of children and an overabundance of elderly dogs.
She hopes you'll come and chat to her on Twitter at @_Tara_Saunders_ or on Facebook at StormChildBooks. Even better, join her mailing list on www.tarasaunders.com, and not only will you be treated to semi-regular meanderings like this one, she'll also send you some entirely more focused short stories featuring the characters you love from the Tiarna Beo.
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January 24, 2023
I reviewed this as one of the SPFBO (Self Published Fantasy Blog off) contest judges.
2.5/5 stars
Requiem for the Wolf, the first book in Tales from the Tiarna Beo series by Tara Saunders is a good take on lycanthropy stories.
The main plot of the book focused on our main character, Breag, who’s on a mission to find one of the Lost. However, when he finds her, Breag must decide whether to continue his mission and sacrifice her back in his sanctuary or focus on his own future. Judging from the plot itself, there’s nothing too memorable about it, it deals with some religious aspect but most of all, the core of the book is acceptance. The ending of the book is quite satisfying.
What makes the book noteworthy, in my opinion, is its characters and world-building. Breag, Sinnoa, Cu, Carad are characters that at first I really didn’t care about but eventually, once the narratives started giving them their own unique personalities, I started to be invested on their story. This goes to show that the characters developments are there. My favorite part of the book is Breag and Sinnoa’s relationship. If any of you have played the famous video game called Last of Us, their relationship reminds me a bit of Joel and Ellie from there, or if you have watched the movie Logan, the same case with Wolverine and X-23. Not similar in a sense of their blood relations but more on how their relationship develops out of nowhere.
Another thing to praise of is that there’s no info dump here. The world-building is introduced and explained gradually, with a bit of Celtic influence: the Lupes (Werewolves), the setting, and history of the world, organizations and the society in it were aspects I quite enjoyed reading.
I do however have one major problem with the book, the prose. This is probably an “it’s not you, it’s me” situation, but I really struggled reading the writing. Don’t get me wrong, the story, characters, and world-building are all good, but I feel like the prose just doesn’t flow well; it doesn’t contain flowery language, and the words that were chosen didn't really fit the story the author tried to tell. I lost counts of how many times I had to reread some passages, not because I didn’t understand the words, but because I felt like they didn't make sense.
That problem, however, is clearly from my point of view; there’s a chance other readers could find Tara’s prose to their taste, making this book a better experience for them. Overall, Requiem for the Wolf is a great high fantasy start with Lycanthropy elements; a true fan of werewolf’s story may enjoy this more than me.
You can find this and the rest of my Adult Epic/High Fantasy & Sci-Fi reviews at BookNest
2.5/5 stars
Requiem for the Wolf, the first book in Tales from the Tiarna Beo series by Tara Saunders is a good take on lycanthropy stories.
The main plot of the book focused on our main character, Breag, who’s on a mission to find one of the Lost. However, when he finds her, Breag must decide whether to continue his mission and sacrifice her back in his sanctuary or focus on his own future. Judging from the plot itself, there’s nothing too memorable about it, it deals with some religious aspect but most of all, the core of the book is acceptance. The ending of the book is quite satisfying.
What makes the book noteworthy, in my opinion, is its characters and world-building. Breag, Sinnoa, Cu, Carad are characters that at first I really didn’t care about but eventually, once the narratives started giving them their own unique personalities, I started to be invested on their story. This goes to show that the characters developments are there. My favorite part of the book is Breag and Sinnoa’s relationship. If any of you have played the famous video game called Last of Us, their relationship reminds me a bit of Joel and Ellie from there, or if you have watched the movie Logan, the same case with Wolverine and X-23. Not similar in a sense of their blood relations but more on how their relationship develops out of nowhere.
Another thing to praise of is that there’s no info dump here. The world-building is introduced and explained gradually, with a bit of Celtic influence: the Lupes (Werewolves), the setting, and history of the world, organizations and the society in it were aspects I quite enjoyed reading.
I do however have one major problem with the book, the prose. This is probably an “it’s not you, it’s me” situation, but I really struggled reading the writing. Don’t get me wrong, the story, characters, and world-building are all good, but I feel like the prose just doesn’t flow well; it doesn’t contain flowery language, and the words that were chosen didn't really fit the story the author tried to tell. I lost counts of how many times I had to reread some passages, not because I didn’t understand the words, but because I felt like they didn't make sense.
That problem, however, is clearly from my point of view; there’s a chance other readers could find Tara’s prose to their taste, making this book a better experience for them. Overall, Requiem for the Wolf is a great high fantasy start with Lycanthropy elements; a true fan of werewolf’s story may enjoy this more than me.
You can find this and the rest of my Adult Epic/High Fantasy & Sci-Fi reviews at BookNest
April 18, 2017
I wish I could use half stars here. 3.5 stars, but closer to 4, no 3, no 4... when I compare it to my other 4 star star books I think 3, but it is not "average" like the rest of them. I choose *drum roll* FOUR! I admit I am a tough critic. If I wrote a book and I was reviewing it, I would be scared.
This has a very dark feel. There are some pretty graphic scenes, but it's not nasty gruesome. I like that in a book, a lot.
The gadhar attacked again, slashing the loose skin on the wolf's neck with dagger-sharp claws. Bragg lunged, his knife finding flesh this time scoring a short line of red along the wolf's haunch.
This is pretty unique from other books that sit in the same genre/type, also good. The writing is good, very heavy on content. By that I mean there is a lot packed in and it is very detailed. My favorite scene was in the beginning where the main character is at a market of sorts and he meets up with a bad guy Lupe who he had been tracking.
The writing is good. There are no plot holes that stood out. Not many, if any, typos. I would have liked to see more descriptive summary concerning the setting. They were described, and I got a good idea, but it seemed to lack the beautiful wording that a lot of fantasy books have.
All in all a good read. I hope to see more from this author and really am impressed. I didn't know own what to expect as I have never read anything from her prior to this.
Review ebook provided from Netgalley.
This has a very dark feel. There are some pretty graphic scenes, but it's not nasty gruesome. I like that in a book, a lot.
The gadhar attacked again, slashing the loose skin on the wolf's neck with dagger-sharp claws. Bragg lunged, his knife finding flesh this time scoring a short line of red along the wolf's haunch.
This is pretty unique from other books that sit in the same genre/type, also good. The writing is good, very heavy on content. By that I mean there is a lot packed in and it is very detailed. My favorite scene was in the beginning where the main character is at a market of sorts and he meets up with a bad guy Lupe who he had been tracking.
The writing is good. There are no plot holes that stood out. Not many, if any, typos. I would have liked to see more descriptive summary concerning the setting. They were described, and I got a good idea, but it seemed to lack the beautiful wording that a lot of fantasy books have.
All in all a good read. I hope to see more from this author and really am impressed. I didn't know own what to expect as I have never read anything from her prior to this.
Review ebook provided from Netgalley.
July 22, 2017
REQUIEM FOR THE WOLF is an excellent story mixing both Celtic mythology as well as legends of lycanthropy into one of the better werewolf novels I've read in the past decade. In this reality, werewolves (Lupes) are individuals who are hunted relentlessly by humanity. The survivors of that species have fled to the North where they have taken up lives denying their true nature in the name of their goddess.
I liked the protagonists of the book with Breag being my favorite of the characters. As a werewolf who hunts other werewolves in hopes of taking them home, he has a very sympathetic motivation. The fact the "sanctuary" for his kind is anything but is also deeply affecting. I also loved how tortured he becomes when he finally does discover someone who can save him but doing so would destroy her.
The book's message of having to accept your nature and question what religion as well as society teaches about you is applicable for a variety of topics along with extremely relevant. It's not a one-to-one correlation, though, and not preachy either. The supporting characters also enrich our understanding why everyone does what they do.
In conclusion, this is a great and oftentimes sad book which works well. There's a few flaws in the story's flow that sometimes feels like it wanders a bit but I still enjoyed it.
I liked the protagonists of the book with Breag being my favorite of the characters. As a werewolf who hunts other werewolves in hopes of taking them home, he has a very sympathetic motivation. The fact the "sanctuary" for his kind is anything but is also deeply affecting. I also loved how tortured he becomes when he finally does discover someone who can save him but doing so would destroy her.
The book's message of having to accept your nature and question what religion as well as society teaches about you is applicable for a variety of topics along with extremely relevant. It's not a one-to-one correlation, though, and not preachy either. The supporting characters also enrich our understanding why everyone does what they do.
In conclusion, this is a great and oftentimes sad book which works well. There's a few flaws in the story's flow that sometimes feels like it wanders a bit but I still enjoyed it.
February 17, 2017
I received a free E-Arc from Netgalley.
This book, is quite simply, an absolute gem. Don't get me wrong - it's not the easiest read out there - but it's well worth persevering with the slightly heavy writing style - which sometimes feels like wading through treacle (in a good way). The author does not, as opposed to some writers, waste a single word in this story. Everything is loaded with importance and each and every word must be read to fully appreciate the nuanced style of writing. I did, on occasion, have to backtrack and reread a paragraph or two. This is not a book to read while doing something else - it's a book that demands your full attention, all the time, and one where you might have to take designated breaks just to absorb what you've read and to think about something slightly less dark and self-centred thoughts.
There is a heavy Celtic? influence to the writing - the names of places and people may not roll easily from tongues unused to the elaborate words. Neither is the author the type to throw her entire world building at your feet within the first few paragraphs or sentences - no the world building unravels as deliberately slowly as the writing - but we need to know everything we're told - there are no wasted words even here.
The conflict between the Brotherhood, the Guard and the Daoine - all with old hurts and new ambitions to temper their relationships with each other, provides a vision of a desperate world - a world on the brink of something - we just don't know what. Everyone in this book is scared of something being revealed against their wishes.
The book centers around a number of main characters - Breag, Sionna, Carad, Cu, Tarbhal and Laoighre. None of these characters is simple (apart from maybe Cu but even he has his secrets) and none of them is a simple goodie or baddie, they all have back stories and carry life's judgments like a weight around their neck. This is no simple tale of good vs evil. There are too many lies and half truths from all of them - they all have something they wish to accomplish and seem content to do so at others expense and in the end, the ones who accomplish the most, are those that manage to bend their wants to the reality of events, and you have no idea who that's going to be. Every betrayal is a fresh wound to the reader, and every success heavy with the scent of future failure.
This book got into my head and stayed there. Perhaps a simple tale, exceeding well told, or perhaps a more complex one, I genuinely think that the reader can take away from the story what they want but I doubt that many will be able to skim read this and will find themselves sunk into the Tiarna Beo and wishing for much, much more in the future.
P.S. You may have guessed that I liked this book - read it, please!
This book, is quite simply, an absolute gem. Don't get me wrong - it's not the easiest read out there - but it's well worth persevering with the slightly heavy writing style - which sometimes feels like wading through treacle (in a good way). The author does not, as opposed to some writers, waste a single word in this story. Everything is loaded with importance and each and every word must be read to fully appreciate the nuanced style of writing. I did, on occasion, have to backtrack and reread a paragraph or two. This is not a book to read while doing something else - it's a book that demands your full attention, all the time, and one where you might have to take designated breaks just to absorb what you've read and to think about something slightly less dark and self-centred thoughts.
There is a heavy Celtic? influence to the writing - the names of places and people may not roll easily from tongues unused to the elaborate words. Neither is the author the type to throw her entire world building at your feet within the first few paragraphs or sentences - no the world building unravels as deliberately slowly as the writing - but we need to know everything we're told - there are no wasted words even here.
The conflict between the Brotherhood, the Guard and the Daoine - all with old hurts and new ambitions to temper their relationships with each other, provides a vision of a desperate world - a world on the brink of something - we just don't know what. Everyone in this book is scared of something being revealed against their wishes.
The book centers around a number of main characters - Breag, Sionna, Carad, Cu, Tarbhal and Laoighre. None of these characters is simple (apart from maybe Cu but even he has his secrets) and none of them is a simple goodie or baddie, they all have back stories and carry life's judgments like a weight around their neck. This is no simple tale of good vs evil. There are too many lies and half truths from all of them - they all have something they wish to accomplish and seem content to do so at others expense and in the end, the ones who accomplish the most, are those that manage to bend their wants to the reality of events, and you have no idea who that's going to be. Every betrayal is a fresh wound to the reader, and every success heavy with the scent of future failure.
This book got into my head and stayed there. Perhaps a simple tale, exceeding well told, or perhaps a more complex one, I genuinely think that the reader can take away from the story what they want but I doubt that many will be able to skim read this and will find themselves sunk into the Tiarna Beo and wishing for much, much more in the future.
P.S. You may have guessed that I liked this book - read it, please!
August 20, 2017
In for the long haul
Slow start and may seem a little confusing to begin with but as the tale unfolds it is a strangely captivating read, the characters of Breagh and Sienna work well and the storyline takes an interesting direction. I will give book 2 a try and see where it leads me
Slow start and may seem a little confusing to begin with but as the tale unfolds it is a strangely captivating read, the characters of Breagh and Sienna work well and the storyline takes an interesting direction. I will give book 2 a try and see where it leads me
February 16, 2017
ARC Kindly provided by Netgalley for an honest review.
An interesting read. I was very excited for this book based purely on the synopsis. But I found the story overly complicated and difficult to get into.
An interesting read. I was very excited for this book based purely on the synopsis. But I found the story overly complicated and difficult to get into.
August 15, 2018
Full disclosure: I won Requim for the Wolf as part of a 3 book win campaign on Facebook and it was (weirdly enough) the only book that acually got sent to me (ebooks).
I review A LOT (not on here) and I read so much, it should have been easy for me to rate Saunders' book. It was not and I am not sure if I completely agree with my 3*** there but I can't give halfsies and 4... This book is difficult, because in some ways it is better than other 4 star books because it has more depth. But then again the book has some issues that I would have loved to seen solved by an editor. Since that didn't happen I almost didn't make it till the end of the book. Which is why I end up giving this 3 stars. But with the comment that if you're willing to deal with tempo & clarification issues you're not going to be sorry you read this.
More detailed:
Saunders' Tiarna Beo world is an original one. So many fantasy books about lycantropy have their own twists and turns, but in a way are expected in their genre. Book #1 in the Tales from the Tiarna Beo is definitely not and neither is its world (although I would've loved a more descriptive way of nature, houses etc. Saunders is a good writer, but can be a little stiff at times when it comes to those parts). It is almost as if the author took a piece of fantasy lore and turned it into a drama with very recognisable human themes like racism and throwing humanity overboard for power vs honor and doing the right thing and put it in some sort of medieval setting. No standard creating of a fantasy world with more creatures like vampires. It was what would've resulted in me giving this 4* if not for 'the problem'. I almost stopped reading this book and I can actually count the amount of books on my fingers where that happened (and I have read several books per week since age 12. 40 now).
If you're going to do something new in a genre PLUS introduce several major characters in the beginning it is best to not confuse your reader, get some world building out of the way in an understandable way and focus on characters as soon as possible to create a bond. That is where I had issues here. The book starts with a flashback, but it took me quite some time to understand that flashback because it was too vague and had too many terms that would only be explained much much later. The tempo was, especially in the beginning, too slow as well. Using a lot of world specific-jargon in thought processes without explaining those terms more properly was one of the reasons the book had such a bumpy road and it took me a lot longer than usual to get invested into any of the characters. I was simply to focused on understanding who was who and what was what instead of following the story.
It was not until Breag has already met his Lost and runs into trouble with her halfway through the book that I started to feel something for either and any of them. And that had not even given Carad a decent introduction that could make you feel either hatred or sympathy for him.
Curiosity is what kept me reading and in the end I am happy I did. Because when the book was finally full steam ahead I did see where Saunders was going with this, I did have an opinion about all of them, felt sadness or anger (or revulsion) ...and in the end I thought "last page? Huh! Noooo" and I gladly take up book #2 in the series.
That is why I said that it is a hard to review title. Black & white the rating is a little less, but Saunders deserves more attention. Let's just hope those little kinks are worked out in #2, because now I am eager for more.
I review A LOT (not on here) and I read so much, it should have been easy for me to rate Saunders' book. It was not and I am not sure if I completely agree with my 3*** there but I can't give halfsies and 4... This book is difficult, because in some ways it is better than other 4 star books because it has more depth. But then again the book has some issues that I would have loved to seen solved by an editor. Since that didn't happen I almost didn't make it till the end of the book. Which is why I end up giving this 3 stars. But with the comment that if you're willing to deal with tempo & clarification issues you're not going to be sorry you read this.
More detailed:
Saunders' Tiarna Beo world is an original one. So many fantasy books about lycantropy have their own twists and turns, but in a way are expected in their genre. Book #1 in the Tales from the Tiarna Beo is definitely not and neither is its world (although I would've loved a more descriptive way of nature, houses etc. Saunders is a good writer, but can be a little stiff at times when it comes to those parts). It is almost as if the author took a piece of fantasy lore and turned it into a drama with very recognisable human themes like racism and throwing humanity overboard for power vs honor and doing the right thing and put it in some sort of medieval setting. No standard creating of a fantasy world with more creatures like vampires. It was what would've resulted in me giving this 4* if not for 'the problem'. I almost stopped reading this book and I can actually count the amount of books on my fingers where that happened (and I have read several books per week since age 12. 40 now).
If you're going to do something new in a genre PLUS introduce several major characters in the beginning it is best to not confuse your reader, get some world building out of the way in an understandable way and focus on characters as soon as possible to create a bond. That is where I had issues here. The book starts with a flashback, but it took me quite some time to understand that flashback because it was too vague and had too many terms that would only be explained much much later. The tempo was, especially in the beginning, too slow as well. Using a lot of world specific-jargon in thought processes without explaining those terms more properly was one of the reasons the book had such a bumpy road and it took me a lot longer than usual to get invested into any of the characters. I was simply to focused on understanding who was who and what was what instead of following the story.
It was not until Breag has already met his Lost and runs into trouble with her halfway through the book that I started to feel something for either and any of them. And that had not even given Carad a decent introduction that could make you feel either hatred or sympathy for him.
Curiosity is what kept me reading and in the end I am happy I did. Because when the book was finally full steam ahead I did see where Saunders was going with this, I did have an opinion about all of them, felt sadness or anger (or revulsion) ...and in the end I thought "last page? Huh! Noooo" and I gladly take up book #2 in the series.
That is why I said that it is a hard to review title. Black & white the rating is a little less, but Saunders deserves more attention. Let's just hope those little kinks are worked out in #2, because now I am eager for more.
March 23, 2018
The Tiarna Beo a land divided, still trying to cope after the purge, ruled by the guard and the brotherhood who answer to the Athair and who hunt down the people of the Daoine who escaped from the purge. Braeg a young man who had been taught that to use bliss to turn into a lupe was to fall and become a danger to those around, he was chosen to be a Marbh and ordered to seek out those who enter into bliss and kill them before they turn into wargs. He was given the fiacal knife to do this, once a warg is touched by this knife he is no longer able to feel bliss or to turn into a lupe again. Whilst searching for those who were known as the lost he met Sionna, a young woman who had never known freedom and who had experienced brutality at the hands of the lupe she lived with till his death, she hated anything to do with the Daoine little knowing that she was one of these herself. Braeg wants to return home to the North with his catch to redeem his name as Marbh however, on the way many things occur and ideas which had been inculcated in him are seen to be false and only spread through the fears of the ignorant and the zealots called Eloai. This is a magnificent book, sad and heart wrenching, with so much loss through fear and hatred for anything different to the norm including fear of the Gadhars, but it is also a book of love and so much strength. A very well written novel full of lore about the Daoine, and the old ways still adhered to by the followers of the lady, written so poetically and beautifully descriptive putting the reader right in the picture of the very scary times our characters are travelling in. I definitely look forward to reading the next book in this amazing book!
January 27, 2018
Mmmm. You know when you read a book and the words just flow so beautifully that you want to say them out loud and taste them? Yeah.
I haven't read such gorgeous prose since I read the Crowthistle Chronicles. Brood of Bones was nearly as good, but WOW. Saunders has such an amazing voice. And she somehow manages to use this elegant voice to write grimdark? Because that's what it is, this world is really horrible, cruel an bloodthirsty. (Though not all the people are).
The plot is brilliant, I could never guess what was going to happen. The characters are all complex and memorable. The main antagonist, despite being a callous killer, is...hard not to root for. Which is just as well, because Saunders is setting up for the next book to be about him.
The ending was awesome and, though I want to read the next one, this stands up very well on its own.
My only issue reading this was that it switched between 4 viewpoints and it wasn't always clear whose head we were in. It would have been nice to have some kind of header to each chapter to make it clearer. Oh, and the romance was pointless. I didn't get anything from it.
I haven't read such gorgeous prose since I read the Crowthistle Chronicles. Brood of Bones was nearly as good, but WOW. Saunders has such an amazing voice. And she somehow manages to use this elegant voice to write grimdark? Because that's what it is, this world is really horrible, cruel an bloodthirsty. (Though not all the people are).
The plot is brilliant, I could never guess what was going to happen. The characters are all complex and memorable. The main antagonist, despite being a callous killer, is...hard not to root for. Which is just as well, because Saunders is setting up for the next book to be about him.
The ending was awesome and, though I want to read the next one, this stands up very well on its own.
My only issue reading this was that it switched between 4 viewpoints and it wasn't always clear whose head we were in. It would have been nice to have some kind of header to each chapter to make it clearer. Oh, and the romance was pointless. I didn't get anything from it.
June 14, 2017
Received from Netgalley for honest review.
I choose this bok as the synopsis sounded really interesting.It was a really good book and the writing was well done and not too overpowering.
The author has done a great job of describing everything in detail and that made for a good story.
This was a really unusual way to feel like lupes and I will go back to Tiarna Bro to read some more in future.
I choose this bok as the synopsis sounded really interesting.It was a really good book and the writing was well done and not too overpowering.
The author has done a great job of describing everything in detail and that made for a good story.
This was a really unusual way to feel like lupes and I will go back to Tiarna Bro to read some more in future.
May 8, 2022
This book ended up being better then I originally thought. It was slow going in the beginning, but as the story progressed it flowed so much better. It had quite a bit of lyrical words that reminded me of the Celtic language. Let's just say I enjoyed the book as it progressed.
October 8, 2022
I feel as though I missed the first book in the series…. I had to start this book over after chapter 3 fearing I had missed something. The story line is good, but I feel like there should have been more set-up
November 29, 2022
I'm giving this 2 stars because this needs a glossary of terms. Also, the world created is the most horrible of horrors that I wonder why it was written to begin with. There was a bad ending for one of the animal characters. Didn't appreciate it at all.
August 7, 2019
A heartrending story of violence, blame, pain, and sacrifice in a world where one is taught to hate one's own nature, and deception is carried through generations.
June 26, 2021
Totally brilliant! Easy to read and unpredictable - this is the kind of book I devour and return to again and again.
April 28, 2017
This was a splendid book! Reminiscent of high fantasy, with a rich environment and characters that leap from the page. Ms. Saunders employed a favorite technique of mine - letting the reader discover the ways, rules, religions, etc, of her world by context. The fantasy is layered with a Celtic touch, and has scenes of pathos and despair to rival any good opera.
I recommend this to any fan of epic, high fantasy.
*Free copy from NetGalley*
I recommend this to any fan of epic, high fantasy.
*Free copy from NetGalley*
September 11, 2017
This grabbed me and held me all the way through. It's exactly what I needed! I had won a copy though a SPFBO giveaway but I must go find more!
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