Bear, Elizabeth - Blood and Iron
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oyceterSeekers from both courts of Faerie and a group of magicians called the Prometheus Group are looking for the newest Merlin. Stir and mix with new takes on Arthurian legend, Faerie, wars between Faerie and mages, werewolves, and possibly some other factors that I am just not remembering right now.
Unfortunately for the book, it already had three counts against it: I am not particularly interested in the umpteenth update of Arthurian legend, I am not particularly interested in the umpteenth take on Faerie, and I am not particularly interested in werewolves. None of this is the fault of the book or the author, but there you go.
It is an interesting take on Arthurian legend, but again, my tolerance of Arthurian legend in books is running very, very, very low indeed, so when said Arthurian legend popped up, I groaned.
I did like Seeker, and I liked that both Faerie and the Prometheans were very grey, but I felt like there was too much mixed up in the book for me to like any particular element. I liked that it seems that Bear very much knows the city she's set some action in, and I particularly loved the college campus that the Merlin worked at. I loved that the Merlin was a woman. I loved that there was much bisexuality. But then there were werewolves and hearts and souls and Arthurian stuff and wars, and everything just got too big for me.
On the other hand, I absolutely, totally adored Whiskey, the kelpie Seeker binds, and there's a plot twist involving him that was awesome.
But still... too much going on, particularly when the bits that I liked best were the small things on Faerie in modern times, magic on college campuses, and etc.
Unfortunately for the book, it already had three counts against it: I am not particularly interested in the umpteenth update of Arthurian legend, I am not particularly interested in the umpteenth take on Faerie, and I am not particularly interested in werewolves. None of this is the fault of the book or the author, but there you go.
It is an interesting take on Arthurian legend, but again, my tolerance of Arthurian legend in books is running very, very, very low indeed, so when said Arthurian legend popped up, I groaned.
I did like Seeker, and I liked that both Faerie and the Prometheans were very grey, but I felt like there was too much mixed up in the book for me to like any particular element. I liked that it seems that Bear very much knows the city she's set some action in, and I particularly loved the college campus that the Merlin worked at. I loved that the Merlin was a woman. I loved that there was much bisexuality. But then there were werewolves and hearts and souls and Arthurian stuff and wars, and everything just got too big for me.
On the other hand, I absolutely, totally adored Whiskey, the kelpie Seeker binds, and there's a plot twist involving him that was awesome.
But still... too much going on, particularly when the bits that I liked best were the small things on Faerie in modern times, magic on college campuses, and etc.
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Mon, Oct. 16th, 2006 03:00 am (UTC)