#Onyx and ivory series#

I didnвЂ™t see that he was the Nameless one and a previous uror participant. I knew he was no side character because he popped up in the story too often to not be more important. Is he behind the daydrakes? Or is he a part of the Rising? It turns out that he was the вЂњBig BadвЂќ for the book. Minister Rendborne was around too often, so I started to get suspicious. I regretted putting it down later though because the story started to pick up again and I loved the ending. I ended up taking a two week break reading this book because I got bored and couldnвЂ™t bring myself to continue. The story was a bit too ambitious in my opinion and some of the stuff towards the beginning/middle of the book could have been cut out.

For me, although something was always happening it felt like the story was dragging and just tried to cover too much in one book. This book is quite the chunker, at 512 pages it covers a lot. While I have my issues with the pacing and length of the book, the story and world created within are interesting enough to surpass any problems I have with it.

#Onyx and ivory series#

It reminded me of Tamora PierceвЂ™s The Immortals Series meets the Red Queen Series. This was a solid start to a new fantasy series from Mindee Arnett. Neither the author, nor the publisher have influenced my review in any way. Дisclaimer: I won this ARC in a giveaway from the author. Arnett builds a rich world of magic and intrigue, enhanced by side characters of substance that create momentum for subsequent books. Kate hopes the journey will bring closure and peace, even as her rekindled friendship with Corwin stirs long-buried feelings and unrealistic dreams of the future, and the threat of invasion by a conquering nation looms. Corwin wants her help to figure out why the drakes are attacking in broad daylight now, and he asks Kate to return with him to Norgard, her home, where she can find answers about her father. Adding further challenges, nightdrakes (flightless dragons) are attacking more frequently, and Kate's first love, Prince Corwin, returns. Kate is one of those beings she possesses the ability to influence the minds of animals. Then the man she loved let her father be executed, and the kingdom increased persecution of 'wilders,' those with magic tied to the four elements and spirit. Kate Brighton was branded a traitor after her father tried to assassinate the king.

With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin must put the past behind them to face this new threat and an even darker menace stirring in the kingdom.ДЄrnett (Polaris) offers a gripping story of two people's search for courage and answers in a chaotic world. Her first love, the boy she swore to forget after he condemned her father to death. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals.ДЄnd itвЂ™s this magic that leads her to a caravan massacred by drakes in broad daylight-the only survivor Corwin Tormaine, the son of the king. Only the most skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls, the drakes-deadly flightless dragons-come out to hunt. ItвЂ™s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king of Rime.Д¬ast out of the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. вЂњAt once fresh, at once classic, Onyx and Ivory is a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance.вЂќ -Susan Dennard, New York Times bestselling author of TruthwitchДЄcclaimed author Mindee Arnett thrusts readers into a beautiful, dangerous, and magical world in this stunningly epic and romantic fantasy for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah Raasch.