The four novellas in Quatrain are set in worlds created for: (ALERT some SPOILERS!!!)
"Archangel" (set in Samaria, just before Archangel): Flight follows a former angel-seeker who used to be in love with the Archangel Raphael and now is determined to keep her beautiful niece from making her same mistakes..... Not bad, I liked the characters, and it was well done but a bit predictable. Aunt protects her niece. Niece runs away with big bad wolf, ah no Archangel. Aunt goes to the rescue. Aunt blackmails Archangel. Archangel is furious. Aunt and niece is released from the mountain fortress."
3 stars to this one
"Heart of Gold" (set in the world of Heart of Gold): "Blood is the story of a fierce young gulden man who comes to the city to seek his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was a boy and she ran away from his abusive father...... nice but unfinished I think. I liked the twist where his mom abandoned him to almost certain death, and then when he found her, she rejected him 'cause all gold men are evil'. And his relationship with the blue heiress was sweet, though it felt unfinished as interracial interaction was practically a tabu. And though I liked the community center volunteering/coaching thing as an idea, I thought it was not well done. It does not add to it that I'm not crazy about sports, a specially when it comes to blows and shoves as accepted... no REQUIRED standard of good player.
4.5 stars to this one
In Gold, (set in the world of Summers at Castle Auburn): a crown princess escapes the hazards of war by hiding among the fairylike aliora, where she encounters an altogether different sort of danger..... this is the worst story there! Likely one of the worst short stories I read. A self absorbed spoiled girl (cry baby princess) fleeing possibility of a war is offered refuge in a magical kingdom, where everything is sooo magical nobody ever wants to leave. She throws away all her talismans and potions to keep her from the enchantment, and falls under in less then 15 days! Then is rescued by her guardsmen who came to fetch her. Honestly I disliked her character, and I didnt care what hapened to her. She was vain, idle, spoiled creature if ever there lived one. Also the story was very weak, none of the other characters aside of the princes were fully flesh out.
is it possible to give NEGATIVE stars?
"Mystic and Rider"(set in the Twelve Houses, just before Mystic and Rider): in Flame, the mystic Senneth uses her magic to save a little girl, an act that wins her new friends but puts her own life at risk...... This was very good, the mystery and the little child with avakened powers endagering the village while the adult mysitc/witch is blamed for the fires (burning down half a town). The only thing I'm not sure is why is it called Mystic and rider, when the rider enters the town on the last page after all is resolved to offer her protection during her travels to the king. He is a ghost, an afterthought added to explain the title. He adds nothing to the story.
5 stars to this one
"Archangel" (set in Samaria, just before Archangel): Flight follows a former angel-seeker who used to be in love with the Archangel Raphael and now is determined to keep her beautiful niece from making her same mistakes..... Not bad, I liked the characters, and it was well done but a bit predictable. Aunt protects her niece. Niece runs away with big bad wolf, ah no Archangel. Aunt goes to the rescue. Aunt blackmails Archangel. Archangel is furious. Aunt and niece is released from the mountain fortress."
3 stars to this one
"Heart of Gold" (set in the world of Heart of Gold): "Blood is the story of a fierce young gulden man who comes to the city to seek his mother, whom he hasn't seen since he was a boy and she ran away from his abusive father...... nice but unfinished I think. I liked the twist where his mom abandoned him to almost certain death, and then when he found her, she rejected him 'cause all gold men are evil'. And his relationship with the blue heiress was sweet, though it felt unfinished as interracial interaction was practically a tabu. And though I liked the community center volunteering/coaching thing as an idea, I thought it was not well done. It does not add to it that I'm not crazy about sports, a specially when it comes to blows and shoves as accepted... no REQUIRED standard of good player.
4.5 stars to this one
In Gold, (set in the world of Summers at Castle Auburn): a crown princess escapes the hazards of war by hiding among the fairylike aliora, where she encounters an altogether different sort of danger..... this is the worst story there! Likely one of the worst short stories I read. A self absorbed spoiled girl (cry baby princess) fleeing possibility of a war is offered refuge in a magical kingdom, where everything is sooo magical nobody ever wants to leave. She throws away all her talismans and potions to keep her from the enchantment, and falls under in less then 15 days! Then is rescued by her guardsmen who came to fetch her. Honestly I disliked her character, and I didnt care what hapened to her. She was vain, idle, spoiled creature if ever there lived one. Also the story was very weak, none of the other characters aside of the princes were fully flesh out.
is it possible to give NEGATIVE stars?
"Mystic and Rider"(set in the Twelve Houses, just before Mystic and Rider): in Flame, the mystic Senneth uses her magic to save a little girl, an act that wins her new friends but puts her own life at risk...... This was very good, the mystery and the little child with avakened powers endagering the village while the adult mysitc/witch is blamed for the fires (burning down half a town). The only thing I'm not sure is why is it called Mystic and rider, when the rider enters the town on the last page after all is resolved to offer her protection during her travels to the king. He is a ghost, an afterthought added to explain the title. He adds nothing to the story.
5 stars to this one
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