Helpful Score: 9
First of a post-apocalyptic fantasy series that features Thorn, an unlicensed stone mage living in a small Appalachian town. As far as she knows, she is the ONLY mage out there living outside of an Enclave, and to be found out means certain death for her. She, along with several friends, owns and operates a gem and jewelry store while trying to hide the fact that she is indeed mage, and not human. When her ex-husband is kidnapped, she gets involved in trying to find him and realizes after a time that he was taken by forces of Darkness.
I really like the post-apocalyptic world of this book and the premise for it, but a couple of things were quite annoying. The first is that mages, while able to have sex and mate with humans, actually go "into heat" around other races (kylens and seraphs) and the author described this mage-heat at great length and in many places. I guess she thought it really sexed the book up, but to me, someone in heat without control over their sexual urges and instincts is just plain NOT sexy! There were also several other things that just didn't add up. For example, as soon as one of her business partners sees these certain scars she has, and gets a good look at the amulets she wears under and within her clothing to disguise her glowing mage appearance, he recognizes her as a mage. How is it that she was able to hide that fact from her ex-husband when he saw every inch of her many times over and surely encountered the amulets during physical contact? Etc. I will read more in this series because, as I said, the premise is great and I like the main character and the writing style, but less of the going into heat thing would not go amiss. LOL
I really like the post-apocalyptic world of this book and the premise for it, but a couple of things were quite annoying. The first is that mages, while able to have sex and mate with humans, actually go "into heat" around other races (kylens and seraphs) and the author described this mage-heat at great length and in many places. I guess she thought it really sexed the book up, but to me, someone in heat without control over their sexual urges and instincts is just plain NOT sexy! There were also several other things that just didn't add up. For example, as soon as one of her business partners sees these certain scars she has, and gets a good look at the amulets she wears under and within her clothing to disguise her glowing mage appearance, he recognizes her as a mage. How is it that she was able to hide that fact from her ex-husband when he saw every inch of her many times over and surely encountered the amulets during physical contact? Etc. I will read more in this series because, as I said, the premise is great and I like the main character and the writing style, but less of the going into heat thing would not go amiss. LOL
Helpful Score: 9
Centers around Thorn, a neomage who gets her powers from stone, who is hidden among humans in a post-apocolyptic world. Seraphs have decended upon the world and destroyed most of civilization, followed by war against dark beings. Now the survivors aren't sure of what the Divine Powers expect or what religion is right, they all live in an uneasy peace, following strict rules against sin (or the seraphs could exact vengence) and in fear of demons that live underground and DO exist. The story starts when Thorn's ex-husband is kidnapped under mysterious circumstances and Thorn is determined to find thim. A cast of interesting friends and aquaintences surrounds her. A very well-imagined and detailed world, but I found myself with a lot less questions answered at the end of the book than I expected. Really big, obvious questions that I expected to have answered were not. It did not feel like a standalone book and I have to go get the sequel now because I'm still quite confused, but I enjoyed this because the world Faith Hunter created was fascinating.
