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Terrilian #3
The Warrior Rearmed
Terry's abilities begin to change and grow, making it harder for her to associate with Tammad.
253 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 3, 1984
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Sharon Green
148 books109 followersBorn and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Attended New York University and graduated with a B.A. in 1963. Married in 1963, had three sons, divorced in 1976. Raised the sons, Andy, Brian and Curtis, alone in New Jersey. Worked for AT&T as a shareowner correspondent, then as an all-around assistant in a construction company, then sold bar steel for an import firm. Left that job as assistant sales manager. I've been writing full time since 1984.
Hobbies: knitting, crocheting, Tae Kwon Do, fencing, archery, shooting, jigsaw puzzles, logic problems, math problems, not cooking.
Don't do my own research, since if I did I'd stay with that and never get any writing done. I usually can finish a novel of about 120,000 words in about three months.
Hobbies: knitting, crocheting, Tae Kwon Do, fencing, archery, shooting, jigsaw puzzles, logic problems, math problems, not cooking.
Don't do my own research, since if I did I'd stay with that and never get any writing done. I usually can finish a novel of about 120,000 words in about three months.
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October 19, 2025
This was a tough read as Terry was miserable for a large portion of this book! Yet again!!!! Some of the situations were pretty rough, not going to lie, and lakes could be filled with the tears of Terry from this book alone! In fact, misery could be the title of this book quite frankly!
However, I do feel like Terry's character arc was huge in this book. She is finally recognising her problems and what she has contributed to the hateful situations she often finds herself in. That doesn't mean I'm letting those barbarians off the hook though!! They all still mostly suck!!!There isn't enough ink in the world for the trigger warnings this book needs because of them!
The ending was very good though! I feel like both of the main characters have come a long way!
Do I agree with most of this book? No! This book is not for the faint of heart that is for sure! Do I agree with their relationship? Hell NO!!!! #ToxicAF
P.S. I still hate Len and Garth! Please run and jump the pair of you! 🤞🏻#worstfellowcountrymenagirlcouldaskfor
P.S.S. Tammad suffering in the caves made my year not going to lie!!! About damn time if you ask me!
However, I do feel like Terry's character arc was huge in this book. She is finally recognising her problems and what she has contributed to the hateful situations she often finds herself in. That doesn't mean I'm letting those barbarians off the hook though!! They all still mostly suck!!!There isn't enough ink in the world for the trigger warnings this book needs because of them!
The ending was very good though! I feel like both of the main characters have come a long way!
Do I agree with most of this book? No! This book is not for the faint of heart that is for sure! Do I agree with their relationship? Hell NO!!!! #ToxicAF
P.S. I still hate Len and Garth! Please run and jump the pair of you! 🤞🏻#worstfellowcountrymenagirlcouldaskfor
P.S.S. Tammad suffering in the caves made my year not going to lie!!! About damn time if you ask me!
January 6, 2013
Note to science fiction fans who read this review: I read this in the '80s from a Science Fiction standpoint. This time I am evaluating it from an BDSM Romance standpoint. If that offends you, you probably shouldn't read this one.
So when last we saw everyone the Band was back together. This picks up a day or so later. About the only thing I remembered from this was the Duel and the last couple of sentences.
I think at this point Terry is suffering from 3 things:
PTSD - It doesn't come up much but she is obviously affected by her time as a slave among the Hamarda. There are a couple of times it comes up but no one (not even our author) seems to take the time to address it. Len has an interesting line when he mentions that the Hamarda thought Tammad had stolen her when you consider she had already been condemned to death by Tammad's disinterest in her - not sure how that all adds up.
Stockholm Syndrome - Can you love someone and still have Stockholm Syndrome because of them? If you can, she definitely does. It also ties into the fact that she is constantly aroused whenever a Rimilian man looks at her. We find out there is a secondary cause for that eventually but I think she was right that she had been conditioned to respond.
Low Self-Esteem - In the last book she was convinced that Tammad only wanted her for her Empathic abilities. Ultimately we find out that she has decided that everyone including the Algamation see her the same way.
I think you can tie a lot of this up in the fact her abilities were still growing by leaps and bounds.
Now for our male Protagonists:
Tammad was pretty much all over the place. It isn't just the banding. It is the anger. I lost count of how many times he reacted so strongly to something Terry had done - and several times inappropriately (including the final scene). The low point for him to me was during the Blindfold scene - when she reached out to him and was punished for it. He shouldn't have been surprised that she dissolved into uncontrollable tears soon after that.
Len was his usual self - about as capable of being Empathetic as your average turnip. It's interesting that he never figured out that she was contemplating killing herself when she thought she had hurt him. "I haven't forgotten how good you were in the Hamarda camp." And I haven't forgotten what he did to her... and then he and Garth did the same thing again this time. How anyone can stand to be around this guy is beyond me?
Dallan was pretty much all over the place as well. On the one hand, he wanted to protect Terry from Tammad. On the other hand, he wanted Terry. The Sword convinced him that he wanted the former more than the latter and I am fine with that - Terry was confused enough at this point and he was just complicating things.
So on to the secrets...
Tammad hadn't figured out how she felt about House-Gifting because she never told him - I went back and checked the First Book. He didn't talk to her at all before Faddan. But they did argue both before and after Kennan. He never gave her any idea that he was going to listen to her feelings about that so I think Dallan's argument that it was partially her fault for not saying anything doesn't really wash.
The Rimilians being Empaths - I had forgotten all about that. It does explain a lot.
This one is kind of hard to read because Terry is so miserable most of the time. Things turn around at the end but we still have a long way to go.
So when last we saw everyone the Band was back together. This picks up a day or so later. About the only thing I remembered from this was the Duel and the last couple of sentences.
I think at this point Terry is suffering from 3 things:
PTSD - It doesn't come up much but she is obviously affected by her time as a slave among the Hamarda. There are a couple of times it comes up but no one (not even our author) seems to take the time to address it. Len has an interesting line when he mentions that the Hamarda thought Tammad had stolen her when you consider she had already been condemned to death by Tammad's disinterest in her - not sure how that all adds up.
Stockholm Syndrome - Can you love someone and still have Stockholm Syndrome because of them? If you can, she definitely does. It also ties into the fact that she is constantly aroused whenever a Rimilian man looks at her. We find out there is a secondary cause for that eventually but I think she was right that she had been conditioned to respond.
Low Self-Esteem - In the last book she was convinced that Tammad only wanted her for her Empathic abilities. Ultimately we find out that she has decided that everyone including the Algamation see her the same way.
I think you can tie a lot of this up in the fact her abilities were still growing by leaps and bounds.
Now for our male Protagonists:
Tammad was pretty much all over the place. It isn't just the banding. It is the anger. I lost count of how many times he reacted so strongly to something Terry had done - and several times inappropriately (including the final scene). The low point for him to me was during the Blindfold scene - when she reached out to him and was punished for it. He shouldn't have been surprised that she dissolved into uncontrollable tears soon after that.
Len was his usual self - about as capable of being Empathetic as your average turnip. It's interesting that he never figured out that she was contemplating killing herself when she thought she had hurt him. "I haven't forgotten how good you were in the Hamarda camp." And I haven't forgotten what he did to her... and then he and Garth did the same thing again this time. How anyone can stand to be around this guy is beyond me?
Dallan was pretty much all over the place as well. On the one hand, he wanted to protect Terry from Tammad. On the other hand, he wanted Terry. The Sword convinced him that he wanted the former more than the latter and I am fine with that - Terry was confused enough at this point and he was just complicating things.
So on to the secrets...
Tammad hadn't figured out how she felt about House-Gifting because she never told him - I went back and checked the First Book. He didn't talk to her at all before Faddan. But they did argue both before and after Kennan. He never gave her any idea that he was going to listen to her feelings about that so I think Dallan's argument that it was partially her fault for not saying anything doesn't really wash.
The Rimilians being Empaths - I had forgotten all about that. It does explain a lot.
This one is kind of hard to read because Terry is so miserable most of the time. Things turn around at the end but we still have a long way to go.
February 12, 2017
While I loved the first book in the series I struggled with this one - for a start there isn't much actual plot in the grand scheme of things - Terril runs away from Tammad and gets banded by prince Dallan. Tammad arrives to get her back and they go on a quest to consult a magic sword. Terril has a vision that tells her she should be with Tammad (duh) but they all get attacked and she loses her empathic ability. But seems pleased about that because now she can just be a normal woman for Tammad.
Ugh Terry spends most of her time miserable in this one - And it's really anti-feminist - she gets raped alot, Tammad loses his temper and beats her senseless and by the end she learns that she's obviously being punished because she is in the wrong - yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck.
One other disappointment is the 'battle' in the cave - So terry's having this metaphorical vision about being too proud and losing Tammad - And when she come's to, Dallan's father is there, telling them they've been attacked and she's lost her powers - eh? Its over waaaaaaaaay too quickly and never satisfactorily explained or described.
Despite all that though, there's something so trashily readable about this series and despite Tammad's bruality and dominance you never get the feeling these two should be apart - he clearly adores her. The world created here and its value systems are really well realised and i clearly love the characters enough to keep me reading even when it really is deeply wrong.
Characters are a bit all over the place which makes it a bit hard to get a handle on this one - Tammad as mentioned is very heroic and devoted on one side and yet out of line on the other. His losing his temper and doling her out to other guys should be unforgivable and yet... I haven't completely written him off. Dallan is equally a mix of hero and overbearing bastard but we don't completely hate him either.
Len and Garth however are truly despicable and I really REALLY hope something nasty happens to them in subsequent books. I think since Len comes from the same world as Terry his adopting the barbarian values seems all the more wrong somehow.
Terry herself isn't particularly coherent here either - she vacillates from adoring and hating Tammad. She protests about being raped but certainly seems to enjoy herself with Dallan - She has great pride in her ability and strength and yet wants nothing more than to lose it....
Hmmmm Forget 50 shades of Grey this takes a woman's quest to live with a dominant man to new levels.
Ugh Terry spends most of her time miserable in this one - And it's really anti-feminist - she gets raped alot, Tammad loses his temper and beats her senseless and by the end she learns that she's obviously being punished because she is in the wrong - yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck.
One other disappointment is the 'battle' in the cave - So terry's having this metaphorical vision about being too proud and losing Tammad - And when she come's to, Dallan's father is there, telling them they've been attacked and she's lost her powers - eh? Its over waaaaaaaaay too quickly and never satisfactorily explained or described.
Despite all that though, there's something so trashily readable about this series and despite Tammad's bruality and dominance you never get the feeling these two should be apart - he clearly adores her. The world created here and its value systems are really well realised and i clearly love the characters enough to keep me reading even when it really is deeply wrong.
Characters are a bit all over the place which makes it a bit hard to get a handle on this one - Tammad as mentioned is very heroic and devoted on one side and yet out of line on the other. His losing his temper and doling her out to other guys should be unforgivable and yet... I haven't completely written him off. Dallan is equally a mix of hero and overbearing bastard but we don't completely hate him either.
Len and Garth however are truly despicable and I really REALLY hope something nasty happens to them in subsequent books. I think since Len comes from the same world as Terry his adopting the barbarian values seems all the more wrong somehow.
Terry herself isn't particularly coherent here either - she vacillates from adoring and hating Tammad. She protests about being raped but certainly seems to enjoy herself with Dallan - She has great pride in her ability and strength and yet wants nothing more than to lose it....
Hmmmm Forget 50 shades of Grey this takes a woman's quest to live with a dominant man to new levels.
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July 6, 2009If you liked the Terrilian Series, check out the Direct-to-eBook sequel series "Mind Warriors" at http://www.sharon-green.net/adventure... as well as the individual books listed here on Goodreads.
January 8, 2011
Eh, I read this so long ago and it just was meh for me. I can barely remember it. Not a good sign.
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