What do You think about Redeeming The Lost (2005)?
For some reason, I liked Redeeming the Lost a lot more than the first two. There was a lot more action in this one, and I got into it more. The ending was brilliant. I would have been so mad if it hadn't ended the way it did, but it ended perfect. Three of my sisters have read this series and they all love it. I can't share their enthusiasm. The first two books just didn't catch my attention, then I read this book, and I perked up; in my opinion it was the best of the three, but still, not amazing.
—Erica (daydreamer)
Finished this awesome series, finally. Overall, it was fun and romantic, and I only have small problems with it.For being the end of the trilogy, it seemed to wrap up everything fairly nicely. While I wonder about certain characters, such as what happened to the young mercenary who quit while he was ahead, and any deals made with the Silent Service for horses, the big stuff was pretty resolved. I enjoyed how the few main characters were not only continually developed, but the newer side characters as well. Though I personally liked Will best, so I did wish there was a bit more about him. Still, he seems like he's got a real chance at his happy ending, so that's all right. The only real thing I feel was lacking was more examples of how the Kantri and the Gedri are getting along. Did the Aiala help that along perhaps?The second novel had started to get me to become a bit annoyed with Varien and Lanen's relationship, but this novel kept their love true without overdoing it. While I felt the final battle dragged out forever when I was reading it, in retrospect, anything shorter would have made me feel cheated. A very nice series I had a great time reading, and the trilogy has become part of my permanent collection of books because it was so enjoyable all around.
—Hazel M Bear
It was a little strange picking up this book after perhaps two years. I read the first when I was in high school (soon after it came out), then finally read the second just a couple of years ago.It was a little difficult to get into at first, I think probably due to the fact that it really seems that book 2 and 3 were meant to be one long novel instead of two separate ones. It took a while to get back into the swing of things. I would definitely recommend to anyone who may be thinking of reading it that they should not leave a long break between books 2 and 3 as I did.The build-up to the end was absolutely fantastic and really good. I could hardly put it down! The book brought me to tears more than once both in sad and emotional scenes.I did feel in some ways that perhaps the ending was just a little bit too clean and perfect. Also it was difficult for me to really get into the heads of the villains when I had to read from their point of view. Sometimes it seemed like too much time was spent justifying what the villains were doing rather than just describing what was going on.In the end though, it was a solid trilogy and one I'm glad to have read!
—Caitlin (Ayashi)
