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Pantheons #3
The Crone's Jewels
Isaiah Marshall created six clones of himself, and each has been given a specific task by the original. In PANTHEONS: THE CRONE’S JEWELS, the first clone, accompanied by Amanda Golden, travels to see Odin the Allfather in a quest to use Sleipnir to gain access to Tartarus, there to discover the fate of Cronos after his fierce battle against Balor of the Evil Eye. The ‘clone’, as Amanda refers to him, will have to deal with teen gods from the Norse, Aztec, and Japanese pantheons to accomplish his mission. But he will also discover the truth about Tartarus, and at the heart of it all will be the Crone’s Jewels.
190 pages, ebook
First published July 16, 2013
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E.J. Dabel
5 books88 followersErnst J. Dabel is the author of “Pantheons”, and is also the President and co-owner of Dabel Brothers Productions, a publishing company specializing in comics and graphic novels. Ernst’s company has adapted novels by major authors such as Dean Koontz, Laurell K. Hamilton, Jim Butcher, George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Orson Scott Card, Raymond E. Feist, R.A. Salvatore, Patricia Briggs, Robert Silverberg, Tad Williams, and others.
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July 17, 2013
I edited this book. I do not receive remuneration based upon sales.
I'm not really going to write a full review for this book, but I will say if you've been following this series, you really don't want to miss this one. Things are really starting to happen fast a lot of mysteries set up in the first two books are being answered (but, of course, lots of new ones are being added), and it's just a really fun and fast-paced book.
Book four in the series, Oceans of Black Souls is slated for my red pen in August, and should be out this fall. Watch for it.
I'm not really going to write a full review for this book, but I will say if you've been following this series, you really don't want to miss this one. Things are really starting to happen fast a lot of mysteries set up in the first two books are being answered (but, of course, lots of new ones are being added), and it's just a really fun and fast-paced book.
Book four in the series, Oceans of Black Souls is slated for my red pen in August, and should be out this fall. Watch for it.
December 24, 2014
*free ebook version won off of Now Is Gone blogsite in exchange for an honest review*
My rating of 3 stars is actually a little bit generous for The Crone's Jewels. While it does not have the editing errors that the first two books of the series had, it had a couple glaring problems. The first one, appearing on the very first page, was when the author referred to Cronos as Isaiah's father instead of his grandfather. I'm not positive that the spelling changed from Kronos to Cronos between books, but I do know that making such a major mistake in the relationship between the main character and another major character completely sets the wrong tone.
Even worse, I felt the author's strong point in being able to switch between character views easily in the first two books was weak in this one. The battles felt forced and quite generic with a goal of only showcasing the different powers of the various gods as opposed to actually advancing the plot.
Lastly, too often death does not really mean death in this series. Characters are routinely 'saved' or brought back to life.
The more I read these stories, the more I think perhaps they are geared towards a middle grade readership. There are some good societal lessons being given, yet the complexity of the story is, in my opinion, weak.
Fans of the author and children in their early teens should still enjoy the story.
My rating of 3 stars is actually a little bit generous for The Crone's Jewels. While it does not have the editing errors that the first two books of the series had, it had a couple glaring problems. The first one, appearing on the very first page, was when the author referred to Cronos as Isaiah's father instead of his grandfather. I'm not positive that the spelling changed from Kronos to Cronos between books, but I do know that making such a major mistake in the relationship between the main character and another major character completely sets the wrong tone.
Even worse, I felt the author's strong point in being able to switch between character views easily in the first two books was weak in this one. The battles felt forced and quite generic with a goal of only showcasing the different powers of the various gods as opposed to actually advancing the plot.
Lastly, too often death does not really mean death in this series. Characters are routinely 'saved' or brought back to life.
The more I read these stories, the more I think perhaps they are geared towards a middle grade readership. There are some good societal lessons being given, yet the complexity of the story is, in my opinion, weak.
Fans of the author and children in their early teens should still enjoy the story.
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