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Deceived by Water
With the attack on Falsheim over, and the people of the city settling back into routine, Elle still struggles with her place in her homeland. As a water shaper, she’s expected to help provide protection, but as one who left Doma and trained in the kingdoms, not all trust her.
When she sees a village burning, she must decide whether to trust her instincts, and learn if she can count on water-and her bonded elemental-to respond.
The second part of Elle’s story, set in the Cloud Warrior Saga.
When she sees a village burning, she must decide whether to trust her instincts, and learn if she can count on water-and her bonded elemental-to respond.
The second part of Elle’s story, set in the Cloud Warrior Saga.
- GenresFantasy
78 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 3, 2015
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January 13, 2018
An enjoyable novella set in the world of The Cloud Warrior Saga. It's a continuation of the story that began in Drowned by Water. It was short and full of action. As far as fantasy goes, there's a lot more complex stuff out there, but so far, I've found Holmberg's books to be fun comfort reads.
Rating 8.5/10
Rating 8.5/10
April 16, 2025
Elle is doing her best to champion Doma. She encounters resistance in the form of disbelief. This story documents her efforts to support the people. The reader also gets to witness her growth as she learns to communicate with elementals. This brings strength to her shapings.
July 25, 2016
I have absolutely loved the Cloud Warrior Saga, the imagination of the entire series held my attention. It was great to just dive right into the story and get lost, in a very good way. That being said I move on to my thoughts on this series editing.
Some of my ratings on these books were four stars instead of the five stars it would have deserved, I will give you a few of the reasons why I think this. The first is editing errors, whomever the "EDITOR" is needs to actually read the books. My next criticism is about how not all the books are marked properly (in the synopsis portion where you read what the e-book is about) with the order in which to read them. Also whomever did that whole debacle with the books order sucks and is off the Christmas list. I unintentionally read a few books out of order due to this. Someone please let all these editor's know not to add in a book later, then call it book 2.5. Holding back such minimal content is annoying, next time put the books that are under a hundred pages together in one book. I would pay extra to have that little convenient option.
My last complaint is that I have just downloaded book eight in this series which makes me sad because I do not want the story to end. I highly enjoyed these books, the short little books in the series were more like short stories but that is just typical for me as I read fast. I had hoped the books would get magically longer that what they last more than one evening. Also I will be copying and pasting this review to the other books since it is more of a generalized review, plus it was not a spoiler review either; hate those.
Buying any of these books in this series is worth it the imagination of them is great and the adventures are awesomely lively, enjoy!!
-rcc
Some of my ratings on these books were four stars instead of the five stars it would have deserved, I will give you a few of the reasons why I think this. The first is editing errors, whomever the "EDITOR" is needs to actually read the books. My next criticism is about how not all the books are marked properly (in the synopsis portion where you read what the e-book is about) with the order in which to read them. Also whomever did that whole debacle with the books order sucks and is off the Christmas list. I unintentionally read a few books out of order due to this. Someone please let all these editor's know not to add in a book later, then call it book 2.5. Holding back such minimal content is annoying, next time put the books that are under a hundred pages together in one book. I would pay extra to have that little convenient option.
My last complaint is that I have just downloaded book eight in this series which makes me sad because I do not want the story to end. I highly enjoyed these books, the short little books in the series were more like short stories but that is just typical for me as I read fast. I had hoped the books would get magically longer that what they last more than one evening. Also I will be copying and pasting this review to the other books since it is more of a generalized review, plus it was not a spoiler review either; hate those.
Buying any of these books in this series is worth it the imagination of them is great and the adventures are awesomely lively, enjoy!!
-rcc
October 5, 2015
Feminine heros
I have five stars for the wonderful way words were woven when the author demonstrated the eloquent ability to display an alternate inner narrative within this series. Eye candy...easy read!
I have five stars for the wonderful way words were woven when the author demonstrated the eloquent ability to display an alternate inner narrative within this series. Eye candy...easy read!
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