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Title: Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes ISBN: 0-385-73071-3 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (60 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: best effort yet
Comment: I've read all of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's other books, so I already know that she's able to create her own atmospheres and, in this case, almost her own world. Although there is only scant description of this world dropped into the book, it's enough to feel like you're there and to like the place that you're in.
Danica, the avian shapeshifter who chooses the prince of the serpiente as her partner-for-life (alistair), in an attempt to forge peace between their peoples, is definitely more dimensional than Atwater-Rhodes's past female leads. The same is true for Zane, the serpiente prince, who in turn chooses Danica as his naga, but he still falls under the category of tall, dark, hot, and dangerous.
The whole peace plan seems too easy, too neatly wrapped up, so I was expecting a twist. And there is a twist, but it doesn't come as much of a shock -- more as much of an afterthought, a stray end tied up. Towards the end of the book Atwater-Rhodes succeeds in building tension between her two main characters as the question of trust is asked again and again (and again and again), and it's worth reading the book to find out how that ends.
The only other thing that bothered me was a technical thing. Atwater-Rhodes uses the phrase "wrapped his arm around my waist" about a couple dozen times throughout the relatively short book, and it's usually followed by either a kiss or "pulled me close." It just gets annoying.
I give Hawksong 4 stars because it's the best of her books yet and it's the most worthwhile, but it seems very rushed and I would've liked the other characters to have more time in the limelight.
Rating: 4
Summary: One of her best yet...
Comment: This is by far one of Amelia's best novels to date. Although I was slightly disappointed that she left behind the vampires and witches, I was pleasantly surprised with the world that she created in Hawksong.
I was able to read this quickly, but that doesn't mean that it's simple, it just that it's a book that I was unable to put down. Miss Rhodes paints a wonderful, although gruesome and bloody picture of war-torn lands, a war which neither side can recall the reason for the beginning of it.
I found myself attached to the main characters, Danica and Zane, who will be the head of the warring families soon, and who desperately want to end the chaos...the only solution available is to be paired (married). This woundn't be a problem if they weren't enemies and were able to trust each other and their people.
I gave 4 stars not because it wasn't a great book (I just finished it and I find myself reading parts over and over), but because the ending left me wanting. Another reviewer said the ending felt rushed, and it does. I believe that Miss Rhodes could have developed that a little bit more and I would be sated.
But I highly recommend this for any fans of Miss Rhodes or stories of fantasy and shapeshifters.
Rating: 3
Summary: Promising...
Comment: In the beginning, I was not impressed. About a third of the way through, I though Atwater-Rhodes struck a vein of gold, but she let a promising detail go to waste.
Some parts are interesting, particularly some of the more heated conversations between Zane and Danica. Overall, Zane is the best character in the book, although he has been criticized as being 'inconsistent,' I think that might be because the other characters are so one-dimensional, particularly Danica, whose aloofness is supposed to be a trait of her race. It was carried into the first-person narration, however, which did nothing for me.
But it was a quick, fun read, and I would recommend it. I'm looking forward to Snakecharm, narrated by Zane.
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Title: Midnight Predator by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes ISBN: 0385327943 Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 14 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes ISBN: 0440229405 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes ISBN: 0440228166 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 09 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Demon in My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes ISBN: 038532720X Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 09 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde ISBN: 0152166696 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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