One of the best Young Adult Fantasy series that I have read in a very long time. I devoured it.
Very interesting, very engaginActual Rating: 4.5 stars.
One of the best Young Adult Fantasy series that I have read in a very long time. I devoured it.
Very interesting, very engaging, with complex and entertaining storyline and characters. Not a dull moment. With no predictability here, this series kept me immersed on the story since the very beginning of the first book all the way to the end.
I completely recommend it.
On a personal note, I would have preferred this book as a new adult fantasy series, some adult content here would have been welcome as well as more cohesive due to the maturity of the characters and seriousness of the matters. I would have also liked more time spend on the love story to have a more developed and satisfactory romance. Those 2 are the only reasons I am not giving this series 5 stars....more
Such a slow build up. Very slow pace. Very quiet story. Yet, truly BEAUTIFUL. So great. No blacks and wActual Rating: 4.5 stars.
Wow.
I loved this book.
Such a slow build up. Very slow pace. Very quiet story. Yet, truly BEAUTIFUL. So great. No blacks and whites, all grey.
The development of the characters, their relationship, their falling in love . It was so well crafted, that even though it all happened in a fantasy world, it felt real, perfectly believable. Just beautiful.
Hands up to the writer. Well done.
Wow.
P.S: There is no doubt in my mind I’ll keep reading this series and this author....more
When the world order gets in the way of true love.
I felt their relationship, their pain and their lActual Rating: 4.5 stars.
Sooo beautiful. I loved it!
When the world order gets in the way of true love.
I felt their relationship, their pain and their love. Which, it is not always an easy thing for me to feel, yet here, through their dialogues, I was able to feel the raw emotion that the characters where experimenting, it felt real, their suffering and joy, I believed it like they where true people, which made me be utterly trapped in this story. I don't know how to explain how much I loved it. It made me imagine and picture amazing images. Carnival, ferris wheels, cotton candy, dirt, joy, and so much more. It made me feel like a child and hope and believe anything is possible. It felt a little bit like magic, in a very quiet way. I didn't want to stop reading, I didn't want it to end, and I love it when that happens.
I would like to review this book properly once I am done with the full series. In the meantime IActual Rating: 4.5 stars
Awesome. I enjoyed it so much!
I would like to review this book properly once I am done with the full series. In the meantime I´ll just add that although it was great, I almost didn't read it because of its cover. I think the cover deters readers from reading American Queen, and in my opinion the title of the book doesn't help either. The package is just plane cheese. It sure doesn't make the story justice. It only makes reference to the fairy tale aspect of it, while all the darkness, which makes it what it really is, is ignored. For those that are indecisive about this book because its sweet appearance doesn't call to you, don't be dissuaded from picking it up, after all, lets not forget we should never judge a book for its cover.
“I already had a feeling I was screwed, seeing I was in sacrificial virgin at"I gave up a world for you."
I LOVED IT. LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT!
“I already had a feeling I was screwed, seeing I was in sacrificial virgin attire and in a corral. But now I was thinking I was way screwed. My attention focused back on her when she went on to say in a dire tone, “The Wife Hunt.”
This was an amazing book! AMAZING!
“My side hurt. My feet hurt. My neck hurt. My ass hurt. I needed a fucking bra. But I didn't care. I just ran.”
I have no words, I don't know what to say! I need to read it again I loved it so much!
“I could not dream a better you."[...]“A better wife, a better queen. Not even in a dream could I create better than you.”
I am joining the Game of Thrones hype here! Sorry, I can’t help myself ; P
Dax Lahn [image]
Circe [image]
“He is my king, he is my warrior, he is my husband and I am proud to say above all… he is mine.” [image]
“He's a husband, he's a king, he's a man but remember above all, my queen, always remember, above all, he...is...a warrior.” [image]
“Out there, King Lahn is a fierce warrior but in here, my Lahn… kah Lahn is sweet.” [image]
“You know I love you," I whispered in his ear. "I know," he whispered back, turned, I pulled my arms away and he got on his knees in front of me, his hands framing my face. I looked in his dark eyes. "Do you know how much?" I kept whispering. "How much, baby?" ... I bent my forehead to his and told him the truth. "More than my world.” [image]
“I am who I am, I am Korwahk, I am warrior, I am Dax and you must accept me as what I am. I may have forced my body on yours but I did not force your love, you gave it to me knowing who I am. As we live our lives, you cannot decide to disagree with parts of that and then decide to take your love away, Circe. I’ll not live like that. Therefore, you need to reflect on this, come to your peace with it and never, my golden queen, never request another such concession from me.” [image]
“You love the feel of me” [image]
“You don’t have to have had something to want it or need it but when you have something you liked… very much… and it is taken away, and you want it back, it can become a hunger.” [image]
"I gave up my world for you, Lahn. I sat at your side through things people in my world would find loathsome and I did it with my head held high. I even felt 'pride' that I could endure, that I could be a good queen to you.......Everything I did in this fucking place, even before I fell in love with you, was for...fucking...YOU." ” [image]
“Then I whispered, “I love you, my Lahn,” and heard the swift hiss of his intake of breath. Then he buried his face in my neck and whispered back, “Loot kay hansahnalay na, my Circe.” And I love you, my Circe.” [image]
“What has been has been but what will be is what we make of it.” [image]
WARNING: This story is extremely sexist and degrading to women. It romanticizes rape and domestic abuse. It glamorizes submissiveness and obedience in women, as well as male control and dominance. Perpetuates gender roles, toxic masculinity and offers very offensive archetypes for women. Morally, I am very opposed to everything happening in this book and very aware of how disgusting it is, nothing here is excusable or desirable. Nevertheless, I still loved it, emotionally not rationally. I feel guilty about it, but I recognize, despite my ideals, I am also a product of a sexist society, I did grow up loving Disney and its weakling princesses in distress. As and adult, I have worked hard to reprogram myself against all that, I try to fight my upbringing as much as I can, but I am human and sometimes I fail. This is one of those times. I won't beat myself for it constantly. I don't excuse or condone any of it, I recognize it and I move on trying to be a better feminist, just not this time. ...more
Damn, but this book was INCREDIBLE!! I have no words to describe how FASCINATING and ENTHRALLINAMAZING, AMAZING AMAZING!!!!! Loved, loved looooooved it!
Damn, but this book was INCREDIBLE!! I have no words to describe how FASCINATING and ENTHRALLING and EVERYTHING this book is! My heart is pounding uncontrollably, jeez but it was good! Excellent.
It surprises me how much I loved every second of it.
The scheming, the war play, the verbal exchange, the banter, the strategy and the adventure, all was riveting and exciting. The way the events unfold is just perfect, PERFECT!
Fascinating and OUTSTANDING CHARACTERS. Damen is our window to this world, we are him, and so he has my loyalty and care. He is strong and powerful, a protector, I can’t help but feel for him. I love him! Laurent is plain SENSATIONAL. Intelligent, self-sufficient, arrogant, mysterious, reserve, powerful, strong, devious, unstoppable, and yet I can’t help but to see his vulnerability and worry for him. I love him!
The relationship between Damon and Laurent is incredibly well done, engaging to no end, it SEDUCES you, captivates you, mesmerizes you; it is filled with tension and desire, with underlying emotion. It offers you the succulent fruit to your lips just to take it away in the last moment. It grips you and doesn't let go. And what’s very important, it SATISFIES you.
I have a few issues with this book of course, but right now I am so high in exhilaration that I can’t remember them. Puff, gone!
Why o why is not the third book out yet, WHY?!!! I neeeed it, I crave it, I have to read it NOW!!! I need more, I need to know! Could it have ended in a more interesting way? Impossible! It was BRILLIANT, fascinating! MORE, GIVE ME MOOORE! I am desperate for the third book! Desperate I tell you! What am I going to do now?!
Transcendence is a TRULY SWEET and BEAUTIFUL book. It moved me, it touched my heart. I LOVED IT.
I found delightful that it wActual Rating: 4.5 stars.
Transcendence is a TRULY SWEET and BEAUTIFUL book. It moved me, it touched my heart. I LOVED IT.
I found delightful that it was told from Ehd's POV. Unquestionably, I think that is what made it all so HEARTWARMING and appealing, Ehd's innocence, purity and goodness. He is so basic and at the same time so utterly lovable and adorable, you can’t help but feel for him, feel with him.
This book makes you LAUGH, makes you CRY, makes you SMILE and makes you SIGH.
CHARMING
I can’t help but believe that the writer was influenced by The Valley of Horses (Earth Children Series book 2) by Jean M. Auel but this former book is richer, complex and of more quality than Transcendence. Transcendence is purely a romance book, while the The Valley of Horses is something else entirely and in my opinion it has to be read as a series to be truly understood and savored which implies a bigger commitment, it is not just a read for entertainment but also, in a way, for education, it gives a lot of information. It is one of my favorite books of all time, but I admit that due to its heaviness I don’t go back to it as much as I do with other books.
Transcendence however is a standalone, light and enchanting. I will absolutely be coming back to reread it. Ehd is just too cute and captivating to forget.
Transcendence is one of those books that once you finish it you start to wish and fantasize that you could have that same life, that same love. And to me that is a huge compliment, I have read a ton of fantasies, and not many have me wishing that that fantasy were my reality like this one does.
LOVELY
I will definitely read more books from this author. Transcendence was a surprise I wasn't expecting and I do fervently recommend it. I have never read a book as romantic as this one.
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