Merlins Harp (Merlins Harp, #1)

Posted on 22 December 2017 by Anne Eliot Crompton

When I was yet a very young woman I threw my heart away Ever since then I have lived heartless, or almost heartless, the way Humans think all Fey live.Among the towering trees of magical Avalon, where humans dare not tread, lives Niviene, daughter of the Lady of the Lake Her people, the Fey, are folk of the wood and avoid the violence and greed of man But the strife of King Arthur s realm threatens even the peace of Avalon And while Merlin the mage has been training Niviene as his apprentice, he now needs her help to thwart the chaos devouring Camelot Niviene s special talents must help save a kingdom and discover the treachery of men and the beauty of love The story glowsa mythical tapestry that is at once completely recognizable yet utterly fresh Publishers Weekly Like The Mists of Avalon, the Arthurian legend from a woman s point of view USA Today Readers will be enchantedthe characters and strands of the famous legend are skillfully woven together here School Library Journal Take heed the feminist possibilities of the Arthurian legendary cycle were not exhausted by Marion Zimmer Bradley s bestselling The Mists of Avalon A riveting good read BooklistWhat readers are saying A rather unique look at the legend of King Arthur An exquisite addition to Arthurian literature The writing is lyrical the plot twists are original Great New Download Merlins Harp (Merlins Harp, #1) [ by ] Anne Eliot Crompton [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Wow I can t believe all the haters in the review section here After some contemplation, I m guessing that it s because the book was repackaged for the newer edition with a wholly inappropriate cover The original ROC edition has a pretty lovely, Pre Raphaelite inspired cover by Don Maitz The new edition has this cheesy, pink glittery cover that makes it look like a cheap romance for 13 year old girls.You can t judge a book by its cover, but you can surely make certain that the wrong people re Wow I can t believe all the haters in the review section here After some contemplation, I m guessing that it s because the book was repackaged for the newer edition with a wholly inappropriate cover The original ROC edition has a pretty lovely, Pre Raphaelite inspired cover by Don Maitz The new edition has this cheesy, pink glittery cover that makes it look like a cheap romance for 13 year old girls.You can t judge a book by its cover, but you can surely make certain that the wrong people read a book by its cover.This book is not aimed at young teens It is also NOT confusing, hard to follow, full of flowery or verbose language, OR for people who have no clue about the Arthurian mythos.Yes, the book s author absolutely expects that the reader is familiar with Arthurian ...I don t get offended by books often Premarital sex, abstinence until marriage, drinking, backstabbing, pranking, people killing people, etc everything is good in my opinion as long as it s written well and doesn t sound like an agenda that is out of place within the fictional world MERLIN S HARP, however, is a mess of a novel, poorly organized and weakly characterized unfortunate, because the writing is beautiful and the story held such promise.For a generation that s being bombarded with a m I don t get offended by books often Premarital sex, abstinence until marriage, drinking, backstabbing, pranking, people killing people, etc everything is good in my opinion as long as it s written well and doesn t sound like an agenda that is out of place within the fictional world MERLIN S HARP, however, is a mess of a novel, poorly organized and weakly c...As a librarian I tell my kids that if they don t like what they re reading in the first 100 pages to give it up I had to invoke that rule with this book Although Library Journal calls it a lyrical retelling of the Arthurian chronicles, the plot deviates so far from the myth as to be a completely different story Some characters are familiar yet within the context of the story, flat and incongruous The plot lacks a cohesive center and rambles perhaps the lyrical retelling aimlessly towards As a librarian I tell my kids that if they don t like what they re reading in the first 100 pages to give it up I had to invoke that rule with this book Although Library Journal calls it a lyrical retelling of the Arthurian chronicles, the plot deviates s...Well this was, umnot good Really, at all I don t think it s ever taken me so long to read a book so short Like wading through snow up to my hips It s so overwrought and drowning in such flowery language that it s hard to connect to anything that s going on in the story I often found myself having read a page without really reading it and only skimming it when I went back over it.To Crompto...I tried really hard to like Merlin s Harp I was lured into buying it by its exquisite cover but readers be warned the cover is a lot better than the writing within Merlin s Harp does have good figurative language sometimes borderingon poetry than prose and a potentially interesting concept going for it, but ultimately the book falls flat.The story is narrated by Nivienne, daughter of the Lady of the Lake Nivienne is a Fey mage, apprentice to the wizard Merlin She is a powerful pract I tried really hard to like Merlin s Harp I was lured into buying it by its exquisite cover but readers be warned the cover is a lot better than the writing within Merlin s Harp does have good figurative language sometimes borderingon poetry than prose and a potentially interesting concept going for it, but ultimately the book falls flat.The story is narrated by Nivienne, daughter of the Lady of the L...This book is one of the best retellings of an Arthurian legend that I ve ever read It is beautifully written and satisfies the part of me that yearns for faithfulness while still giving the story a clever twist The book tells the story of Niviene, the daughter of the Lady of the Lake, as she grows up among the wild Fey in the forest, and how the events of King Arthur s tale wreak havoc on her life It puts an inventive spin on the story that still feels true to its essence, ...This is the Arthurian legend as you d never seen it before Nivienne, daughter of the Lady of the Lake, tells her story about her fey childhood on Apple Island a place you ll recognize as Avalon and how she becomes entangled with Arthur, the Once and Future King If you want to read a challenging, original retelling of the story of King Arthur, by all means, read this book But be warned that the author expects you to think ...Kitab n konusunu ok be enemedim c mleler g zel gayet ak c bir kitap fakat konu itibariyle renkten yoksundu.Reading Merlin s Harp, I realized something about novels that portray the interaction between the human world and Faerie They usually don t tell the stories of fae folk in their own homeland There are exceptions, of course, but authors tend to focus on faeries stuck in the human world, or humans encountering Faerie I think I may know why that is When writing about faeries living in Faerie, it s all too easy to have nothing happen.Anne Eliot Crompton uses beautiful, if occasionally stilted, l Reading Merlin s Harp, I real...Told from a female perspective, the legend of King Arthur, Merlin, and the infamous Morgan le Faye has never lookedmagical Brimming with fairy Fey lore and myths of how Arthur s misty history unfolds, Merlin s Harp will satisfy any Arthurian fan or reader teen or adult alike.What I liked most about Merlin s Harp was the very detailed descriptions of the mythical Fey folk The author wrote as if a real Fey girl witnessed the story of Avalon Apple Island Nivienne pronounced simila Told from a female perspective, the legend of King Arthur, Merlin, and the infamous Morgan le Faye has never lookedmagical Brimming with fairy Fey lore and myths of how Arthur s misty history unfolds, Merlin s Harp will satisfy any Ar...

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22 December 2017

Anne Eliot Crompton