heathersbike's review against another edition
5.0
OH YEAH! Excellent trilogy. Only wish is that there were MORE BOOKS!
catwithakeyboard's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
amerdale's review against another edition
4.0
Meine Rezension: https://amerdale.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/gelesen-alison-sinclair-schattengeboren-minhorne-3/
drey72's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed the first book in this series, Darkborn. The next one – Lightborn – expanded on the characters and the plot, bringing in politics and tension. So I had high hopes for the conclusion, Shadowborn…
This one’s lighter on the characters I enjoyed in the previous two books – namely Lady Telmaine Hearne, her husband Dr. Balthasar Hearne, and Baron Ishmael di Studier. They’re here, don’t get me wrong – and with important roles to play. But with everything else going on the Lightborn nobles, the Shadowborn, and the mages all make a showing in this installment – which means less of my favorites. Because you can only fit in so many events and people into 358 pages…
There’s a lot of action and a lot of revelations, so much so that I went back and re-read a couple sections to keep my head straight. Not because I was ever confused, but more for the “oh yeah, that explains it” kind of clarification. The characters can be confounding in its numbers – especially as to who’s Lightborn, who’s Darkborn, and who’s Shadowborn. But the storyline is tight and doesn’t meander. All in all, a nice wrap-up to the series.
drey’s rating: Pick it up!
This one’s lighter on the characters I enjoyed in the previous two books – namely Lady Telmaine Hearne, her husband Dr. Balthasar Hearne, and Baron Ishmael di Studier. They’re here, don’t get me wrong – and with important roles to play. But with everything else going on the Lightborn nobles, the Shadowborn, and the mages all make a showing in this installment – which means less of my favorites. Because you can only fit in so many events and people into 358 pages…
There’s a lot of action and a lot of revelations, so much so that I went back and re-read a couple sections to keep my head straight. Not because I was ever confused, but more for the “oh yeah, that explains it” kind of clarification. The characters can be confounding in its numbers – especially as to who’s Lightborn, who’s Darkborn, and who’s Shadowborn. But the storyline is tight and doesn’t meander. All in all, a nice wrap-up to the series.
drey’s rating: Pick it up!
kibbles15's review against another edition
2.0
After reading the first to novels in this series I was excited to read the conclusion. However, when i started reading the book, it took forever for anything to perk my interest. I kept picking up the book and than putting it down. Almost because I was "bored" with the story line. I was also disappointed in how quickly everything that was built up over three novels was solved. In my opinion a disappointing ending to a promising series.
coffeeandink's review
2.0
I liked the domestic fantasy of the first two volumes occurring in the interstices of epic fantasy, so it was really disappointing to me when this volume became all epic, all the time. I also had a hard time following some of the Shadowborn machinations, until they broke down into something ironically too simplistic. Tip: "Because s/he's crazy!" is not actually a good motivation for villains.
It's good the villains were mostly off-screen, given how poorly thought-out they were, but it's not good that several key character interactions also seemed to take place off-screen. Also, Sinclair's penchant for having characters fall in love at first sight continues to bewilder me.
It's good the villains were mostly off-screen, given how poorly thought-out they were, but it's not good that several key character interactions also seemed to take place off-screen. Also, Sinclair's penchant for having characters fall in love at first sight continues to bewilder me.
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