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The Invisible Chains - Part 2: Bonds Of Fear (2011)

by Andrew Ashling(Favorite Author)

4.39 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ormidon Publishing

series

Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse

review 1: 4.5*Book 2 of this series continues the breakneck intensity of Book 1. I am always in awe of the imagination of fantasy authors and bow before their genius. All the battle strategies, subplots and political dealings at times leave me cross-eyed. Having said that, there is a lot to love here. Numerous secondary characters are introduced in this book and they are all lovable (well the male ones - I found most of the female characters detestable, especially Rahendo's foul mouthed sisters). There are many laugh out loud moments, which you will need to balance the gruesome ones. Anaxantis is forced to grow up fast. I find it hard to believe he's only 17. He reads like he's in his 20s. Loved the twists and turns and, even though, I didn't seee the development I would have l... moreiked for Ehandar, it seems like he will have more of a focus in Book 3.All in all, a very well written book with a few continued flaws from Book 1 - spelling errors (though not that many given that the book is almost 600 pages), the continued use of modern jargon and the paragraphs of thoughts in Italics (though nowhere near as much as Book 1).Really enjoying this author. On to Book 3!
review 2: Such a lot of plots and the action starts immediately... and I quickly got lost in the fast pace of the book! I knew I was going to lose sleep nights as I'd be staying up late reading. This is a hard book to put down. I almost felt I might miss something while I slept! Readers of fantasy books are going to love this story! It is a fantasy tale, predominantly! A morality tale even. Ashling creates a believable world as rich as that of the great fantasy authors. It's easy to see his world's complexity favorably compared to the likes of Mercedes Lackey, etc. It's a long book and there's a lot of explicit m/m sexual content, including a rape. I never lost sympathy with the two main characters. I felt so sorry for them that they couldn't really talk to one another. The "chains" were binding each of them in a continuing tragedy. They seemed unable to reach out to one another to overcome the downward spiral. The actions were hard to "watch" at times and set in a strange setting but the characters are very believable. The story is the carefully crafted product of a really competent storyteller, an excellent writer. The characters change and grow. There are some really good comedic characters, some really good "laugh out loud" parts. What fun! At the end, I'm sure glad this one is only the second of three books. I really want Anaxantis and Ehander to ... oops, guess I shouldn't say that yet, huh?Amazingly, now that I'm finished with the book, I've gone back to read certain parts over again and again. Strange to think you could get more from the story, the characters, the writing, than you thought at first. Interesting in itself! less

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