This book looked promising, really. The whole idea of shape-shifting were-dragons was, I admit, quite tantalizing to me. Alas, poor execution drove it into the ground.Two of the biggest problems with this book is that the plot often seems to lack direction, and is very repetitive. I mean our main...
O my gosh that was amazing!! I'm glad to finally know the full story, but I'm so sad!! I don't want to leave the stories of Kyrie and Gloriae and Agnus Dei and Memoria and Terra and all the new additions. I'm so grateful the author actually gave more details after the war so we know what reall...
And there, past a veil of haze in the south, they saw it. Til's tears fell like the rain. "The southern coast," she whispered. The rain fell before her in warm curtains, and mist floated across the forested hills and valleys. The sun glowed behind the veil of clouds. There was no snow here in the...
Merciful stars, he thought and sighed. His every part ached, and he had barely slept with the girl clinging to him. It's an amazing discovery, he thought. A creature for one of Mori's bestiaries—half woman, half leech. "Up, up!" he said. "It's morning." He struggled to rise, but Piri only mumb...
Caesarea lay miles from here, but fallen angels had sharp eyes. When the distant city trembled, Beelzebub frowned. A dark cloud rose from those ruins, heading back to Jerusalem. Demons fleeing, Beelzebub knew. So Laila succeeded. The columns of fire sizzled away over Caesarea, and the ash settled...
It looked like a great scarab made of stone, larger than a whale. Its claws tore through the earth, and its eyes blazed, two stars shooting beams of light. The earth crumbled around it, a sinkhole falling into darkness. Vir Requis screamed and fell from their burrows, now revealed to the night...
He left his chains behind. The torturer stood in the dark corridor, staring with hard eyes. "When will I get my treasure?" the man asked, crossing his hairy arms. His toolbox lay at his feet, including the pliers which had ripped off Gemini's fingernail. Gemini shivered to see it. "Once the Templ...
"Slowly . . . slowly . . . let your right foot rise until just your toes touch the earth. Focus your awareness on the movement, on how your muscles work, on your breath, on—" "I can't focus when you talk so much!" Madori wobbled, nearly fell, and glared at the old teacher. He sighed. "In battle, ...
"Behold the wretchedness of the reptile!" Ishtafel hovered in the sky, a god of light, wings wide. Arms spread out, Vale hung upon the ziggurat's crest, a dying wretch. Master and slave. Ishtafel grinned, sucking in air between his teeth. God and worm. "So shall happen to any who strike a seraph!...
They laughed. They hissed. They drooled. They rutted in the sky, groaning, screaming, bat wings beating. They flew onward on the hunt, nostrils flared, inhaling the scent of the world they had not seen in so long. "We are free!" Leyleet shrieked, voice rolling across the landscape. "Free to hunt!...
"The thing probably costs more than a horse." Fidelity nodded. "It does. It's a big machine." Cade pulled out his empty pockets. "If you haven't noticed, we're broke. I haven't got a copper to my name, and neither have you." They were walking down a dirt road, aspen trees rustling at their sides....
Most days since the Phoenix War, Adia spent her time in the temple, healing and praying; or in the tunnels stocking bandages, herbs, and supplies for siege; or in the streets of Nova Vita, visiting and comforting grieving families. But today, for the first time since the phoenixes had burned this...
Once this had been a city called Eteer, the thriving, bright heart the world's greatest civilization. Once this had been a beacon of light, of hope, of order in a world of chaos. Once this had been her home. Now as Issari walked down the cobbled street, she moved through a hive of rot, blood, pus...
The day Dry Bones had banished him, the spellbook had settled awkwardly in his backpack, jabbing him. With Romy annoying the hell out of him, he had tossed the book into the forest with rage, and now he cursed himself. That spellbook had contained just the spell he needed now: a mute spell. ...