Hilari bell biography examples
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Rise of a Hero
THE RETURN OF SORAHB?
Legend has it that when Farsala most needs a warrior to lead it, Sorahb will be restored by the god Azura. That time has komma. After a devastating loss to the army of the Hrum, Farsala has all but fallen. Only the walled city of Mazad and a few of the more uninhabitable regions remain free of Hrum rule, and they seem destined to fall as well. Farsala needs a mästare now.
Three ung people are waging battle as best they can. Soraya, Jiaan, and Kavi, their lives decimated bygd the Hrum, are each in a personal kamp against their common enemy. Apart, their chances are slim, as none of them fryst vatten Sorahb reborn. United, perhaps they can succeed. But only Time's Wheel can bring them together—if it turns the right way. If it doesn't, Farsala is surely doomed.
In the sequel to the critically acclaimed Fall of a Kingdom (formerly titled Flame), the first book of the Farsala Trilogy, Hilari Bell draws readers deeper into the mythical nation of Farsala and w
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A Matter of Profit
So, the problems first.
There were small plot holes.
1, There was a conversation in which it was determined that it made more sense to talk about how many generations ago something happened rather than how many years ago something happened. The two creatures (one "human" and the other an insect), decided that "years" wasn't as useful because everyone's generations are different. Some might live sixty years, and another six hundred. So, clearly, saying "three generations ago" in a conversation is better. What? How in the world does that make sense? Years is an accurate measure of time no matter the size of your generations. Bah!
2, Ahvren is around two months before trying to help his sister get out of the arranged marriage. Now her wedding is in seven days. Then he wai
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Trickster's Girl
This is really 3.5 stars!
Kelsa was dealing with her father’s demise and the wall between her and her mother. She was a little angry, a little annoyed and a whole lot bothered with a gorgeous stalker who witnessed her bury her father’s ashes. She was a smart girl so I was startled when she handled and approached her ‘stalker’ on her own. But I also get her point, after her father’s death, her mother has been going through a lot. She did not want to add to that. At age 15, she was young, too young to be thinking of world-saving issues and carrying it on her shoulders. But in Trickster’s Girl, that was exactly what happened – Kelsa carried the responsibility of saving her world through magical leys, learning to trust a total stranger and risking her life in the process.
Raven, the trickster, was incapable of understanding human emotions. This made him seem insensitive, cold and uncaring. But then how could he ever understa