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A Time Of Omens (1993)

A Time of Omens (1993)

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0553290118 (ISBN13: 9780553290110)
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One and one doesn’t always result in two. One: I like to read a lot of different books instead of a whole series back to back. One: I found the previous book in the series - A Time Of Exile – to be a bit of a dull affair. The result is that it didn’t took me two, but rather two and a half to three months to pick up this book. As it is the case most of the times when I am reading a book, is that I felt the urge to kick myself for not reading it any sooner. Where A Time Of Exile failed in the attempt, A Time Of Omens did deliver.As far as the story goes, most of the time I end up liking one period/incarnation way better than the other in the book. Here, however, I really enjoyed each period and every storyline, which is quite a unique feat in this series when it comes to my reading experience.This book merely sets things up for the big finale of the Westlands to come in the next two books, but still, I was very engrossed in the story. We get to learn a lot more about the Elves as Rhodry joins them, until his visit is cut short by Alshandra. Whereas the whole thing with the Guardians felt a bit dreamy and flimsy to me in the previous book, here, the whole aspect gets worked out way better and it’s really getting more and more interesting to read about the doings of Evandar and the mad Alshandra. At the same time, Jill and Salamander are one a quest of their own, looking for the remnants of the Elven race. When Salamander (view spoiler)[finds the reborn soul of his previous love, he marries her and turns his back on the Dweomer. I really hope that this is not the last we’ve seen of him, cause I’ve grown fond of his merry disposition (hide spoiler)]

It has been 16 years since I first picked up the first Deverry novel, DaggerSpell, and here in am, 16 years later, about to finish the fifteenth and final one.Has the journey been worth it? Yes. Was the wait too long? Yes.I would not recommend anyone starts reading the Deverry cycle unless they intend to read them all, as the macroscopic story is at least as important as the microscopic ones, and as such I am reviewing the books as a set.I almost give them 4 stars (excellent) but in the end I am not enjoying them quite as much as I did in my early 20's and so I settled on 3 stars (good). As fantasy novels go the concepts and the writing are really excellent but for me the last couple of books haven't been as enjoyable as the early ones and it's a lot to expect people to read fifteen novels. That said I don't regret a single minute of the time I spent in Deverry. I even used to own a 'deverry' domain and use the handle of 'Rhodry' when t'internet was young. Highly recommended IF you have the stomach for a lot of reading.

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A Time of Omens, the second book of the second DEVERRY quartet, is no more than a competent entry. Despite the easy reading, it took me days to get through and I really struggled at times to muster much interest in the doings of Rhodry.Rhodry spends a number of years wandering in the Westlands, integrating himself into the lives of the Elcyion Lacar. Jill has gone seeking the remnant of the Elven race that fled south when the Hordes destroyed their homelands. We spend a lot of time in Evandar's dreamlike world, but because he doesn’t feel compassion or understand human emotions, I don’t find him endearing and can’t enjoy his storyline. We get the obligatory visit to a past incarnation of Rhodry (this time a continuation of the timeline where Maryn is become High King of all Deverry), and the book finishes off with a quick cante... Read More:http://www.fantasyliterature.com/revi...
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Many years have passed since Rhodry rode as a silver dagger. However he is forced to fake his own death, lest someone discover his elven heritage. For that reason, Rhodry heads west to ride with the bright fey. Unfortunately, wyrd has a nasty habit of catching up with you.Kerr uses flashbacks to previous lives to break up the flow of the novel. This use of syntax can create massive cliffhangers at times forcing you to put the time period you're invested in on hold. It leaves you hanging until the very end. I would recommend this book only to the people who have read the previous books, otherwise the story will make no sense.
—Andrew Reinke

This is the 6th book in the overall Deverry series but also the second book in the "Westlands" sub series. As always, it is well written with excellent plotting, settings, themes, etc. And, as is typical with a Deverry novel, we jump through time occasionally to see many of our favorite characters in reincarnated forms of themselves in different points in Deverry's history. And no doubt, several of the key plot points in this volume will be instrumental in the coming installments. I remain amazed at how well it all fits together. I also like how the places we visit change through time, villages growing to towns, towns growing larger, even the very landscape changes. And the magic system slowly reveals itself as well so that the entire series of novels becomes more epic in scope. And yet, we never lose sight of the individual characters and their stories, both valiant and tragic. I'm also convinced the author has to be one of the leading authorities on Celtic history and linguistics to be able to develop the proper names used throughout these books in such detail. Sometimes, long fantasy series grow stale after a while but as I move through these novels, I get the feeling that I've only scratched the surface of the larger complexity of the overall series. Each book adds more to the plot and this one keeps right on building on what came before. I'll definitely be continuing this series.
—Benjamin Thomas

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