Sword and Verse (Sword and Verse, #1)

Posted on 02 July 2018 by Kathy MacMillan

Raisa was only a child when she was kidnapped and enslaved in Qilara Forced to serve in the palace of the King, she s endured hunger, abuse, and the harrowing fear of discovery Everyone knows that Raisa is Arnath, but not that she is a Learned One, a part of an Arnath group educated in higher order symbols In Qilara, this language is so fiercely protected that only the King, the Prince, and Tutors are allowed to know it So when the current Tutor in training is executed for sharing the guarded language with slaves and Raisa is chosen to replace her, Raisa knows that, although she may have a privileged position among slaves, any slipup could mean death.That would be challenging enough, but training alongside Prince Mati could be her real undoing And when a romance blossoms between them, she s suddenly filled with a dangerous hope for something she never before thought possible Then she s approached by the Resistance an underground army of slaves to help liberate the Arnath people Joining the Resistance could mean freeing her people but she d also be aiding in the war against her beloved, an honorable man she knows wants to help the slaves.Working against the one she loves and a palace full of deadly political renegades has some heady consequences As Raisa struggles with what s right, she unwittingly uncovers a secret that the Qilarites have long since buried one that, unlocked, could bring the current world order to its knees.And Raisa is the one holding the key. Best Download Kindle ePUB Sword and Verse (Sword and Verse, #1) author Kathy MacMillan – kino-fada.fr Days in the Adytum fell into a dreamlike pattern we talked, we kissed, occasionally we even did our workDNF 50%I forced myself to the halfway mark just so I could say I gave this book a decent chance to become good but when someone was murdered around 50% through and it affected me about as much as if someone had coughed that s when I decided it was time to move on to other things.Sometimes when I don t enjoy a book I can still understand what the publisher was thinking fantasiesDays in the Adytum fell into a dreamlike pattern we talked, we kissed, occasionally we even did our workDNF 50%I forced myself to the halfway mark just so I could say I gave this book a decent chance to become good but when someone was murdered around 50% through and it affected me about as much as if someone had coughed that s when I decided it was time to move on to other things.Sometimes when I don t enjoy a book I can still understand what the publisher was thinking fantasies full of lusty romance might make me roll my eyes but I also know they re an easy sell to the market though I am clueless with Sword and Verse Not only is it heavy on the romance and low on the fantasy, but it is also painfully boring.The first 50% of this book is almost solely made up of Raisa copying symbols down or crushing on Prince Mati The romance is so dry and uninteresting Raisa s crush is clear from the very first chapter it already exists prior to the novel s timeline so there s no...DNF at 40%This book wasn t overwhelmingly romantic The main character wasn t overwhelmingly stupid I guess the word overwhelming is the key here, because it s what this book wasn t It was completely underwhelming and mind numbingly boring, and I think that s reason enough for my rating I didn t enjoy it It was about a slave girl who s chosen for some reason to be a royal tutor, and all of a sudden the prince falls in love with her Like wtf I don t even know what happened All of a sudde DNF at 40%This book wasn t overwhelmingly romantic T...Review posted on The Eater of Books blog Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillanPublisher Harper Teen Publication Date January 19, 2016Rating 5 starsSource eARC from EdelweissSummary from Goodreads Raisa was just a child when she was sold to work as a slave in the kingdom of Qilara Despite her young age, her father was teaching her to read and write, grooming her to take his place as a Learned One In Qilara, the Arnathim, like Raisa, are the lowest class, and literacy is a capital offen Review posted on The Eater of Books blog Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillanPublisher Harper Teen Publication Date January 19, 2016Rating 5 starsSource eARC from Edelw...I m in a strange little muddle at the moment because this book had so many aspects that made me grind my teeth, but yet I STILL REALLY LIKED IT So who knows Maybe I m just craving epic fantasy with good world building and this truly had that And also that cover C mon THAT COVER Plus it featured writing and I think that s awesome Because I quite like writing As you can note by my obsession with writing aaaall the reviews.ANYWAY I really appreciated the world It s all gods and temples I m in a strange little muddle at the moment because this book had so many aspects that made me grind my teeth, but yet I STILL REALLY LIKED IT So who knows Maybe I m just craving epic fantasy with good world building and this truly had that And also that cover C mon THAT COVER Plus it featured writing and I think that s awesome Because I quite like writing As you can note by my obsession with writing aaaall the reviews.ANYWAY I really appreciated the world It s all gods and temples and writing is so so sacred that no one else is allowed to do it except the king and the high people And the world felt really dusty, almost like it had a Greek Roman vibe maybe I just envisioned all the temples like Greek ones I DON T REALLY KNOW IF THAT S RIGHT OR NOT, BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT And it s all masters ...YOU GUYS.Since I was a teen, I ve loved fantasy novels The really epic ones, with fierce, smart, flawed female MCs, beautiful world building, and complex challenges More than anything else, I think fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce and Mercedes Lackey and Marion Zimmer Bradley and now Kathryn Purdie and KATHY MACMILLAN have taught me how to be a good person in a difficult world.But one issue I ve had, one and off, is that I m not particularly a physical person, and while I love fighting and gi YOU GUYS.Since I was a teen, I ve loved fantasy novels The really epic ones, with fierce, smart, flawed female MCs, beautiful world building, and complex challenges More than anything else, I think fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce and Mercedes Lackey and Marion Zimmer Bradley and now Kathryn Purdie and KATHY MACMILLAN have taught me how to be a good person in a difficult world.But one issue I ve had, one and off, is that I m not particularly a physical p...I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book Get ready for 2016 What a super story A brave heroine, a caste system, gods involved in humans lives whatcould you want A surprise ending, that s what The intricate descriptions of the different writing systems made me sure that they truly existed and that MacMillan was simply telling us about research she had done in some far off part of the world I loved our Raisa, who is a scholar as opposed to a soldier and who does not wait f I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book Get ready for 2016 What a super story A brave hero...Source I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read to review basis Thanks to HarperCollins and EdelweissI never knew Tyasha ke Demit, but her execution started everythingThis was an okay fantasy story, although I lost interest a little at the end.Raisa was a bit of an infuriating character, because she kept making bad decisions It seemed like even though she knew what she should and shouldn t be doing, she kept doing these things anyway, and I just wanted to smack her Source I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read to review basis Thanks to HarperCollins and EdelweissI never knew Tyasha ke Demit, but her execution started everythingThis was an okay fantasy story, although I lost interest a little at the end.Raisa was a bit of an infuriating character, because she kept making bad decisions It seemed like even though she knew what she should and shouldn t be doing, she kept doing these things anyway, and I just wanted to smack her at times to see if it would knock some sense into her.The storyline in this followed Raisa as she began training to be a ...I cannot wait to have this puppy in my hands.LOOK AT THAT COVER.LOOK AT THAT BLURB My face.I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review.This will probably be one of my favorite debut fantasies of 2016 The world building on display is simply phenomenal The system of slavery in this world felt both heart breaking and authentic, and the places and people felt fully fleshed out and realized Raisa is an utterly compelling heroine I lov...Wow, okay, I adored this book It surprised me so much, and so pleasantly I just finished and am still thrumming with the happy energy of a truly satisfying ending The pacing was interesting to me the first half very much serves as an establishing of the world, the rules, the characters, the stakes, and the conflict Which is to say that I was at first hooked based solely on the romance, while everything else was being set into place Then, as the action was building, I felt a bit of a lull t Wow, okay, I adored this book It surprised me so much, and so pleasantly I just finished and am still thrumming with the happy energy of a truly satisfying ending The pacing was interesting to me the first half very much serves as an establishing of the world, the rules, the characters, the stakes, and the conflict Which is to say that I was at first hooked based solely on the romance, while everything else was being set into place Then, as the action w...

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02 July 2018

Kathy MacMillan