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Meg Lamey

Smashwords book reviews by Meg Lamey

Summoning on June 27, 2011

I find myself ambivalent about this book. The story was an interesting one, but I never really found myself engaged in the story, and I did learn to care about the characters towards the end. I found the story very choppy as the action moved back in forth through her early years. I usually don't mind a story that moves around, but this one had very short sections on her young life, and then boom, back to 15 and then boom, back to earlier. I never really got to know the character, and I missed that.
Pale Queen's Courtyard on Aug. 13, 2011

I enjoyed this book very much. The story takes place in a land that will feel familar, filled with tolerance and intolerance. Religion and magic drive this novel, magic is not tolerated by the current conquering rulers and dominate religion. There are hunters who are called "hounds" and search for magic wielders, but you soon realize that they hunt using magic. We are introduced to Leonine on the first page. He is a musician and a thief and soon becomes a murderer. He also uses magic. In spite of all this, he is a charmer and while he is on the run he meets a young girl, who is also hunted by the hounds. Ilasin is their primary target, she doesn't know how to use and control her magic and as a consequence has killed quite a few people when she was threatened and fearful. leonine becomes very protective of Ilasin and she becomes like a daughter to him. Kamvar is a soldier in his religion's army, who is in the band with one of hounds. There current assignment is to find Ilasin and put her to death. Kamvar is questioning his beliefs and wondering why his loving god would want this. The story moves along at a good pace, and you never feel lost in the details, and there are a lot of details. The characters are well rounded with the potential for both have both good and bad. All in all this was an enjoyable read.