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Summary: Obviously, you either like it or you don't!
Review: I really enjoyed both King's Dragon and Prince of Dogs, and eagerly await the continuance of the story. While the religion portrayed in the books is close enough to medieval Christianity to be recognized, it is also different enough to be almost heretical. Unfortunately, that seems to be a trait of fantasy -- to mix-up religion or bash it. Since most of the genre does it, I can't blame this author for it. The characters were genuine and the title character's plight intriguing. I also like the fact that someone has written a fantasy in which the king isn't a cold tyrant, but a living, breathing man with emotions close to the surface. Overall, the plot twists can make the book seem long, but there are rewards for slogging through it. I eagerly await even greater rewards at the conclusion of the saga.
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Summary: A great book, let go all your preconceived ideas and read.
Review: I thought that some of the previous reviews were a little unfair. I think that this book is well written. It doesn't matter that the history is similar. You're surprised with little similarities that for me made the characters seem more real. I can picture every character and I'm still remembering them days after reading. It's not the best but what is? I'd say it is a definite great read.
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Summary: A book worth reading!!!!
Review: I thought this book was one of the best that I have ever read! It was definitely dragging in some parts but I thought that it was well worth my time. It has some great characters who aren't flawless and perfect like most stories. Liath, one of the main characters is not 'a damsel in distress' and she does not need to be rescued. This is a good book for girls to read because it shows that you can suceed and do what you want without help. I think that this book was great and I am waiting for the next book. Kate Elliott did a great job in my oppinion and even if people say the book is too realistic I would have to agree. I mean isn't that what the author is trying to get you to do? I mean she wants you to feel like you're a part of the book. I think everybody who likes a really interesting story should read this.
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Summary: Varied and satisfying
Review: I took this on a trip, thinking I'd abandon it at the other end, but it was too good, so I had to bring it home! It's a somewhat melodramatic plot done with grace and style, interesting characters, flavorful writing and nice alternate medieval history. I enjoyed reading it -- defintely a good way to live through a terrible plane ride.
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Summary: Even better than King's Dragon.
Review: I'm so glad I found this author! Her world is so complex, yet she maintains it seamlessly throughout. Everything flows smoothly and realistically. The plots, and there are many, are each carried out with great originality and skill. The only problem I have is Liath. She is brave and intelligent at every turn, except when Hugh is around. She has several obvious ways out of his various manipulations, but she never even briefly considers any of them. It just doesn't ring true. Aside from that, I loved every second of this story.
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Summary: Aptly named, it's a Dog!
Review: If you like your heroines wimpy and heavy into masochism, this book's for you. Not since the days of the B-westerns and the helpless heroine who never raises her hand to help the hero but only to clasp those hands futilely together, has there been a more helpless, useless heroine as Kate Elliott has drudged up...and I do mean drudged! As for her hero? He's chained to a throne and surrounded by vicious dogs for most of the near endless book, so not much action nor heroics there either. Skip this volume and go directly to the next, you won't have missed anything.
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Summary: A good sequel
Review: In this book, I was even more excited to read it since the first one left still so much much unfinished explanations, understandable in a series, but they still weren't answered! I was so disapointed with Liath. She's spent now almost a year with a bow and arrow and a sword, and still hasn't learned how to use them properly. For all you people who loved Hugh he comes back, but the way they acted was just too similar to the first one. I started thinking who cares anymore? Just destroy him. Especially since Liath always got in the type of posistion that you were just waiting for big strong man to come save her, she can't save herself. It's even more intruiging as she tries to master her own powers and figure out what killed her father. Again Alain did slightly more important role, but still didn't cut it for me. Rosvita was a boring character who I just didn't downlike like at all. Sanglant was cool, but what was he expected to all locked up? So, nothing was done really with him until the conlusion. New characters are introduced in Mathias and Anna, who don't do anything important in this book, but have a definite foreshadowing effect of them doing something important later. They had way too many characters in this book, too confusing, and would go through all the other characters before coming back to the person who was doing something exciting. When Hugh comes back and Liath sees him, it takes them more than seventy pages to get back to that. It was very exciting and still worth the read, but all these characters are not needed to make a good book!
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Summary: Epic tale
Review: It has been quite a while since I read a series and thought "damn, it's over!" at the end. The author has built a vast number of interesting characters but, despite the number, one is able to know and relate to each. Each of the characters has their own remarkable flaws and imperfections, and you actaully have opportunities to sympathize with each throughout the series (even the remarkably "evil" ones you think you would never agree with). Unlike the Robert Jordan WoT series which seems to go on and on and on without resolution, Elliot has squeezed a sweeping epic into a (mere) trilogy, and I found myself disappointed when I finished the last of the third book. Fortunately, there are enough open issues, unanswered questions and unresolved conflicts in the end that Elliot could forseeably write another series to "fill in the blanks". I, for one, sincerely hope to see more from this author in the very near future.
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Summary: Prince of Dogs a REVIEW
Review: It's an awesome book! If you like fantasy, first read King's Dragon and then read Prince of Dogs!
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Summary: A good sequel
Review: Kate Elliott continues to catch my interest after the first book in this series. She provides a compelling cast of charactors and a fascinating world view.
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