Another swell review

Thursday, March 29, 2007 Labels: , 0 comments

Here is the review for "Forgotten Truth," by Dawn Cook:

This book, the third one in Cooks' Truth series, really takes our characters in a different direction. And I think that is precisely why Forgotten Truth is so successful. Rather than stick to the previous plots religiously, Cook's characters are allowed to evolve. Some are more distanced, opening up new relationships and paving the way for the fourth book.
It was a truly engaging read. Alissa travels back three hundred years in time when a spell goes awry. When she realizes she will probably be stuck in the past forever, she begins to fall for someone in the past. (I won't say who :)) Anyways, her feral consiousness really takes hold in this book and starts to open up a whole new pandora of ideas Dawn Cook can use in future novels... A great read!!

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Hidden Truth, by Dawn Cook

Monday, March 19, 2007 Labels: , 0 comments

Hidden Truth is an excellent sequal to First Truth. We follow our heroine Allisa as she feels the call of the book of First Truth, and the increasingly romantic feelings for Strell. Allisa also starts receiving Keeper lessons from Talo-Taocan (AKA Useless) and battles the mad fallen keeper Bailic. The events in this crucial 2nd book set the stage for the third and fourth.

This is a series that continues to evolve. The second will leave you breathless, hungry for more. I am now on the 4th (and last) and all I can say...is I very much hope Dawn Cook will come back to the Truth series, in one way or another.

Although Cook has that annoying habit of rehashing the last books events (making me feel I'm re-reading everything) - each book intertwines nicely with the one before.

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it's about darn time I wrote another post!!

Friday, March 16, 2007 Labels: , , , 0 comments

Well have finally found a moment to write another post. I am still deeply enchanted in Dawn Cook's "Truth" series, and yes, reviews will be posted soon. Am on the third in this series and so far it just gets better and better ... recently finished the first book of the dragonriders of pern - I know, who waits this long to start such a classic series? Well for some odd reason I just could never get into it before - but now that I've started I am glad. OK - truthfully - its not quite the style of writing I really love to read, but it certainly is a classic. Plus I can't read feminist fantasy without reading Pern!!

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