Destiny: Book Three of The Blending Enthroned [Mass Market Paperback]

Sharon Green (Author)

Book Description

Series: Blending Enthroned | Publication Date: April 2, 2002

Even with their combined Elemental powers over Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Spirit and Sight, Lorand, Rion, Tamrissa, Vallant, Jovvi, and Naran are hard-pressed to defend Gandistra against both its internal and external enemies.

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About the Author

Sharon Green is the author of more than two dozen novels, including the five books of her tremendously popular series, The Blending. She lives in Tennessee.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Eos (April 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380812959
• ISBN-13: 978-0380812950
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Easily the worst of the eight book series., April 19, 2002

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Jonathan Burgoine "bookseller" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Destiny: Book Three of The Blending Enthroned (Mass Market Paperback)

The original five book series "The Blending," was a fun, witty, and enjoyable read. The characters were interesting, and their complicated relationships, and continual misunderstandings were amusing and trying all at the same time. By the end of the five books, you were content with where the characters had reached.

Then the sequel trilogy. The Blending Enthroned, book one and two, showed a marked decrease in the writing quality from the first five. The descriptive text was gone, replaced by conversation: no longer did you read wonderful descriptions of rich tapestries, instead, two characters had forced and awkward conversations along the lines of: "Oh Gosh, Tamma, notice the fine tapestries!" "Why yes, Jovvi, they seem so rich and pretty." It was actually painful.

Book three continues this trend, and worsens it. Plot is replaced with the six Blendingmates merely discovering more and more inherent powers, they blast their way through any trouble, and their conversations are nothing more than praise fests and mutual agreement. One character comes up with a plan, the rest praise him for it. One character does something, the rest swarm the individual with praise. Again, it's painful.

Still, from love of the original five, I finished this trilogy. I shouldn't have even started it: the ending of this story is contrived, and outright Deus ex Machina! Everything about this book is contrived, from language, to plot, to ending. It was thouroughly disappointing.

It's unfortunate. The original five books were wonderful, and with the minor exclusion of a few plot details that polished up a character or two, there wasn't anything in this book that was worth the price. Do go read the first five, but stop there.

'Nathan

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stupid Ending to a Plodding Series, May 14, 2002

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Giles Krandrannon "Seer of Destiny" (NASSAU Bahamas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destiny: Book Three of The Blending Enthroned (Mass Market Paperback)

When I first discovered Sharon Green, reading her 'Blending' series I was thrilled. I liked the way that the five aspects came together and created this powerful entity that was able to accomplish much more than separate individuals could. I also liked the antagonism of the nobles against the peasants, and although one could see that they would win out in the end with the nobles being deposed, I was still interested enough to keep reading.

Sadly to say her next series, 'The Blending Enthroned', faded faster than a dream. For one thing her characters DID NOT grow up from the first series. They still had all of these constant bickerings and fights, insecurities, and immaturity. Didn't they resolve all of these issues in the first series? Why go through them painfully again? The writing was also childish. Why have the characters say, "don't be surprised about what we've discovered and what I'm about to say", then in the next line have they exclaiming in surprise, mouths wide open and eyebrows arched replying, "how can that be, I'm so surprised"! This is very frustrating writing to plod through.

Redundancy after redundancy. All of the characters were poorly constructed, with Tamrissa being the worst becoming an overly aggressive, self-rightoues twit. I personally like to drink tea but seeing EVERYBODY on EVERY page drinking tea grated on my nerves. IS THERE NOTHING ELSE IN THIS WORLD TO DRINK! Why were we subjected to this over and over like a club bashing in our heads. If this is what keeps the writer writing good for her but why subject us to all of this tea swilling. I found myself wanting to hold each and every one of the characters down and pour tea down their throats until they drowned in it.

Lastly, the ending. BAD is the one word that I can use. BAD! BAD! BAD! and a let down in my estimation, seemingly rushed through, poorly constructed and thoroughly disappointing!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This was a little rushed...., June 24, 2002

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Joe (Mass, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Destiny: Book Three of The Blending Enthroned (Mass Market Paperback)

As I was reading this book, I got the feeling that this was going to be another 5 book series. It sure feels like it when you get 3/4 of the way through the third book and nothing is really resolved. Boy does that "ending" sure sneak up [...]!!! I swear she wrote this book, got half way done, and was told she had to end the series with this book. The ending is that contrived. I loved her first 5 books and found them to be innovative and interesting, and I really enjoyed her first 2 books of this series (I was looking forward to this book for over a year), and feel that there was so much more that could have been done. Damn, I finished the book just 5 minutes ago and it's like ash in my mouth. She better write some more to finish this off correctly (she didn't even get into the original 4 and why 5 were needed to stop them [...]. It had a good deep feeling, but lost it in the end.