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Nine Gates (2009)

by Jane Lindskold(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

076531701X (ISBN13: 9780765317018)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

Breaking the Wall

review 1: In this sequel to "Thirteen Orphans" the thirteen orphans have their memories back, but the problems are just beginning. Those who were their enemies in the previous book are now allies because they are now also being hunted by another faction in that other world. They decide that they will need to return to The Land Born of Smoke and Sacrifice in order to stop them from coming to kill them and to protect their loved ones. The problem is how to do it. They have been exiled and the ways are closed. They determine that they can make a new way by appealing to Tiger who seems to be a sort of god associated with one of the four compass directions. They still don't know how they are going to solve their problems, but they are taking another step in that direction. I am lo... moreoking forward to reading the third book.
review 2: I think this book was better than the first. I still think it spends a lot of time meandering about collecting plot points and hinting at series arc stuff, but it did so in a way I found more engaging this time around. I was interested by Honey Dream's heel-face turn late in the novel as I had pretty much decided to write her off when all of a sudden I end up liking her and rooting for her to survive the battle with the novel's Big Bad. The introduction of other magic systems was handled nicely, but I feel like Brenda's connection could have been handled better, somehow. I love the bird-watching clubs as fronts for magical organizations bit and I think that may be one of the better ways of handling shadowy councils of magic-users I've seen for a while.My only solid complaint in this novel is the same I had last time: the lack of clear and dangerous enemies. When the enemy has a face, surmounting it doesn't seem like a big deal and the rest of the time the danger comes from Mysterious Forces of Doom (tm). That's fine, but we're now two books in with no Big Bad worth the title. less

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