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Review of Sister of the Dead (The Noble Dead)
- The Noble Dead saga continues as Magiere and Leesil, the slayers of the undead for DHAMPIR and THIEF OF LIVES, embark on a quest to uncover the secrets of their mysterious origins - and those responsible for orchestrating the events that brought them together....
Magiere is a dhampir - half human, half vampire - sired for the purpose of slaying the undead. Outside the village of ChemestĂşk, where she was born and raised, stands her father's keep. Within its walls, she hopes to discover the secrets of her past and figure out why a vampire would wish to breed a creature capable of slaughtering his own kind....
But there are those who don't want Magiere to learn the truthâand when her half-elf partner, Leesil, makes a startling discovery in the keep, he can understand why. Before Leesil can reveal the truth to Magiere, they must vanquish a creature of unimaginable and unlimited power who has damned a small village of people with a horrifying curse...
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Comments for Sister of the Dead (The Noble Dead)
- Posted on 2008-06-02
Best in the series so far
Sister of the Dead is a notable improvement over the preceding two books in the Noble Dead series. While the earlier books did a good job of establishing intriguing characters in Magiere and Leesil, they tended to be a bit repetitive and inconsistently paced.
Here, the character development that came before pays off. In Sister of the Dead we learn quite a bit about Magiere and the mysterious Welsteil, and yes, about Chap as well. Leesil plays an integral part in this book, but one senses that the next entry in the series will bring him to the fore.
A book about vampires should be at least a little bit scary. The earlier Noble Dead books were sporadically suspenseful, perhaps, but never gave me the creepy-crawlies. I was pleased that, at times, while reading Sister of the Dead, I found myself looking nervously into dark corners of the room, or wondering if I really wanted to turn out that light and go to sleep.
So: nicely scary, well paced, and just enough revelation about our characters to keep things interesting and prepare us for the next book. Well done!
Score: 4
- Posted on 2007-07-17
Vampires without the Urban
For those looking for vampires without the urban twists and turns, here is the book for you. It is filled with lots of fantasy and is rated with authors like Jim Butcher and Naomi Novik. Great read, but definitely start with number one...Dhampir.
Score: 5
- Posted on 2006-08-14
Better vampire tales than this are out there
I'm not really sure what I expected from this novel, but what I got wasn't it. This is Magiere's origin story, but it raises far more questions that it solves. It felt like an in-between type novel with the action falling flat and mysteries more annoying than enthralling.
Maybe I should have given this three stars instead of two, but I finished the entire series (to date) recently, and the more I read, the more disappointed I became. The characters were unique... but the plot was meh, the 'romance' wasn't present or paired characters I didn't like (and therefore didn't care about), and the action wasn't inspired.
I guess as neat as the world the authors have created is, I thought they could do better. Techinically the writing was good, but I couldn't bring myself to cheer.
Score: 2
- Posted on 2006-05-06
Informative; Not as Entertaining
Although this was easily the least interesting of the first three books in the series, this is the one you need to read to understand how Magiere came to be a Dhampir. The story itself seems like it was added afterwards to give the story a narrative flow, and has the weakest plot of all the books. There are fewer fights, fewer interchanges between the main characters, and many of the fight scenes seem to be here solely to have fight scenes. Chap is given a more prominent role than Leesil, which is unfortunate because Chap simply doesn't have the personality that Leesil has.
A step down from the previous entries, but I'm still ready and eager to move on the fourth installment.
Score: 4 - Posted on 2006-04-16
A "Tweener" Book
Sister of the Dead is the third novel starring vampire hunters Magiere and Leesil and their expanding group of friends and flunkies. In this novel, Both Leesil and Magiere inexplicably get bitten by the 'find your sire' bug and decide its time to find their respective parents. Unfortunately, there is a vast group of people out to prevent this from happening and that essentially is what this 400+ page novel is about.
While I liked Sister of the Dead I found the plot a little ho hum. Too much focus on the 'scholar' Wynn, (who reminded me of a first season Gabrielle from Xena), which is both a good and bad thing; because Gabby was annoying season one and so is Wynn. Wynn, seemed superfluous to the dynamic duo of Leesil/Maggie, and her romance with the evil Chane while interesting took up too much time from the main couple.
And while we are speaking of couples, I felt the romantic tension between Leesil and Magiere was almost dead in this book (no pun intended). What started as an interesting dynamic seemed completely flat. Magiere knows Leesil is devoted to her, doesn't mind if she uses him to feed, and seems content with their relationship... There is no tension. They seem like an old married couple, not very exciting.
The plot meanders around to its end with Magiere finding some sinister clues to her origins. This novel felt like a 'tween' novel. A novel leading up to a more complete and satisfying conclusion. 4 Stars. PS: If the authors feel Chane/Wynn are so interesting, why not give them their own book? I'd buy it.
Score: 4