Oh, and the "epic romance" mentioned in the description? Good read This was surprisingly as interesting as I hoped. The storyline is common occurrence but the storytelling keeps you engaged.
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Dec 31, belle rated it liked it. This is a frustrating book for me to review. On one hand, I really like the premise. I liked the world created within this book. It was vivid, and complete. The idea of granted animals was well executed. But this book had major flaws with the way it was written. Frankly, of the two characters I preferred reading Cyric. He was the character you watch make mistake after mistake and you just want to sit him down and give him a hug and set him on the straight and narrow. He, however, was a bit of an This is a frustrating book for me to review.
He, however, was a bit of an odd read. Very simplistic observations and that sort of thing. But a sweet, action-packed hero? Ellia, however, I didn't understand. She had potential to be such a fabulous character! But she was just She wasn't the spunky princess, the take charge princess, or even the victimised princess she could have been.
She wasn't very emotional about her whole kingdom's destruction, she didn't ever seem particularly passionate The whole idea behind her character was nice, but I just didn't see her as a leader of a rebellion or that sort of kickass girl. She seemed a little That being said, she had her moments of gusto and gut. The officers around Cyril actually shone as really being thought out and powerful especially Tobias.
The Minstrel a friend Ellia makes upon her journey might have been my favorite character as, again, he had that vivaciousness this book really needed. I had a hard time really liking the people of Yanartas as, again, they seemed a bit like props used to illustrate Ellia's awesomeness, without really fulfilling all the hype created about the uber-important mystical people of Yanartas.
But all in all, this book was fine. The story was cute, I was rooting for the characters, groaning as I saw poor Cyric make mistake after mistake. But it felt like something that you wrote a few years ago. And you go back, and you say, this is fine. But why didn't I phrase this this way? And what did I have against adjectives?
But here, the story was nice Because the plot is pretty awesome. Where was the big picture. Was this just a book about village-sized countries playing around? Where was the real, gripping evil? The tugging on the heartstrings and grand scale threat of terror and destruction? That's what makes a fantasy book about war and trial gripping! Has the potential to really be top notch, if the main characters were written with more fire in them. I recommend if you want a good fantasy read, and are interested in seeing some magic, seeing some new exciting beasts, and disappearing into another world for a brief while.
I wouldn't reread, but the first run through was fun and light. Also, what's the deal with chimeras? Who thinks that chimeras are cooler than dragons? Apr 19, Kathryn added it Shelves: Luce is sent to 'Sword and Cross', a reform school for young adults, after she is blamed for the death of Trevor, a boy that Luce once had a small crush on. It is revealed that, although Luce cannot remember what happened exactly, she remembers kissing Trevor at her previous school's summer camp, Dover.
After this kiss, Trevor is said to have spontaneously combusted , which leaves her with burned hair. Luce believes herself to be innocent, which angers her disbelieving peers. Upon arriving at her new school, Luce encounters a fearsome Randy and shy boy Todd, along with Gabbe, a pretty blonde haired girl; and Cameron, an attractive looking boy who's second time being sent to Sword and Cross. Cam offers to take Luce to her dorm room, but is abruptly interrupted by Arriane Alter, a self-described psychopath with long black hair. Arriane takes Luce under her wing, which agitates Cam. Arriane takes Luce to the outside grounds of the school, and demands that Luce cut her hair in the same style as her own.
While working on Arriane's hair, Luce notices a scar on her friend's neck, and a shock band on her wrist. She tells Luce that she will not ask questions of her past, as long as Luce makes the same promise, which she does. After Arriane shows Luce around the school, they both head off to their first lesson of the day. As both are waiting outside the classroom, Luce notices a tall, handsome boy across the grounds, and suddenly becomes nervous and panicky, which she doesn't understand.
She also feels as if she knows him from somewhere, but cannot think of where. Arriane says his name is Daniel Grigori, and teases her for staring, embarrassing Luce. Standing next to Daniel is Roland Sparks, a boy with dreadlocks. Daniel notices Luce staring at him, and begins to smile back at her before raising his middle finger at her in an aggressive gesture. Luce is shocked and confused at this, but sees him watch her as she leaves for her class. Cam meets Luce again in the classroom, and makes further attempts to flirt with Luce.
She continues to stress herself out over her encounter with Daniel, which distracts her throughout much of the lesson. After class is over, Luce and Arriane go to the cafeteria for lunch.
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Luce explains that she is a vegetarian , simply because she does not like the taste of meat. She also notices Daniel in the cafeteria. Losing her nerve, Luce falls backwards, tumbling into Molly Zane, an angry-looking, heavily pierced girl. This angers Molly, and she digs the high-heel of her shoe into Luce's foot before provoking Arriane into a fight.
Arriane's shock band on her wrist goes off, causing her to convulse violently, scaring Luce. Randy breaks up the fight, and gives Luce, Arriane and Molly a detention in the school cemetery for the following day. When Randy and Arriane leave, Molly dumps her tray of meatloaf over Luce, and is taunted, all whilst Daniel stares and shakes his head at the whole scene. Luce runs to the bathroom, crying. There, she meets Penn, the daughter of the school's deceased groundskeeper who explains that she chooses to stay at the school because she has nowhere else to go.
Penn befriends Luce, and helps clean the meatloaf out of Luce's hair. The two instantly bond, and it is revealed that Penn can access anybody's personal records held by the school, telling Luce that she is a " That evening, Luce visits the library, where she meets Miss Sophia, a grey-haired librarian. As Luce wanders through the maze-like library, she begins to see the return of "The Shadows," paranormal, ink-like smudges that Luce has been seeing since childhood.
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She then sees Daniel sitting by a window with a sketchbook and approaches him. Daniel is rude to her again, and they accidentally touch, causing a static shock. Both look at each other before Daniel quickly leaves. The next day, Luce is late for her detention at the cemetery, annoying the rest of the group which consists of Arriane, Molly, Roland, and—much to Luce's surprise—Daniel.
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The group members are instructed to pair off and clean the cemetery statues. Luce and Arriane start to clean a statue of an "avenging angel," but Arriane runs off.
Molly, after catching Luce staring at Daniel, warns her to stay away from him. Daniel then approaches Luce after "hearing" his name and asks Luce what Molly said. Then the statue breaks and starts falling towards them.
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Daniel saves Luce from the falling statue, and makes a swift exit. Later, Luce is invited to Cam's party, which he does loudly in front of Daniel, signalling some sort of rivalry between the two. Before the party, the students of Sword and Cross are encouraged to watch a film as part of a social practice. Here, Luce encounters another Shadow, which she manages to "pinch" out of her pocket. This scares and also excites Luce, as she has never physically interacted with the Shadows before. I'd gotten my pack loose. It was larger than I was used to carrying, but worth it, since I wasn't sure how long it would be before I could visit Tosch again.
He leaned into the caress while I looked ahead towards the trees. Then he brought his nose high and blew a snort of air into my face, which, with my hood, wasn't a very pleasant experience; but since I was more or less about to abandon him I let him have at it. If…" I thought of the possibility of getting locked up by the Yanartians, or the possibility of getting kicked off straight away.
We'd already gone over what he would do in any case, and finding each other again wouldn't be difficult. I decided to drop it, but I added for his sake, "When I get there, I'll see about whether they take animals across the water. It turned out, as I learned later that morning, that they did take animals across, not always, but when the ships weren't in high demand as they weren't today.
This was due to the Byakoan's winter festival. Lots of people were coming in, but no one wanted to leave until after it had ended.