craftingrama's review
2.0
Besides the fact that I detest short chapters I'm not exactly sure why this was written. It was ok but was missing alot. The narrator was back to verbal sound effects too *sigh*
conprimo's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
katmarhan's review against another edition
3.0
7/10
This book in the Recluce series gives us the life of a young lad in Candor, Cerryn, who works in a sawmill and then as a scrivener's apprentice while trying to learn more about his heritage and the talent with chaos he seems to have. It provides a window into the world of the White Order of Fairhaven and presents a perspective that is obviously much different than that of the Black Order. Yet Cerryn's coming of age story is it all that different from the youths of Recluce.
Unfortunately, I read the previous books so long ago that I don't clearly recall the events involving Sterol, Anya, and Jeslek, the White mages most featured in this book. And there were so many books that told of the early events in the history of this world--the founding of Westwind as a haven for the Black Angels and the founding of Recluce as a haven for the Black mages, for example, took several books--that it is hard to place this book in the correct time period.
This book in the Recluce series gives us the life of a young lad in Candor, Cerryn, who works in a sawmill and then as a scrivener's apprentice while trying to learn more about his heritage and the talent with chaos he seems to have. It provides a window into the world of the White Order of Fairhaven and presents a perspective that is obviously much different than that of the Black Order. Yet Cerryn's coming of age story is it all that different from the youths of Recluce.
Unfortunately, I read the previous books so long ago that I don't clearly recall the events involving Sterol, Anya, and Jeslek, the White mages most featured in this book. And there were so many books that told of the early events in the history of this world--the founding of Westwind as a haven for the Black Angels and the founding of Recluce as a haven for the Black mages, for example, took several books--that it is hard to place this book in the correct time period.
vaderbird's review against another edition
3.0
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
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