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Between Their World (2000)

by Barb Hendee(Favorite Author)

3.94 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

series

Noble Dead Saga: Series 3

review 1: This first installment to series 3 sees the return of Magiere, Leesil, and Chap as they return to the Guild of Sagecraft for their friend Wynn. However, things are not as they thought at the guild and they soon learn that Wynn has not been idly sitting at the guild waiting, she has been very busy indeed. The problem most people seem to have with this book is that it doesn't move the plot forward. In a way this is true, and in a way it is not. The traditional sense of plot movement is not found in this book because it serves as a a bridge "between their worlds." Magiere and the other have been away during the time we spent with Wynn in the previous series, and now they are all coming back together. So, this book is the catalyst to the forward progression in the following bo... moreoks and is definitely necessary -- or else people would be whining that the reunion was too simple and boring and things jumped forward too fast. Now, the book does contribute to forward progression in a way -- again, not int he traditional sense. As I said, it is a book that serves as the meeting point of two story lines and was necessary to have Magiere, Leesil, and Chap learn what Wynn has discovered so that they CAN progress forward. In a more supporting role way, this book does help with the forward momentum of the story. I will admit, it isn't the most exciting of the Noble Dead books. But, then again, there were books in the original series I thought were weaker than the others -- especially in a long series, they all can't be high intensity all the time...there is the occasional need for "bridge" books like this one. In that regard, this books serves its purpose well. Lastly, I think the bottom line for a lot of people is that the book didn't take the direction they wanted it to take. Even I have to admit some disappointment on a few matters because they didn't go how I wanted them to. Overall I think this book is, without a doubt, necessary to the saga. I believe that the ultimate opinion of each reader will be based on how strong his or her preconceived ideas about what the book will entail are. Obviously we will all have things we want to happen based on which characters we like best -- I like Wynn and Chane -- that we will or won't like. Regardless of the things that happened that I hoped wouldn't, this is still a book that deserves a read because it does, in fact, help knit the story lines together.
review 2: *minor spoilers* "Between Their Worlds" is the first book in a new series in the epic Noble Dead saga and I have been a fan of these stories from the start. Worlds takes place directly after "Of Truth And Beasts" and features the return of Magiere, Leesil and Chap and the beginnings of a quest to find the last two ancient orbs. And while I still liked Worlds, it is one of the weakest chapters in this epic as the book is all set up for the stories to come and as such, not very much happens till the last few chapters. Most of the book concerns the efforts of Wynn's divided allies trying to break her out of her disciplinary confinemet at the Sage Guild, which takes place over about 2/3 of the book. During this time we find Magiere and co. have been followed by two rival factions of Elven assassins, one trying to kill them and the other to protect. And once Wynn is finally free, we now have our beloved characters at odds as the presence of Wynn's vampire friend Chane becomes known to the vampire hunters Magiere, Leesil and Chap, his mortal enemies. The rest of the book finds them trying to form an uneasy alliance as the greater task lies at hand. Again I did enjoy Worlds but,there is a lot of melodrama. Leesil, Magiere and Chap have all changed by what happened to them while they were away, there is drama between the Elves, drama between the City Guard and the Guild, drama between Chap and his daughter Shade, drama between her friends and Chane, and a potential love triangle between Wynn, Chane and the elf Osha. It is starting to resemble a Twilight book instead of a Noble Dead story. But, we do love these characters despite their current differences and Barb and J.C. Hendee do write so well. So, to an extent we go along with the story but, I just hope the coming stories return to the action to offset all the dramatics. less

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