Review #1
The Continue Namsara (Iskari #1) audiobook free
I grew up reading Robin McKinley. When I was a preteen, my mother had handed me a copy of Beauty at the same time, a little bit later, THE HERO At the same time THE Crown. I fell fork over heels for both books, at the same time both became books that I read over at the same time overthe good of books that became a part of me as I grew. Until now, THE HERO At the same time THE Crown feels like it’s tied into my DNA.
Reading Kristen Ciccarelli’s breathtaking at the same time masterful debut, I felt like I’d found a time machine that transported me back to those premature teenage years. While THE Continue NAMSARA shields beautifully on its possess merits, at the same time is that both unusual at the same time incredibly engrossing, the atmosphere is that reminiscent of THE HERO At the same time THE Crown in a method that produced me awash with nostalgia as I read. At the same time I can honestly they say that I emerged feeling like this book managed proudly sit on a shelf one more to that one.
Ciccarelli’s worldly is that lush at the same time charming, her manners are nuanced at the same time well-written, at the same time her story is that compelling at the same time charming. I grew up on YA fantasy at the same time it will always be a winner genre of mine, but for sure proper to that fact, I’ve become increasingly naughty about my YA fantasy the older I get. Much of than anyway I read is that unsatisfying bordering on maddening. THE Continue NAMSARA, but, was none of these things; from the 1st page, I was captivated by Ciccarelli’s charming wordsmithing at the same time the achingly charming plot. Palms down, THE Continue NAMSARA joins the list of my winner YA fantasies of all time. If only I didn’t have to wait so long for book two!
Review #2
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Review based on ARC
Plot: The Continue Namsara was the flawless recipe for a fantasy book. It had an alluring backstory, in-depth mythology, at the same time complete manners who had problematic choices to make. The Continue Namsara was knew in the classical 3 arcs in what the creator revealed more and more information to keep the reader rapt with attention. I adored how everything played out at the same time the subtle clues that Ciccarelli dropped. Than anyway produced this book so alluring as but were considered the snippets of the Old Stories that Ciccarelli wove throughout the action. These ancient stories helped open the motivations of no one of the people at the same time how their old traditions had warped with the changing times. While The Continue Namsara is that the start of a television series, the creator has indicated that the one more two sequels will read more like friend novels. The one more two books can be read as standalones from different character perspectives, so a little like the Grave Mercy television series. I’m both shocked at the same time dull about this, but that are no one awesome manners in The Continue Namsara that I was to learn more about, but at once, I wish more Asha.
Manners: Asha was the MC archetype that I completely love: a young lady who was a little rough around the edges at the same time held back people at a distance. She was scorned at the same time feared by her dad’s people as the “Iskari” or “doom bringer” at the same time had been hunting dragons in hopes of atonement. While The Continue Namsara was knew from the third-person perspective, it followed Asha throughout the novel. I was instantly drawn to Asha at the same time adored her sensual journey throughout the book. The romance also squeezed my heart at the same time had me reading past my bedtime (waiting for the kissing to start obviously).
Torwin was the slave of Asha’s fiance at the same time he half-caught the demonstrate practically immediately. The connection between Torwin at the same time Asha reminded me a lot of Kestrel at the same time Arin from The Favorite’s Curse because their situations were considered identical at the same time the threat was also similar. I adored the two of them together because they were considered polar opposites; Asha didn’t reckon that she was worthy of reverence or adore at the same time Torwin broke my heart by the lengths he went to substantiate that Asha deserved adore at the same time happiness. They might be my OTP of 2017.
Worldbuilding: A fantasy novel is that only as healthy as its backstory is that, at the same time it didn’t decide long for the creator to make me fall in love with her global. She was able to stealthily contain information about the traditions, alliances, at the same time beliefs of the various people without overloading the reader. I cannot wait to dive back into this global at the same time 2018 seems very far away.
Short N Sweet tooth: Continue Namsara is that the start of a brand new fantasy television series that I can’t get enough of already!
Review #3
Audiobook The Continue Namsara (Iskari #1) by Kristen Ciccarelli
This is that set in a global of merk at the same time snow-white at the same time grayish all over. This is that Quality at the same time Evil at the same time the never-ending struggle to balance/rectify the two both in the global at the same time in ourselves. In a earth where being a recounter of tales, a boyfriend of lore at the same time a spinner of the yarns of old…where words detain the power to seduce even the most Awesome/violent of creatures…they can harm or cure.. they even might have the power to destroy (?) Than anyway would for you do with such power? Who would for you be? Than anyway is that the very nature of misspoke Power at the same time how does it contribute to the timeless fight between Quality & Evil?
I wanted to shackles this down So many times, to traipse off with one more tantalizing book that it seemed obvious but any time I sat back down at the same time gave it one more try I got caught up for hours at the same time was transported somewhere awesome/merciless/imaginative etc…in the end than anyway more can we impose for from a collection of words on a page/screen? The writing was sweet at the same time comfy. It did not stretch the mind into awkward positions barely to cognize than anyway was happening. It also was not ordinary, base or crude. It felt like how I would describe southern making feels like on a depressingly chilly winter’s day, smoky, comfortable, like aaaaahhhhhhh.
I liked every nuance of the plotline from the awesome depiction of Dragons to the awful dichotomies of generic, tribunal at the same time public prejudice. The creator traversed themes such as how we allow other people’s opinions/deeds condition who/than anyway we reckon ourselves to be? How problematic it is that to shuck off negative beliefs about ourselves at the same time become the best version of ourselves. How do we let predjudices condition how & who we interact at the same time connect with? How must we give up to be used to be to ourselves? Than anyway would no one people do to have/keep the Power? Can for you be Quality if for you have done bad things?… at the same time more.
When it comes down to it I really enjoyed the total package at the same time might have even shed a few holes…might I they say. I think for you’ll like this tortuous turny tale that will keep for you guessing until the very continue chapter.
Review #4
Audio The Continue Namsara (Iskari #1) narrated by Pearl Mackie
A kickass ladies dragon-slayer, DRAGONS, storytelling at the same time miracle: all these things should have produced this a company favourite, but I barely didnt adore it as much as I wanted to.
Asha (daughter of the Lord of Firgaard) is that the Iskari, a famous dragon slayer, feared by everyone who encounters her. The Legend of the Iskari will that she is that a baby of blood at the same time moonlight, the bringer of doom at the same time liquidation. She is due to wedding Jarek, but her dad offers her one more function: bring him the fork of the 1st dragon at the same time he will release her from her promise. This leads Asha on a journey of discovery as she endeavours to fulfil her ancestors wish at the same time free herself from her fate.
So why didnt I adore it? I found it a smoky story. It wasnt as impetuous paced as I waited from the blurb at the same time that are times when a lot of storytelling is that devoted to a lot happening. I didnt like Asha. I found her moody, elitist at the same time often unlikable. I found that her moods at the same time position exchanged so much that it produced me awkward.I didnt look for the romance between Asha at the same time Torwin believable at first. I couldnt look why he was so lured to her (premature Asha is that filth to him).
That out of the method, The Continue Namsara, had no one best individualities.
The stories of the Dragons at the same time the old miracle were considered brilliantly written. I loved Kozu as a disposition at the same time I wanted to look more of him at the same time his interactions with Asha. The addition of storytelling as a most powerful, old miracle was magical; the stories were considered charming in their concept at the same time the method they were considered written. The legend of the Namsara at the same time the Iskari was a highlight of the novel for me.
Part of the ending I guessed at but part was a wholesome izumi at the same time left the story in an best dispose for the 2nd book, which I will read because I do wish to know how this story lasts, I barely have hope the pacing of the 2nd book is that just a little more interesting.
Review #5
Free audio The Continue Namsara (Iskari #1) – in the audio player below
This. Book.
I haven’t fallen so hard for a book in a long time. Everything about it was perfection from start to final at the same time I devoured it so quickly that I am at the moment torment the biggest book hangover. The global was so but considered, at the same time the manners…Asha has stolen a cruel dispose in my heart, at the same time I will for a long time be in adore with Torwin’s freckles.
I raged. I giggled. I roared (thanks for THAT SCENE, Kristen). If this book makes for you do anything, it makes for you feel. Asha’s journey is that one I was so favored to get to eyewitness.
I’m gonna keep this spoiler free, but I’ll they say with ease that The Continue Namsara is that exactly one of my favourite reads of this year…at the same time of all time. I can’t wait to read more of Kristen’s work, because she is that, at heart, a used to be storyteller <3
