The Arcrean Conquest discussion

I love all the characters in this book! But my favorite character in the entire trilogy is Falconer. :) I also REALLY like Renny(expert archer) and Nathaniel(sailor). :))

I like Falconer because it takes the wholes series for his full character to be revealed, but I don't know if I could narrow it done to one overall favorite.

Druet, Nathaniel then Falconer. That fact that they are all boys is just a councadince I'm sure! ;)

Mikayla wrote: "Druet, Nathaniel then Falconer. That fact that they are all boys is just a councadince I'm sure! ;)"

YES! :D although as much as I love Druet I like Renny I think more. ;)
Nicole, I like that too through the series. ^_^
ok lets see if I can do this-
1-Falconer
2-Nathaniel
3-Renny
5-Talon (and Bracy- they're most awesome together, but I prefer Talon ;))
6-Druet
7-Blunt
8-Alice
9-Trenton
10-Leyla
11-Brigit
...and all the rest ;) lol

Haha! Brigit made me laugh :D
and I agree - Talon and Bracy seem to go together like peas in a pod...It's hard to think of them separately!

OH and I like Meredith a lot too...and Meg should up right above Blunt. ;)

Nicole wrote: "Haha! Brigit made me laugh :D
and I agree - Talon and Bracy seem to go together like peas in a pod...It's hard to think of them separately!"

like Trunt and Ruttley.....

Alice wrote: "like Trunt and Ruttley....."

-_- That'll come some day ;)

I'll make sure of it :)

course I added folks from books 2 and 3 to my list...even though the subject is the Heart...oh well ;)

Falconer! I LOVE him. Definitely the best of all characters.

What a difficult question....How much time have you guys got?

Just kidding! Falconer is one of top ones...I also loved Trenton - I would love to see a novella about Trenton being with his real family and how he's struggling with his past and trying to settle down to a new life...and Falconer could come back to encourage him, since they had such a terrific bond in book 2.

I also liked Epic and Lathan from Burdney.
Luke, Christopher and Lord Bradley from Hebbros.
Actually one character that really grabbed me is Agatha (see my review for Burdney on Goodreads)....she just really, really stuck with me. I pitied her and wanted to see her free of the darkness that she had placed on herself. Plus, I love arcs between sisters. I really, really hope that Nicole Sager writes more about Agatha in Cleftlocke.

Allison wrote: "What a difficult question....How much time have you guys got?

Just kidding! Falconer is one of top ones...I also loved Trenton - I would love to see a novella about Trenton being with his real fam..."

I never felt any draw towards Agatha but I also loved all the Hebbros characters!

Hey Gabriellyn!

Yeah, the Hebbros characters were great - that scene where Guy sacrificed himself - I really didn't think Guy had it in him - that was a huge surprise and a beautiful moment.

Bradley's whole arc was quite interesting too, he was so isolated and alone that he built up walls around himself to the point where he couldn't accept the truth - I was so happy when he finally did.

Allison wrote: "Hey Gabriellyn!

Yeah, the Hebbros characters were great - that scene where Guy sacrificed himself - I really didn't think Guy had it in him - that was a huge surprise and a beautiful moment.

Br..."

Yeah, didn't expect that, although it was really the only way to make up for what he did. Yes, I was glad too! Bradley was amusing to me. Most banter in books annoys me as I feel it is super hard to do well but he was the perfect mix of sarcasm and silly sayings.

Gabriellyn wrote: "Allison wrote: "Hey Gabriellyn!

Yeah, the Hebbros characters were great - that scene where Guy sacrificed himself - I really didn't think Guy had it in him - that was a huge surprise and a beauti..."

Yup - agree completely, it is very hard to make banter sound natural and I have read attempts to do it that made me want to rake my fingernails the nearest available surface.

I really, really loved the Fate of Arcrea - but if I had to chose I think I like Nicole's Companions Novels best - the feeling of setting is so intense, you feel like you could smell Hebbros and Burdney. The minute I opened those two books - whoosh - I was away.

I'm enjoying keeping up with the coversation! I love reading about your favorite characters! :)

Allison wrote: "Gabriellyn wrote: "Allison wrote: "Hey Gabriellyn!

Yeah, the Hebbros characters were great - that scene where Guy sacrificed himself - I really didn't think Guy had it in him - that was a huge su..."

Totally! I couldn't agree more! I too like the Companions of Arcrea better than the original series, I feel like Nicole's writing has gotten better and better since the beginning. My favorite of the original series is The Isle of Arcrea (is that because it is sort of Falconer's book? perhaps) love the characters in that one. So sweet!

Nicole wrote: "I'm enjoying keeping up with the coversation! I love reading about your favorite characters! :)"

I am so glad! I am so excited for the next Companions of Arcrea book! If you ever want a BETA reader or advanced reviewer let me know! I would love to do something like that!

Thank you!

Yes! Its so exciting to join in a writers journey and witness them getting better and better at their craft.

Nicole wrote: "Thank you!"

You're welcome, though I must confess my motives are strongly mercenary!

Allison wrote: "Yes! Its so exciting to join in a writers journey and witness them getting better and better at their craft."

Have you read The Makilien Trilogy or The Ilyon Chronicles? They are magnificent as well! TMT was what inspired me to be a writer, it was one of my first tastes of Fantasy and it won my heart!

I have not! I've heard great things about them though.

I've heard about the Makilien Trilogy and the Illyon Chronicles! They're on my reading list for this month. I'm made an October goal to read a bunch of self published authors. I'm in the middle of Dare by Tricia Mingerink and it is amazing.

I'm working to become a published author too - here's to us, Gabriellyn! It helps to be surrounded by inspiring books like Nicole's and Tricia's, doesn't it? I read them and think...."Hey maybe I finally could too..."

Anybody else think that having a duck named Pork was absolutely hysterical?

If I ever own a duck....

Nicole wrote: "I have not! I've heard great things about them though."

You should read them! Jaye L. Knight/Molly Evangeline is one of my top favorite writers!

Allison wrote: "I've heard about the Makilien Trilogy and the Illyon Chronicles! They're on my reading list for this month. I'm made an October goal to read a bunch of self published authors. I'm in the middle of ..."

Yes, it is encouraging, plus when reading a ton of Fantasy it helps me to know what I like to see in a Fantasy book and what I don't like to see in a Fantasy book.

Have you read any of K. M. Weiland's blog? https://www.helpingwritersbecomeautho...
She has taught me the most about writing of anyone and I have only been following her blog a couple of months. It is GOLD.

Yup, C.S Lewis said that if you want to write something you've got to read a lot of good books. Keep putting in good stuff and good stuff will (hopefully) come out.

My sister loves K.M. Weiland and her blog and I am going to start looking at - thanks!

There's a bunch of self published authoress and readers blogs that I want to start following....now if only we had 48 hour days instead of a measly 12...if only we didn't have to sleep!

Then we could read more books like The Arcrean Chronicles! Wahoo!

Allison wrote: "Yup, C.S Lewis said that if you want to write something you've got to read a lot of good books. Keep putting in good stuff and good stuff will (hopefully) come out.

My sister loves K.M. Weiland a..."

Hah! Totally! It's honestly a little overwhelming to want to read K. M. Weiland's blog. There is sooo much content!!! She did an awesome series on the writing in Marvel movies. A lot of what she says is what I felt before but didn't know how to say.

Yes! I have so many books I want to read, but there is this annoying thing you have to do first...buy them! And unfortunately my wallet is incapable of that strain!

I know - open blog....brain shuts down - part of the reason I haven't looked at her stuff earlier is because it's so overwhelming.

Haha! I try to set aside a little 'petty cash' for books every month. A book a month keeps me sane...and my bookshelves bursting.

Thank you so much for friending me! Though, I guess this conversation is getting a little off topic from Arcrea!

Want to start another discussion? Maybe Facebook?

Allison wrote: "I know - open blog....brain shuts down - part of the reason I haven't looked at her stuff earlier is because it's so overwhelming.

Haha! I try to set aside a little 'petty cash' for books every m..."


Hey Gabriellyn - you'll have to forgive me if I cut off the conversation (I'm new to this social media stuff and have no clue what Im doing!) I just wasn't sure if we should stick to topic or whether we could talk about other subjects - maybe somebody could tell me if that's okay? Sorry!

Allison wrote: "Thank you so much for friending me! Though, I guess this conversation is getting a little off topic from Arcrea!
Want to start another discussion? Maybe Facebook?

Hey Gabriellyn - You'll have to forgive me if I abruptly cut off the conversation (I'm new to this social media stuff and have no clue what I"m doing!)) I just wasn't sure if we were supposed to stick to topic in a discussion group or whether it okay to cover different subjects - maybe somebody here could tell let let me know? Sorry - thanks!

Allison wrote: "I know - open blog....brain shuts down - part of the reason I haven't looked at her stuff earlier is because it's so overwhelming.

Haha! I try to set aside a little 'petty cash' for books every m..."

Oh! Ppl get off-topic all the time! I don't have Facebook however so I can't use that. However if you would prefer you can go to your "Friends" page and select my name. On my profile there will be an option to message me. We can talk through that if you like! I'll send you a message first!