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The Battle of Evernight The Bitterbynde Book III The Bitterbynde Book 3 Cecilia DartThornton 9780446611350 Books

First the good: the author's prose is as lush as ever, and her plot twists would be as unexpected as ever if reviews (editorial and customer) didn't keep offering spoilers. I also enjoyed seeing more character development of several of the characters.
The disappointing: I agree with one of the editorial reviews that said that the story dragged some in the beginning and it became disappointing towards the second half where Ashalind took on a mostly passive role. I also think that the flashbacks in the second book worked much more smoothly then the multiple ones in Evernight, which had a feeling of catching up the reader to me.
If I had reviewed this book a couple of days ago after I finished reading it, I would have given it 3 stars. The "coy ending" annoyed me at first, but that annoyance faded, so I would suggest any readers who feel similarly take a moment to cool down.
All in all, it is a wonderful book with a highly original style. Although I cannot say that the plot was so terribly different than other fantasy works, the author's writing made the story seem novel. She is gifted at mixing evocative description with clever dialogue and has a mystery writer's gift for hiding elements of future importance in the earlier parts of the tale. I didn't think the book was as perfectly balanced as the middle novel - which was the highlight of the series.


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The Battle of Evernight The Bitterbynde Book III The Bitterbynde Book 3 Cecilia DartThornton 9780446611350 Books Reviews

Many of the reviewers of this book seem to be of the opinion that while this is a highly unsatisfactory book, Dart-Thompson is nonetheless a great writer. I have to disagree. I do not think that CDT is a great writer. A great writer can manage to capture your attention for more than a third of a book, has a good plot and interesting characters, and does not need to rely on a thesaurus and "Ye Olde Booke of Faerietayles" for the majority of three books.

CDT captured my attention with the title of her first book (The Ill-Made Mute is still one of my all time favorite book names), and the un-named, un-sightly and un-speaking character in the first half of that book is so well crafted that I managed to ignore all the really clumsy devices that she used to set up the world. There were many of these.

Unfortunately, once that character got a name, I got bored. And the character just gets worse in each successive book (and her language more annoyingly flowery), everytime her name changes. What's in a name - obviously way too much.

I skimmed through the second and third book, which was surprisingly easy once I started ignoring all the needlessly told faerytales and the interminable pages of description, the basic plot boiled down to about fifty pages in all. This entire trilogy has about the same level of characterization and plot as one of the endless litany of fairy tales CDT is so fond of using, and that is reflected in the ending of the series, which is about as short, abrupt and sparse as one of those tales, without the charm.

CDT needs to learn to craft a tight plot and sympathetic characters before bringing out her thesaurus again.
Like the other two books, it took me a little while to get the hang of the author's reading style and slip into this one, but when I did, it carried me along revealing yet more amazing wights and fascinating landscapes (I particularly love the hedge-eaters!). Other reviewers have said that Ashalinde's personality is a bit 'Mary-Sue', and I guess it is and in many books this would have irritated me, but in this trilogy, it somehow didn't. Perhaps it's because at its heart, this fantasy series is a fairytale. You expect characters to be noble and love to be strong and whimsical things to happen left, right and centre.

There are just three things that stop me giving this book five stars. Firstly, there were a number of interesting, larger-than-life characters introduced in the earlier books who don't get a lot of page time here. It would have been nice to see them playing a more important role in Ashalind's quest this time around. Second, Pod's prophecy that Ashalind and Thorn could never be happy together didn't really seem to come to fruition. Depending on one's interpretation of the ending, seems that Ashalind and Thorn do end up together, after all. Finally, the ending. I guess, this being a fairy tale, I was expecting either a tragic ending or else a perfect, happy one, but in either case, one described by the author in the same rich prose she used for the rest of her story. The hint of a happy ending - a mere paragraph - was a little disappointing after all that build up.

Despite that, the series is stunning and unique and being back in the real world after finishing it is a rather flat experience! Thank you for the wonderful experience, Cecilia.
I just wanted readers to know that the author has an optional "extra chapter" on her website that is about 25 pages. Many of you seemed unhappy with the ending because you thought our Ashalind married Edward...
This is one of three books in the series. I have all three and reread them.
Good read.
Not the best book in the series, but decent enough. The characters can be a bit one dimensional (if you're looking for a strong female lead who doesn't do every little thing for the sake of a man, you won't find her here) but as far as courtly love/customs and folklorish content, it's fantastic.
I love the trilogy, I love the plot. However the execution needed a tiny bit of work. This book had the most excessive note on the detail of every place they travelled and every animal, wight, and tree they saw. I'd say 1/4 of this book was dialouge and the other 3/4 was travelling and description of the travel so it was kind of too slow paced for me. And if you're one who can't stand old english and reading wight accents this will be a challenge. I am one of these people so alot of the time i had to just skip parts. But don't be turned off if you've read the other two, it is still a wonderful story. If you haven't read the others, you probably don't want to start with this one, go back to The Ill-Made Muse and enjoy. It was still a pleasure.
First the good the author's prose is as lush as ever, and her plot twists would be as unexpected as ever if reviews (editorial and customer) didn't keep offering spoilers. I also enjoyed seeing more character development of several of the characters.
The disappointing I agree with one of the editorial reviews that said that the story dragged some in the beginning and it became disappointing towards the second half where Ashalind took on a mostly passive role. I also think that the flashbacks in the second book worked much more smoothly then the multiple ones in Evernight, which had a feeling of catching up the reader to me.
If I had reviewed this book a couple of days ago after I finished reading it, I would have given it 3 stars. The "coy ending" annoyed me at first, but that annoyance faded, so I would suggest any readers who feel similarly take a moment to cool down.
All in all, it is a wonderful book with a highly original style. Although I cannot say that the plot was so terribly different than other fantasy works, the author's writing made the story seem novel. She is gifted at mixing evocative description with clever dialogue and has a mystery writer's gift for hiding elements of future importance in the earlier parts of the tale. I didn't think the book was as perfectly balanced as the middle novel - which was the highlight of the series.