tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497517992499682622.post6360213255744571406..comments2024-03-13T22:03:22.913-05:00Comments on Labor Not in Vain : Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse ~ ReviewFaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150290024386704712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497517992499682622.post-16473069506057835452019-06-01T21:48:22.651-05:002019-06-01T21:48:22.651-05:00Totally agree would love to read more stories in t...Totally agree would love to read more stories in this universe, and I'm dying to read Cry of the Raven now, don't now how I'll be able to wait a whole year!Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150290024386704712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497517992499682622.post-34961805254672230262019-06-01T21:33:25.459-05:002019-06-01T21:33:25.459-05:00Hallo, Hallo Faith!
I was delighted finding that ...Hallo, Hallo Faith!<br /><br />I was delighted finding that you had previously shared your thoughts on MARK! I noticed not all the readers I've been finding blogged about reading both stories, so this is a random bit of joy tonight!<br /><br />I also enjoyed Selene's father - I felt he was a bit short-changed from the plot and the arc of the series in FLIGHT; hoping he'll make a return visit with us in CRY - this is one reason I felt this needed to be longer than a trilogy. There is so much breadth of the world to explore and to entreat inside - it has this larger than life scale to it and I love that quality about it but sometimes I think by holding it to a trilogy is doing it a disservice.<br /><br />The darker this story went the more on pins I felt as I knew I could *handle!* it being an INSPY variant of the genre (ie. no graphic violence, etc) but it was how evocative and evoking Busse wrote the darker bits which I felt were not just realistically brilliant but she really delved into those elements in order to pull us forward into the quest Selene was on to right the wrongs of her ancestral past. There is so much at stake in this series!! <br /><br />Plus, too - the more I learnt of Lady Ravenwood the more I truly felt repelled by her choices and by her necessity of having to fuell her darkness with more evilness than she bargained for... the whole battle between the Dark Lady and the Light I felt was a lesson in how expansive this genre can become and how much heart you can fuell into the background.<br /><br />So very happy I found your reviews by following the tour route! Hope you'll drop by to visit with me in return.Joriehttp://jorielovesastory.comnoreply@blogger.com