Helpful Score: 1
I started this yesterday afternoon, right before we went to the movies. we got back late, and i stayed up until 3 this morning reading it and finally finished it this afternoon. it is a very engrossing and wonderful story. i love books like this--something that takes a religion and tweaks it just enough for it to not be our world, but still believeable enough to keep me interested.
this kind of reminded me of the kushiel series by jacqueline carey, minus all the sexual stuff.
shinn describes the music and singing very well, all the while never actually telling you what they are singing. i quite like her style of writing--i've already ordered the second book in the series, though i am disappointed that it does continue gabriel and rachel's stories or any of the other characters in this book.
this kind of reminded me of the kushiel series by jacqueline carey, minus all the sexual stuff.
shinn describes the music and singing very well, all the while never actually telling you what they are singing. i quite like her style of writing--i've already ordered the second book in the series, though i am disappointed that it does continue gabriel and rachel's stories or any of the other characters in this book.
