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Pros
The first three books of the eli monpress series are entertaining, at times light hearted and can also punch you in the gut. This book also acts a wonderful transitionary volume for the series as its no longer a light-hearted comedy like the first boo... Read More
The story has a lot of things going for it namely its pace and plot twists. All 3 books work together well, with books 2 and 3 better than the first. Book 4 & 5 are also terrific.
Eli is clever and sarcastic. The banter between the main characters is amusing, if not laugh out loud funny. The world incorporates a unique magic/world system.
Miranda lyonette is a spiritualist from the spirit court who is chasing eli monpress and his gang. Complicating the whole situation is the reappearance of king henrith's elder brother, prince renaud who is a wizard on his own and seems to fill in the ... Read More
Cons
Rachel aaron tries to glorify each character. She glorifies the character as if they were the main and only character in the series. Just a downer imo.
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Quality
Ultimately, i was as pleased with “the spirit rebellion” as i was with “the spirit thief.
The friendship between eli and his companions have always seemed forced to me, but with the added complication in this novel, i... Read More
But as always we go straight to the action, and the reader is left with tidbits that this is how it is, how it works and we go ... Read More
Humor has always been a highpoint for this series and with this book, it takes its first dip which i think has more to do with ... Read More
Shipping
The action moments are very well done and fast paced to keep you in it.
Competitiveness
None of the three were acceptional, but as a trilogy it was above average.
I pray she writes more stories centered in this same world.
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- This product had a total of 384 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 16 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The reason why i was drawn to it was mostly because of eli’s description
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I found the villain for the first book very boring
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It didn’t feel to me like they were ‘friends’ more like a group of people forced together for their own ideals
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As a summary the plot in book 1 is driven by a lovely cast of characters that liven up an otherwise rather cliche storyline
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As i progress with the reviews there are plenty of spoilers and so do not read on unless you’d like to know what happens in the books
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I always felt gripped by the progression of the story wondering when nico would finally snap
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