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Smoke, Wings And Stone (2013)

by Marijon Braden(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Dee Ernst

review 1: (I received a free copy of this book after entering a blog giveaway for it).(This review may contain spoilers).I was pretty intrigued by this book after reading that it was about gargoyles. Most paranormal creatures are getting to be over-used now - vampires, werewolves... even fairies are slowly getting to that stage.I really liked this book. The characters were very quickly likable, though I wasn't completely sure about Luc at first. (His actions towards Sara seemed very possessive and I wasn't sure I liked him to begin with).I did like all of the relationships in the book, though I'm not sure I'm completely happy with the way everyone was paired off. I felt that, with all of the action going on as well, not enough time was devoted to the individual relationships.It was ... moreinteresting how the gargoyles changed reflecting on their nature. I liked the three cousins who acted as Sara's bodyguards and I also liked Chris. It was nice to see a group of normal humans mixed up in the situation - and the fact that they were pretty resourceful, even without having any special powers of their own.The book itself was really well-written, with only a few errors ('thru' is used in one instance instead of 'through'). I could see a lot of the action happening inside my head.Unlike a lot of books written from more than one first person perspectives, I knew immediately when the narrator changed from Carrie. The author did a really good job in writing the two sisters quite differently from each other and it was interesting to see the other from their points of view, as well as the other characters and how they perceived them.I'd definitely be interested in reading more books from this author. I did like this and I liked meeting the characters. I'm eager to see what will happen next.
review 2: Oh I wanted to love tis book so much! I definitely love the idea, gargoyles ? Yes, that sounds awesome and exciting.I did like the idea, I did love the gargoyles and the magic a lot. Is also liked Carrie, one of the sisters and protagonists. She was strong, outspoken and just easy to relate to.I think my problem begun with an instant love that I couldn't grasp. Instant love it always something hard to get, so it needs to be handled delicately to win me over. Already confused by the love made meeting Luc - on old Gargoyle prince - even worse.I think he could have been an awesome love interest and hero, but the way he was portrayed made me not fall for him. He, as a person didn't make sense.He's a few hundred years old, studied in universities all over Europe,yet he doesn't speak proper English?????No.Sense.At.All!!!Also, the Luc we meet drunk as a party crasher has nothing in common with the prince we get to know later.Again, Luc makes no sense to me, and I felt he was developed with lots of inconsistencies.Oh and on a side note: I won't believe it that a French Prince would praise the American fast food over the wonderful French cuisine???? Moreover, that In France he always eats the same....? Please don't tell me this! I might be biased because I'm European, but this cant just be right. Those are all small tiny details, but they drove me nuts and I had to put the book aside a few times.Besides Luc, I also had some problems with Sara, the chosen love interest from Luc, Carries sister and the other POV in this story. She basically was a spoiled brat. I tried to like her,, but I didn't succeed!Another part I didn't like was the romance, I just didn't feel any love, any emotion and any romance even though there are two couples forming her.*sigh*Next, the pacing. There were long parts where nothing happened and then there were some dangerous moments with some bad Vampires, but then these instances were over pretty quick and didn't really get me a true feeling of danger.Ah I'm so sorry that I couldn't get into this story, but it was just not for me. Maybe I was rattled by those small details that kept me from fully emerging into the book. There are some really glowing reviews here on goodreads who love the story, so I say check for yourself and forget my rants;-))P.S. I got the book from the author for my honest opinion.P.P.S I wrote this on my iPad, so excuse typos and bad grammar, I'll go over it once I slept a night.. less

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