Karen Miller
Hardcover | Pages: 640 pages Rating: 3.86 | 2695 Users | 162 Reviews
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| Original Title: | A Blight of Mages |
| ISBN: | 031602922X (ISBN13: 9780316029223) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0 |
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Hundreds of years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe...Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane. Barl is desperate to learn-but her eagerness to use her power leads her astray and she is banned from ever learning the mystic arts.
Morgan holds the key to her education. A member of the Council of Mages, he lives to maintain the status quo, preserve the mage bloodlines, and pursue his scholarly experiments. But Barl's power intrigues him-in spite of her low status.
Together, he realizes they can create extraordinary new incantations. Morgan's ambition and Barl's power make a potent combination. What she does not see is the darkness in him that won't be denied.
A Blight of Mages is the new novel set in the world of Karen Miller's bestselling debut The Innocent Mage.
Define About Books A Blight of Mages (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0)
| Title | : | A Blight of Mages (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0) |
| Author | : | Karen Miller |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 640 pages |
| Published | : | August 4th 2011 by Orbit |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Magic. High Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 2695 Users | 162 ReviewsCriticize About Books A Blight of Mages (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker #0)
ALMOST EVERYONE IN THIS BOOK IS SO UNLIKABLE.DD WRY EVERYONE IS BAD.IT'S BASICALLY ABOUT TWO ARROGANT MAGES WHO FALL IN LOVE IN A BORING AND UNREALISTIC WAY WHERE THEY CALL EACH OTHER MY LOVE A LOT AND FUCK BY THE FIRE. HE'S ENGAGED AND FUCKS HIS FIANCEE IN A CLOSET, TAKING HER VIRGINITY AND BASICALLY PROMISING HE WOULD BE TRUE BECAUSE IT'D BE VERY HARD TO MAKE ANOTHER MATCH IN THAT WORLD WHEN SHE WASN'T A VIRGIN, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY CALLS HER A SLUT AND FUCKS HIS TRUE LOVE. BOTH ARE SOFirst and foremost, I must say this: While this book may technically be a prequel to the series Kingmaker / Kingbreaker, for the love of all that is holy, at least read The Innocent Mage and The Awakened Mage before reading A Blight of Mages. Ive noticed an alarming number of reviews that give the book a low amount of stars, because they werent prepared for the violence and changes in one of the main characters, which easily would have been remedied if the original series had been read before
This was another book I picked up as a possible 2012 Australian Women Writers Challenge book, but which, due to my extra criteria, did not make it to my list of 10 books I read specifically for the challenge.I loved this book. I have read the original two Kingmaker/Kingbreaker books (The Innocent Mage and The Awakened Mage, the latter of which is published as Innocence Lost in Australia) and enjoyed them, but I think I enjoyed this one a little more. It took me a while to get into, as I found it
Originally posted here.Despite its length, I got through the book in four days, even though I've been busy with other things as well. The writing, characters and world-building all caught my imagination and would not let me go. Before I was even done reading the book (a couple hundred pages in), I went onto Goodreads and marked her other books to read, because I loved reading this so much.Miller's writing is fantastic. I love the way she strings words together. Her diction and syntax both
I remember when I found out there was a prequel to the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker books. The moment was full of that giddy "oooooooh" tingly feeling. Yes, I knew the ending before reading it, but that did nothing to detract from this book. If anything, it made me even more excited to dive in. Legends have always been a point of particular fascination for me, and all the bits and pieces about Barl and Morgan in the Kingmaker/breaker books engrossed me, left me wanting more.And I got more!I found it a
I was expecting simply an interesting read. The author was more interested in an epic. Endless conversations & political machinations. Might as well read Ludlum. Intriguing concept, and very well written, but so much was simply boring, and it took almost 200 pages to start to get anywhere. Also, it would be nice if the publisher would say somewhere that this is one of a series, with no real ending. All-in-all, a very frustrating book.
Horrible.The story of two greatly flawed and arrogant persons growing more arrogant and flawed, and finally destroying everything. It might be an accurate prequel to the Innocent Mage, but there is nothing of the sympathetic characters of that book contained in this book. Maybe others enjoy their protagonists mean and self-destructive, but for me there was no joy in reading this story.I put off reading this book many times, and eventually had to force myself to finish it, just so I could put it
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