A peasant girl like Kate Carpenter could never hope to serve her homeland as much — but her healing magic has earned her a coveted apprenticeship. Now her skills are needed on a mission that must cross the ice-bound mountains. Their little kingdom faces invasion by a vast empire and desperately needs allies; across the snow-filled pass, http: The cover art is comedic.
Those are blessing horns on either side of her head. The gal I read about had long hair in a braid. This was written awhile ago, but the electronic version is now making the rounds.
This was a compelling read as the writer is fairly accomplished. Kate is selected under much consternation from the Prince and his guard due to her young age and inexperience. She soon pulls her own weight and proves her worth along the journey. I liked Kate as a character. Fairly well developed as were Anders and the Prince. The fight scenes were well done and mostly believable.
The author does a good job not devolving this novel into a sordid love triangle. The story-line is simplistic, yet the destination is interesting in that the culture is female dominant. There is some girl on Kate action while getting drunk but ends rather abruptly. There were some minor fall downs like: Is it the life force of all living beings? And if so, why is it found in water as in the Kir Fount they came across?
All in all an enjoyable read, albeit on the short side. Oct 29, C. Coffelt rated it it was amazing Shelves: It begins like a slow burning fuse, sparks and flares that compel the reader to turn the page. A bond forms and twines us to Kate from the start. Tension builds and I expected a good storyline but still, I was lulled into approaching the peak of the volcano. Then the story exploded catching me in the lava. I am one of the fortunate few who've read the fourth in t It begins like a slow burning fuse, sparks and flares that compel the reader to turn the page.
I am one of the fortunate few who've read the fourth in this series of six and lemme tell ya Writers, this is the Real Deal. It only gets better. But easy to read also. It is set in the medieval world of horses, castles, battlements, and kings. It might fit the sub-genre of Swords and Sorcery but that is debatable. For Want of a Piglet is the first in the series of Disciple, L.
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This is the book that makes you blurry-eyed the next day at work from reading until 2 am. I received this book free in return for a review. This is an absorbing book with interesting, well fleshed out characters and a relatively intriguing plot. I want to get the one 'negative' out of the way first and, to be honest, this is not much of a negative. It took me quite a while to associate the monsters in this book, which are known as Lamia, with the authors interpretation as opposed to the more classical one of a more serpentine nature.
This was a bit jarring for a while but o Disclaimer: This was a bit jarring for a while but once you can reconcile this I found this book to be very enjoyable. The plot is an interesting one, you are immediately thrown into a world where conflicts and alliances already exist - you want to know more about previous battles to better understand the characters motivations.
The belief system in the novel is rather well thought out one though I did find myself wishing that it was explained more fully during the early parts of the novel as was the use of 'magic'. I had seen this concept before but not as fully fleshed out. The characters were relatively interesting, though I saw very few character flaws, but as the novel was more plot driven I didn't feel that this was a glaring issue.
The writing style was also engaging and very easy to read. The end leaves a good opening for the second novel in the series but at the same time it doesn't force you to read it - considering the books cold open you could consider this to be just one part of a story of which you are never going to know the whole.
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I think though I will be on the look-out for the second part of the series. Dec 19, Melissa Levine rated it it was ok Shelves: I was very confused at certain parts. I didn't really like the fact that the author never seemed to explain what certain terms meant.
That made it kind of hard for me to really relate or care for any of the characters. The term 'kir', I feel stupid that I don't really know what the word meant, considering it was throughout the story. I assume it is some kind of magic or something? At the end of the story I saw the author had talked about the different characters and whatnot, but honestly, I woul I was very confused at certain parts. At the end of the story I saw the author had talked about the different characters and whatnot, but honestly, I would have preferred that at the beginning.
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I did find it sort of funny that everyone in the story, seemed to have strange or foreign sounding names, minus Kate Carpenter. And who is the person on the cover suppose to be? I would have thought Kate but then the 'blessing' she has shows them longer than just 'nubs' as described in the story. In the end, I honestly have no clue why this book was written. Between locations they are attached by wolf like monsters. They loose one on the way there.
They reach their location, vacation for a bit, turn around, loose more people and go home. What was the point? Needless to say, this book wasn't interesting enough to make me want to read the second one. Oct 14, Samantha LaFantasie rated it really liked it. This is a great tale written in first person of the main character Kate. She's not the typical heroine, which is refreshing.
She has a heart of gold, makes mistakes, and tries her best. What struck me the most about this story is the concept. It reads very much like high fantasy, but is written into a novella. As a knight, he will be on the battleground this spring. The kingdom needs every defender, every physician, focused on the war.
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Read a sample of Part II. Disciple is a hard, gritty fantasy romance -- its main character, Kate, is a healer who falls back on primitive surgical techniques when the magic runs out. Her homeland faces invasion by a powerful empire. And she's falling in love with the crown prince. This is a six part story, in total, and I recently finished the first draft of the final part. I plan to self-publish the entire thing over the next couple years. This project will cover the price of hiring a freelance editor for Disciple, Part II.
It will also cover the price of a professional cover artist for Disciple, Part III , which I hope to publish in late summer, I will be doing the graphic design and ebook coding myself, as I did for Part I. I have 15 years' experience in graphic design, prepress, and proofreading, and I'm committed to presenting my writing as professionally as possible. Reviews of Part I: Disciple, Part I has several reviews at Goodreads. Many of those also appear on the Amazon sales page.
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Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention kate disciple follow blankenship magical become beginning confusing genre honest monsters. Showing of 14 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. It begins like a slow burning fuse, sparks and flares that compel the reader to turn the page. A bond forms and twines us to Kate from the start. Tension builds and I expected a good storyline but still, I was lulled into approaching the peak of the volcano.
I mean heat and the rumbles under my feet doesn't mean it's about to blow, right? Then the story exploded catching me in the lava. And I couldn't turn the pages fast enough after that. I am one of the fortunate few who've read the fourth in this series of six and lemme tell ya Writers, this is the Real Deal. It only gets better. And if you live and breathe Fantasy as I do, you won't be disappointed. As a writer, you'll appreciate the quick pace and building tension. But easy to read also. It is set in the medieval world of horses, castles, battlements, and kings.
It might fit the sub-genre of Swords and Sorcery but that is debatable. For Want of a Piglet is the first in the series of Disciple, L. It is rare day when I experience a full gamut of emotions after reading a tome, but this one has it all; mourning a character's demise, anger at another's attitude, worry when I realize no one is safe. This is the book that you can't put down. This is the book that makes you blurry-eyed the next day at work from reading until 2 am. One person found this helpful. In this book, Ms. Blankenship establishes her presence on the same shelves as those epic fantasy reads belonging to Martin, to Tolkien, and to Jordan.