A review by heart_eater
Enchanter by Sara Douglass
3.0
Not long after picking up this second book, I knew I was going to be angry a lot... and damn, I was right. Sign.
Enchanter is one of those books that you really want to like- great writing, beautiful imagery, lots of lovable characters... However, it's also one of those books you find yourself drawn to hate due to the stupid names for everything and a few really horrible characters, the main one being Axis, who is nothing but a giant douche (that's right). It doesn't help that everything in this entire damn series has to revolve around him. In the first book, I was fooled into thinking that I would grow to love Axis, but I was so very wrong. My dislike grew more and more as the story progressed, and by the time I'd picked up Enchanter and Faraday had been wholly wronged by that bastard, it was full blown hate. How could I respect him after he'd tossed aside poor, beautiful Faraday like so much garbage? The whole bullshit love triangle even colored my opinion of Azhure at first, though I've since gotten over it. If it weren't for Axis, I would have loved this series. Why couldn't he have just died and let someone less awful take his place as the main male character? Oh well. I gave this 3 stars because of the story, the few characters that I loved and the wonderful writing style. I did love some of this.
Enchanter is one of those books that you really want to like- great writing, beautiful imagery, lots of lovable characters... However, it's also one of those books you find yourself drawn to hate due to the stupid names for everything and a few really horrible characters, the main one being Axis, who is nothing but a giant douche (that's right). It doesn't help that everything in this entire damn series has to revolve around him. In the first book, I was fooled into thinking that I would grow to love Axis, but I was so very wrong. My dislike grew more and more as the story progressed, and by the time I'd picked up Enchanter and Faraday had been wholly wronged by that bastard, it was full blown hate. How could I respect him after he'd tossed aside poor, beautiful Faraday like so much garbage? The whole bullshit love triangle even colored my opinion of Azhure at first, though I've since gotten over it. If it weren't for Axis, I would have loved this series. Why couldn't he have just died and let someone less awful take his place as the main male character? Oh well. I gave this 3 stars because of the story, the few characters that I loved and the wonderful writing style. I did love some of this.