James A. Hetley
Paperback | Pages: 375 pages Rating: 3.46 | 605 Users | 56 Reviews
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| Title | : | Le Royaume De L'été (Summer Country #1) |
| Author | : | James A. Hetley |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 375 pages |
| Published | : | November 15th 2004 by Mnémos (first published October 1st 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. Mythology. Arthurian |
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A 28 ans, Maureen mène une vie de paumée à Naskeag Falls, Maine... Jusqu'à sa rencontre par un soir d'hiver glacial avec un spectre terrifiant et un chevalier blanc hirsute surgi de nulle part. Héritière d'un monde caché, elle commence alors à entrevoir le pouvoir qui est en elle et l'univers magique auquel elle appartient : le Royaume de l'été éternel, peuplé par les descendants de Merlin et Mordred, et déchiré par des guerres sanglantes.Là-bas, une femme qui porte le Pouvoir et le Sang des Anciens est l'objet de toutes les convoitises... ou une menace à détruire.
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| Original Title: | The Summer Country |
| ISBN: | 2915159327 (ISBN13: 9782915159325) |
| Edition Language: | French |
| Series: | Summer Country #1 |
Rating Regarding Books Le Royaume De L'été (Summer Country #1)
Ratings: 3.46 From 605 Users | 56 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books Le Royaume De L'été (Summer Country #1)
Eerie, violent yet beautiful. Made me feel like I was reading a modern-day Grimm's Fairy Tale. Really loved this book, and loved the character's struggles and trials.Reading the description on this book I expected to love it. I wanted to love it, but I didn't. I kept at it hoping it would grow on me and while I finished the novel it never grew into love. I suppose the violence, blood and guts got to me. Wasn't prepared for that. At times it seemed gratuitous, as though the author included every gory detail just for shock. I don't think he realized that he had a basic good story that didn't need that kind of minutiae detail. People who like fantasy in all its
The Summer Country started off a little too slow for me - and the writing was so descriptive/flowery and filled with imagery that I found myself skipping paragraphs just to get to a conversation or some type of action. The prose was a little over the top for my taste, at least for the first 1/3 of the book. It certainly improved for the middle and latter parts of the book.I also found seven errors - which are always distracting.Overall, it is a good debut novel - plus there's a dragon!
I had issues with the book's over all plot and character development mainly with Maureen and her sister. I liked the magic and the idea behind the book, but yeah not one of my favorites.
This book wasn't terribly bad. I did like the concept of the book, which is what got me to pick it up in the first place. It seemed like an original thought: to take the world of Arthur, the fantastical world of the Summer Country, set it in modern times and throw in modern characters. It kind of gave it a "this just might actually happen" kind of mindset that made the story appealing.Not a book that I would excited to re read multiple times, but I am glad that I read it at least once. Many
I couldn't decide whether to give it a 1 or a 2, even thought about a 2.5* because I liked the story idea. However, I had a difficult time with this book. I was really intrigued with the plot, especially from the book description, but I just couldn't stand all the foul language from two of the main characters who are the supposed to be the heroines. I can't even count the number of times the f-bomb and b**** was used... more than all the fingers AND toes in my house! I'm not into foul language
Clearly his first novel, there's blatant use of the old make the main character appeal to the readers by overuse of the "traumatized past" ploy, but that's standard to the genre. It lacks subtlety and nuance and everything resolves too nicely in the end, but it's a fun read and decent (if predictable) urban fantasy.
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