The Curse in the Gift The Last Whisper of the Gods Saga Book 2 eBook James Berardinelli
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For Sorial of Vantok, claiming his heritage as the first Earth-wizard in 1000 years was the easy part. Now, with the dreaded Lord of Fire amassing an army in the Deep South, the hard part begins. With the gods having abdicated responsibility for their creations, the world of Ayberia is left to fend for itself with the custodian wizards lining up to battle each other for control.
As Sorial goes into seclusion to learn control of his powers, his lover Alicia becomes a pawn in a high-stakes game. Accompanied by three stalwart companions, she travels to the North, shadowed by assassins and marked for death. In Widows’ Pass, the treacherous path through the Broken Crags Mountain Range, she experiences a tragedy that threatens to end not only her quest but her life. Meanwhile, in the city of Vantok, King Azarak faces betrayal and civil war. He learns that Prelate Ferguson, the religious leader, has committed treason - an act that cannot go unanswered. When Sorial emerges from isolation, it’s to broken promises, a missing fiancé, and a world on the brink of chaos.
The Curse in the Gift The Last Whisper of the Gods Saga Book 2 eBook James Berardinelli
What initially inspired me to read his trilogy was I often follow his movie reviews on Reel Views. And boy am I glad I read these books. I have always adored fantasy. But I have grown away from it in recent years. I find few things that I read initially as griping as they once were. And I often find the same stories retold with nothing new to really offer. A nice diversion but nothing worth remembering.If I could offer a basic synopsis: the gods have died leaving a world without their guiding hand and power. One final act for their creations is to give them the power to manage themselves. They let humans have magic again. For better or for worse.
Berardinelli creates a fascinating world. I very much enjoyed his take on magic and the checks and balances that came with the power. His world was very descriptive and painted a beautiful backdrop for a fantastic cast of characters. Characters that were fantastically based in reality. That came from all walks of life great and small complete with all the things people have. Good characteristics, flaws, and how people change and grow as they encounter life. If you love fantasy it's a great read. Needless to say I was distressed when I ran out of book and promptly bought two and three.
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The Curse in the Gift The Last Whisper of the Gods Saga Book 2 eBook James Berardinelli Reviews
Good read
Good storyline despite not much explanation about the history of this world,
I read all three of them, but towards the end, it was a labor of training by mother! If you start, finish. It wasn't bad, just somewhat ponderous.
I only heard about the author’s books due to the fact that I follow his movie reviews at reelviews.net. I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly — in fact more than pleasantly surprised by how riveting the first book was. I then had to read the second and I’m now on my way to the third. Congratulations on a job very well done.
There's a lot I like about this series, I enjoy the plot to the series, the romance is very nice and I enjoy that the girl isn't just a trophy for the main character, which is sometimes an issue that I feel makes it difficult to enjoy the romance factor of a book. The book continues the plot nicely, basically if you likes the first novel, you'll like this one as well.
In this second book of the trilogy, Berardinelli mixes build-up and pay-off in about equal doses, which turned out to be a mixture that kept me awake far too late at night. The chapters are of a length that I knew was too long to read in bed - but I still read just one more. I enjoyed the characters and their nuances as well as the shape Berardinelli's world takes - we start to see more clearly what can happen and who's aligned where. The book's is perhaps too satisfying unlike after the first book, I didn't feel the pressing need to buy the third.
I've read James Berardinelli's movie reviews for over fifteen years, and I've often aligned with his taste and enjoyed his story analysis and writing style. Not to mention that he really took to heart Brad Bird's comments on critics in Ratatouille (Anton's monologue). So I had reasonably high expectations from him with regards to creating a fantasy world that would be enjoyable as well as consistent. I've read all three novels, and as they are related to each other well enough such that they should be considered the same story, I'll review them all at once.
Highlights
-Overall, the story caught me and held me to its completion. What more do you want from a series of books than a good thirty hours of entertainment that keeps you interested and wanting to know the end? The writing is good, the characters are interesting and in general more broad than one dimension, and the story has a fast pace.
-The rules of magic, while simple, are well-developed and consistent. I've never really been a fan of elemental magic (earth, fire, water, and air) because of my background in chemistry; but there were several details that made the visualization of the magic reasonably feasible. I also appreciated how the powers were discovered and the variants that could be applied; many times in the story I wondered why Sorial wouldn't do this, and it turned out that he discovered it later. The combinations of magic were well-planned and executed too.
-While there were a few fantasy tropes, they were used sparingly and often with surprises attached.
-It is rather graphic, and in the vein of GRR Martin, people get punished. Two thirds of the way through the first book it starts to get brutal in service to the story; that by the way is when I committed to the story.
-Most importantly, it got better as it went a long. So many stories start with a great idea and then fizzle. If anything, the first half of the "Last Whisper" was the slowest, and the other two novels were more entertaining.
Nitpicks
As usual, it's his world and I'm just reading it, but these thoughts crossed my mind.
-If there are pistols, there is gunpowder. If there is gunpowder, there are cannons. If there are cannons, there are no castle walls. As far as I can tell, there was only one story element that required the gun, but this was not exactly the Meerenese knot, other ways could accomplish what was needed from the story. Pistols were not needed and they made a lot of the other story elements seem foolish.
-Frankly, the sex passages were too frequent and often didn't add value. I'm not prude, but like special effects in movies, sex should serve the story. Any more than that then it is simply a kid showing you his dad's Penthouse forums.
-A bit of the dialog was expository, and at times Sorial would wax poetic like a Victorian philosopher and then throw 'ain't' in there just to show his humble roots.
-It's a small world after all, one with almost no history--Throughout the entire set of novels, the loss of the gods is lamented, how the populace would respond to their loss was considered a tragic event. Yet not one god was named, not one story was told, not one miracle was explained. The history of the world served only to provide the minimum needed background. Also, there were only six cities, maybe two hundred thousand people, and just not a lot of reason to think so few people could have made so many advances in building palaces and such.
-Sorial, at times, is a complete idiot.
Overall, the critic took a shot at being a creator, and he did well. He wrote a good story with interesting characters, and to boot he gave it an ending that, while telegraphed, was a good turn and fun to resolve.
What initially inspired me to read his trilogy was I often follow his movie reviews on Reel Views. And boy am I glad I read these books. I have always adored fantasy. But I have grown away from it in recent years. I find few things that I read initially as griping as they once were. And I often find the same stories retold with nothing new to really offer. A nice diversion but nothing worth remembering.
If I could offer a basic synopsis the gods have died leaving a world without their guiding hand and power. One final act for their creations is to give them the power to manage themselves. They let humans have magic again. For better or for worse.
Berardinelli creates a fascinating world. I very much enjoyed his take on magic and the checks and balances that came with the power. His world was very descriptive and painted a beautiful backdrop for a fantastic cast of characters. Characters that were fantastically based in reality. That came from all walks of life great and small complete with all the things people have. Good characteristics, flaws, and how people change and grow as they encounter life. If you love fantasy it's a great read. Needless to say I was distressed when I ran out of book and promptly bought two and three.
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