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Um, . . Ms. Flewelling may I call you Lynn, . . okay, Ms. Flewelling if you ever see this review, I want you to know that this rating/review is a reflection of MY FAILURE and not yours, I dont think this is a bad book and I dont think there are serious flaws in its execution, I think the lack of happy units I gained from this read is because sometimes I suck as a reader and pick up the wrong book at the wrong time.
What I am trying to say is that it's me, not you. sitelink

Let me explain,

For me and maybe for a lot of us my enjoyment and subsequent rating of a book can be significantly affected by external matters completely outside of the novel itself.
By this I mean situations where our mood or environment makes us more or less disposed to one kind of book over another, Now there are some books cough sitelinkTwilight cough sitelinkDead and Alivecough sitelinkAllStar Batman amp Robin the Boy Wonder, Volume cough that I would hate even if I was reading them while getting the Deluxe Treatment at “Happy Endings” Message Parlor.
By the same token, there are books I would love even if I was reading them in the middle of colonoscopy e, g. , sitelinkThe Lies of Locke Lamora, sitelinkThe Blade Itself,

Then there are books that can just hit you at the right or wrong time and make an impact on you for good or for bad, For example, the first time I ever read sitelinkThe Dying Earth by Jack Vance I thought it was just okay, but not great, Why Because I read it too fast, I had just finished a rather “brain draining” read and thought I was picking up something light and breezy that I could fly through, WRONG again!! Anyone who has read Vance knows that his books are not light and his prose can convey more info in a short paragraph than lesser writers could do in a whole chapter.


Luckily, I eventually stopped reading it like a tool and allowed myself to be pulled into the story, The result: a massive mancrush on Jack Vance and sitelinkThe Dying Earth is now one of my all time favorite books, So, it happens.

Simalarly, if you have seen my review of sitelinkThe Old Man and the Sea, you know that the circumstances under which I read it were as perfect as they could be and I absolutely fell in love with the story.
Now, it is true that everything I loved about Papas fish tale is really there in the text, but if I had not been receptive to it, my experience might have been much different.


So what I am saying rambling about is that a lot of things can influence the way we feel about a book, Mood good or bad, setting cozy and quite vs loud and uncomfortable, Energy tired and groggy vs rested and alert, life situations just got a promotion vs just lost your job, Distraction level hungry or worried about project you need to finish vs satiated and relaxed because you just finished that big project.
Maybe were sad and so that beautifully written but deeply depressing historical fiction novel just leaves us cold, Maybe we are pissed at the world and so the latest Discworld novel doesnt generate the number of giggles it otherwise might, Maybe were drunk and so that pulpy SF story just goes down smooth, Maybe weve read too many stories lately with similar plots or characters and so the one we are reading now, despite being well written, feels too much like “same old, same old.
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And maybe there are times when you just need to take a break from a genre even if it happens to be one of your favorites, I think this may be where I am heading with traditional epic fantasy, I can think of no other explanation for my lack of interest in this book,

Hidden Warrior is very wellwritten Lynn, . . I mean Ms. Flewelling writes excellent prose. The characters are welldrawn, threedimensional and the author genuinely breathes life into them, The plot takes on some very important and interesting issues regarding gender and sexual identity as it revolves around a main character who was born a girl but was “magically” transformed into a boy in order to protect her/him.
In addition, there is a complex, detailed history, healthy amounts of political intrigue and a well defined and interesting magic system,

Yet, for all of that, . . I COULDNT EVEN BEGIN TO CARE ABOUT THE PLOT, . . not even a little bit, . .pages into the story and I was screaming at myself for not reading something else, Plus, I am one of those morons who once I begin a book, I will finish it no matter how much I might desperately want to, I also don't skim which only adds to my pain sometimes,

So I struggled through this which was both a disservice to me and to your book Ly, . uh Ms Flewelling. Both you and your book deserved a better effort from me,

Still, I have to be honest and say that I didnt really like the story, Thus, I am forced to slap a two star rating on it as the best I can do at this time, I just wanted to explain my rationale because I think this MAY BE a much better story than my rating would suggest and is certainly superior to the otherstar books on my shelves.


I am going to put this on me list of “to reread” and hope to come back to this story at some time in the future when I might be more receptive to the story.
For now,.and one more heartfelt apology to you, Ms, Flewelling
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The second novel in The Tamir Triad trilogy loses none of the charm of the first, In fact, it makes an already intriguing world downright amazing, I loved how the characters are developed and the faint stirrings of romance between the two main characters promises that the conclusion to the trilogy will pack a punch in more than one way.


So the pace continued in its languid manner and I'm not gonna lie, I did for a minute or two wish they could just hurry up and get the reveal over with.
However, at the end of the novel I was glad that Flewelling took the time she did because it has more momentum when it happens the way it did, I was surprised by how Korin's character was developed and I thought that Flewelling's careful attention to the grey in a person's character was well done, The novel is populated by such wonderful characters that I wouldn't mind reading all their individual stories, There's Lutha and Nikides, Una, Ahra it is actually an awesome compliment from me ahem ahem that I remember the names of the characters in the book because usually I don't even remember the name of the main character.


And this book won my love by having cats being mini characters, I am a cat person future cat lady ha and Flewelling's portrayal of the felines was entertaining, Of course, on the other side of it, Niryn became slimier than ever, What is he doing with that Nalia Okay, I'll stop pretending this is a review because honestly, I just want to talk about the book, I thought that Tobin going naked in front of all those people took balls he didn't have, I understood why it had to be done and I don't even have to any trouble with it, I just thought it interesting,

Oh also, I hope Flewelling keeps Tobin/Tamir as ordinary as possible and not, you know, on a pedestal, That would interfere with the original dynamic too much and I don't know, . . I kinda like it the way it is right now, I am not looking forward to see what that wizard has up his sleeve but I am looking forward to seeing how Ki copes with a female best friend, Hidden Warrior
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Obvious Warrior, Hidden Vagina

I had trouble putting this book down, I knew how this book had to end, generally, I knew that going into this series, But knowing a general ending didn't stop me from wanting to see how it got there, to see how the characters react to every event, struggle through them, avoid getting into more trouble.


This is drama, This is what it does, Damn is it good when it's done well,

I like the delicate brush Flewelling uses to paint the gender issues in this one, There's more of it present in this novel, as Tobin is aware of the gender discrepancy, But its not over done, because he chooses to ignore the issue, But he can't escape it, running into it head long as everyone is growing up, coming into puberty, and the gender becomes the crux of so many interactions, There too are moments of longing for Tobin, which are followed by shame and fear, Yet, for all this, its handled delicately, The politics dominate the characters' thoughts, though the conspiracy dominates the books plot, The ending was satisfying, while still leaving a number of issues unraveled to be tackled later, The second book is definitely slower than the first, as with most trilogies, The story line is still fast and dramatic, but it lacked the chilling allure that made the first book so exhilarating, The ending is satisfactory even with the little cliff hanger the author throws in in the last chapter, As I proceed to the last book, I wonder what else is there to talk about, Maybe it's because I don't have to listen to that annoying narrator who weights every word with unnecessary significance as I'm reading this one, but many of the problematic elements such as clunky writing have

disappeared in this second book.
Since it was a holiday I spent the whole day reading and stayed up late, late, late reading it, The plot was nicely carried along and if the whole business of cutting a bone from one's side and peeling off one's skin in a ball of fire is a leetle bit over the top, and the gullibility of the minions watching all of this and then giving obeisance to their queen is a little much to ask in the vein of believability, still it was exciting enough to keep me reading until the sand on my eyeballs demanded bed.


So now what Brother is gone, Lhal is gone, Iya is about to be gone, will Tamir and Ki fall in love Will the queen bring prosperity to Skala,