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Asylum
How far would you go to fix yourself?
All Kaliel has is the lingering scent of Krishani. Suicidal, hopeless and deserted, Kaliel wanders her old life with fresh new eyes, her memory like jagged shards. She has never been so alone, so afraid and in so much danger. After all this time . . . Tor wants to help, but Kaliel doesn’t know who's more dangerous.
Them.
Or her.
All Kaliel has is the lingering scent of Krishani. Suicidal, hopeless and deserted, Kaliel wanders her old life with fresh new eyes, her memory like jagged shards. She has never been so alone, so afraid and in so much danger. After all this time . . . Tor wants to help, but Kaliel doesn’t know who's more dangerous.
Them.
Or her.
- GenresFantasy
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First published January 1, 2014
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Rhiannon Paille
22 books289 followersRhiannon is a booksmith from the middle of nowhere, Canada. She holds a PhD in Metaphysical Science and Parapsychology, which is to say she happens to know a lot about what goes bump in the night. When she's not writing she's singing karaoke, burning dinner, and hiding her superhero identity. She'd like to own a unicorn one day, as long as it doesn't eat her. You'll find her sipping iced cappuccino despite her allergy to coffee at www.yafantasyauthor.com
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December 27, 2016
It’s alright, I wasn’t using my emotions anyway. Just go ahead and stomp all over them like last year’s leaves, why don’t you?
While Mercy remains my favorite, this book was pretty darn good, too. As I had hoped, there was more reference to the Land of Beasts and the Land of the Immortals, there’s even so more of Avristar in here. It ends in the closest thing to a happy ending that we’ve had since the end of the second book, but don’t start hoping for that HEA for a bloody second.
The plot:
I thought the plot had less clearly defined goals and direction than Mercy, but I feel that was due in large part to Kaliel’s loss of essentially her will to exist. There were lots of shockers (Pux is WHOSE son?!), “we’re all going to die” moments, but Paille went and threw in a few scraps of happiness to breathe us poor readers back to life.
The characters:
It is kind of hard not to feel horrible for Kaliel. After losing Krishani again in the last book and regaining her memories of what she did, her human family treats her like crap, her human friends treat her like crap, the other Flames and immortals alternate between treating her like crap and trying to torture her whilst Pux has gone AWOL. I got mad at her when Krishani came back, but, yes, I’ll admit her standoffishness was realistic.
Krishani takes a bit of a backseat role for the first half or so of the book. Back to being a Vulture, he’s enslaved to the Valtanyana again as he will be for eternity—or will he? Pux also takes a bit more of a less-visible spot for most of the book, but when Krishani turns up, there’s a lot more interaction between those two than there has been before. If nothing else, it was interesting to see their dynamic when Kaliel was out of the equation.
In case you were wondering, Tor still deserves to be hit in the head repeatedly with a brick. I have no idea exactly what that cad is planning, but it involves him, so I don’t trust it. That weasel.
This time around I actually empathized with Shimma—Shimma! That blonde succubus who wants to steal Krishani from my baby Kaliel. I even started to feel bad about all those times I wished she’d drop headfirst down a well. Poor thing.
In closing, Ishtar has earned himself something horrible alongside Tor. Klavotesi kind of has the right to be angry, but he still needs to calm down a bit. If we can’t off the whole of the Valtanyana, then we should at least find somewhere to lock them up in a deep dark mine for eternity.
I really, really want Chaos and the author has promised me a happy ending to that book. It’s been a heartbreaking, but worthwhile ride with these characters and when that time comes, I’ll be sad to see it end. (But happy if they’re happy. They’ve been through so much horribleness, poor babies.)
While Mercy remains my favorite, this book was pretty darn good, too. As I had hoped, there was more reference to the Land of Beasts and the Land of the Immortals, there’s even so more of Avristar in here. It ends in the closest thing to a happy ending that we’ve had since the end of the second book, but don’t start hoping for that HEA for a bloody second.
The plot:
I thought the plot had less clearly defined goals and direction than Mercy, but I feel that was due in large part to Kaliel’s loss of essentially her will to exist. There were lots of shockers (Pux is WHOSE son?!), “we’re all going to die” moments, but Paille went and threw in a few scraps of happiness to breathe us poor readers back to life.
The characters:
It is kind of hard not to feel horrible for Kaliel. After losing Krishani again in the last book and regaining her memories of what she did, her human family treats her like crap, her human friends treat her like crap, the other Flames and immortals alternate between treating her like crap and trying to torture her whilst Pux has gone AWOL. I got mad at her when Krishani came back, but, yes, I’ll admit her standoffishness was realistic.
Krishani takes a bit of a backseat role for the first half or so of the book. Back to being a Vulture, he’s enslaved to the Valtanyana again as he will be for eternity—or will he? Pux also takes a bit more of a less-visible spot for most of the book, but when Krishani turns up, there’s a lot more interaction between those two than there has been before. If nothing else, it was interesting to see their dynamic when Kaliel was out of the equation.
In case you were wondering, Tor still deserves to be hit in the head repeatedly with a brick. I have no idea exactly what that cad is planning, but it involves him, so I don’t trust it. That weasel.
This time around I actually empathized with Shimma—Shimma! That blonde succubus who wants to steal Krishani from my baby Kaliel. I even started to feel bad about all those times I wished she’d drop headfirst down a well. Poor thing.
In closing, Ishtar has earned himself something horrible alongside Tor. Klavotesi kind of has the right to be angry, but he still needs to calm down a bit. If we can’t off the whole of the Valtanyana, then we should at least find somewhere to lock them up in a deep dark mine for eternity.
I really, really want Chaos and the author has promised me a happy ending to that book. It’s been a heartbreaking, but worthwhile ride with these characters and when that time comes, I’ll be sad to see it end. (But happy if they’re happy. They’ve been through so much horribleness, poor babies.)
July 12, 2014
(At the time of my typing this, 7/12/2014, this book has not been released yet so you have a bit of time to catch up if you haven't read the series yet. I'll try to remember to remove this once it's released everybody)
In a word... Brilliant! I have deep love for the Ferryman and the Flame series and this book, book 5, sure didn't disappoint at all. This book excellently picks up where book 4 left off and continues the story without pause. This is also the point where I beg you to please read all the books in this series before getting here if you haven't because your life will not be complete unless you do. Seriously.
I really can't say a whole lot without giving too much away because everything is so intricately connected that one detail could blow the whole story for you if you haven't read the book (or books) yet. I apologize if I do give anything away but I will do my best not to. This is sort of a warning here for you so proceed with caution. Also, I'll remind you to read the books before this one if you haven't already (this series is really worth it and just that darn good).
In Asylum, after watching Krishani die, again, Kaliel feels truly alone and her depression is mounting. Finally remembering all that was forgotten and having her greatest love and her truest of friends and the only family she has ripped from her (yet again) she is faced with obstacles she must deal with one she feels is a foe. She must deal with numerous consequences of her actions, past and present and must face the things she had hidden far from her reach for nearly ten thousand years. War is coming, and it's coming for her.
That's it! I'm not giving you more. This book had me on the edge of my chair the entire time. I laughed, I cried (often, I'm a crier anyway and this book pushed me over the edge a lot!). It is worth every single second you devote to reading it because the end is spectacular. I'm not telling you what happened, but its incredible.
This book, as with the rest in this series, was simply perfect. It fit right in there with the books before it building up to the climax yet to come, building up the characters even more so you are still seeing them change and grow, and keeping you begging for the next book. Excellent book. Excellent series. Excellent author. (I kind of like this if you can't tell).
(At the time of my typing this, 7/12/2014, this book has not been released yet so you have a bit of time to catch up if you haven't read the series yet. I'll try to remember to remove this once it's released everybody)
In a word... Brilliant! I have deep love for the Ferryman and the Flame series and this book, book 5, sure didn't disappoint at all. This book excellently picks up where book 4 left off and continues the story without pause. This is also the point where I beg you to please read all the books in this series before getting here if you haven't because your life will not be complete unless you do. Seriously.
I really can't say a whole lot without giving too much away because everything is so intricately connected that one detail could blow the whole story for you if you haven't read the book (or books) yet. I apologize if I do give anything away but I will do my best not to. This is sort of a warning here for you so proceed with caution. Also, I'll remind you to read the books before this one if you haven't already (this series is really worth it and just that darn good).
In Asylum, after watching Krishani die, again, Kaliel feels truly alone and her depression is mounting. Finally remembering all that was forgotten and having her greatest love and her truest of friends and the only family she has ripped from her (yet again) she is faced with obstacles she must deal with one she feels is a foe. She must deal with numerous consequences of her actions, past and present and must face the things she had hidden far from her reach for nearly ten thousand years. War is coming, and it's coming for her.
That's it! I'm not giving you more. This book had me on the edge of my chair the entire time. I laughed, I cried (often, I'm a crier anyway and this book pushed me over the edge a lot!). It is worth every single second you devote to reading it because the end is spectacular. I'm not telling you what happened, but its incredible.
This book, as with the rest in this series, was simply perfect. It fit right in there with the books before it building up to the climax yet to come, building up the characters even more so you are still seeing them change and grow, and keeping you begging for the next book. Excellent book. Excellent series. Excellent author. (I kind of like this if you can't tell).
(At the time of my typing this, 7/12/2014, this book has not been released yet so you have a bit of time to catch up if you haven't read the series yet. I'll try to remember to remove this once it's released everybody)
September 22, 2014
I loved this book. Kaliel learns about who she was and who she is. She also learns who really loves her. What do you do when you cant go home? The boy she loves is gone and she has nothing left. She battles with who she is and what she has done in the past. She faces her inner battles and tries to heal. She leaves the man she loves to make everything better only to fall apart. Kaliel learns a lot about herself in this book. The love of her life is back and the one who created her and has been taking care of her has been gone for days as the battle they have been waiting for is on its way. I loved this book. I couldn't put it down once i started reading it. I cant wait to read the next installment in the series :)
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