25 review for A Memory of Flames Complete eBook Collection

1. 

   4 out of 5

   Lance – Oct 11, 2017

   "It will end in flames ..." This is an inventive, immersive series which sees dragons elevated to a fiercer intelligence and a raw ferocious strength that sears Snow and Diamond Eye into the reader's imagination. The constant, failing battle between the alchemists pulling the last ichor of a dead half-god to keep the dragons blunted from their true telepathic glory is rapid, brutal and compelling. Human characters pulse with vitality and are snuffed out quickly and ignominiously, unless they forg "It will end in flames ..." This is an inventive, immersive series which sees dragons elevated to a fiercer intelligence and a raw ferocious strength that sears Snow and Diamond Eye into the reader's imagination. The constant, failing battle between the alchemists pulling the last ichor of a dead half-god to keep the dragons blunted from their true telepathic glory is rapid, brutal and compelling. Human characters pulse with vitality and are snuffed out quickly and ignominiously, unless they forge themselves in the image of the dragons. Across a tumultuous division between worlds, there is a gorgeously-crafted archetypal story of a young boy apprenticed to a proud and honourable thief-taker, a gentle and familiar story until he has his heart ripped out as the two people he has come to love and admire destroy one another. The Thief-Taker's Apprentice series is bare and breath-taking in its emotional scope. By far my favourite of the three linked trilogies which make up this collection. The final trilogy which draws together the splinters of the dragon reals, the sorcery of The Thief-Taker's Apprentice and a glass wielding civilisation paying homage to the heights of Islamic Arabic scholarship fizz with many more interesting ideas. However, this concluding trilogy is plagued by odd pacing, weird chronology that suck a lot of the tension out of the action scenes, that leave me wondering what was the author's design and what was the clashing hand of an editor. The happy "ending" was a bit unbelievable, and I think that the attempt to leave the world open for another series lacked in subtlety. A thoroughly entertaining series throughout, but with many changes in structure and style which tell me that Deas is still finding his voice as a fantasy author. When he does, I really hope that that voice breathes fire into all it touches.

2. 

   4 out of 5

   Elysheba –

3. 

   5 out of 5

   Daniel Nilsson –

4. 

   4 out of 5

   Joakim Nordström –

5. 

   5 out of 5

   Sarah Percy –

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Daniel Nilsson –

7. 

   4 out of 5

   Kaligolo –

8. 

   5 out of 5

   Antoine –

9. 

   5 out of 5

   Frances Weekes –

10. 

    5 out of 5

    Aisha –

11. 

    4 out of 5

    Winnie Soderholm –

12. 

    4 out of 5

    David Muckles –

13. 

    4 out of 5

    DZMM –

14. 

    5 out of 5

    Phil –

15. 

    4 out of 5

    David Lehane –

16. 

    5 out of 5

    Fredrik Lindlöf –

17. 

    4 out of 5

    Vega –

18. 

    5 out of 5

    Chris Teal –

19. 

    5 out of 5

    Elizabeth Morris –

20. 

    5 out of 5

    Christina Browne –

21. 

    4 out of 5

    Xavier –

22. 

    5 out of 5

    Adamk959 –

23. 

    5 out of 5

    ZADOK DEAN –

24. 

    4 out of 5

    Mindy –

25. 

    4 out of 5

    Lynn –