Customer Reviews

Eldrie the Healer (The Bastard Princess, Book 1)

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is a wonderful story. Runaway princesses, search for magic, battle, death, love, heatbreak. The only bad thing about it was the death of the author 6 months after the release. So, unfortunatly, no second in the series.

I originally purchased a copy of this book out of a [sale] bin at K-Mart when I was 13. I am now 25, have looked for the sequel for years, and while I've found other books written by this author, have never found the 2nd book in the Elderie series. I think perhaps it did not sell well enough (Why??? It was GREAT!!) and the author never got back to it, or perhaps she changed her name, like Megan Lindholm changed to Robin Hobb. You know, to sort of get a fresh start. If that's the case, I've never been able to figure out what she could possibly be publishing under today. This is a great book, and though the ending does leave off on a TOTAL CLIFFHANGER, it is still well worth the read. Like the other reviewers have said, Elderie is a great, believable character, and there were several times during the course of reading this book where I wished I could magically transport myself to her world, and make the other characters stop being so mean to her!

This is such a great book and I was so sad to find out the author had died. I wonder if her family has even an outline of what she planned to write in the sequels. I just want to know what happens to Eldrie!

This was a very good read with a very human, very likeable heroine. It was well-written --- a relief, in this field. (I kept my rating to 4 stars because it doesn't approach the scope or intensity of Tolkien or Cherryh, but not everything should.) I've been looking assiduously for the sequels in the year since I bought it, until I thought to check here. It really does leave you caring what happens next. I sure hope the author gets back to this series. I can hardly wait to see how Eldrie copes with her impossible relatives and her formidable job.

Speaking as one who reads for the love of it, and one who particularly cherishes happy endings, i gave this book a possible 4 stars, the "possible" is for the fact that , i've searched for AWHILE and found no second edition, and it's driving me crazy, because the first book was so good, it left my wanting more, and there's nothing there...yet,i'm hoping that it's a yet, the first book WAS really good, it's Eldrie's adventures, through the land going through obstacles, mentaland physical , but it leaves you completely hanging ,and i really don't like that fact that i haven't heard one bit about a sequal, except for what i've read just now on the reviews...it gives me hope ::sigh::

This book is great. I love the idea of a runaway princess. I got the book when I was at a 1/2 off book sale. When I went to write to the publisher for the 2nd book. To my horror I found the series to be discontinued. Sadly Eldrie the Healer is the first and Last book to the series that wasn't to be. I still give the book 5 out of 5 stars for plot, character development and the whole 9 yards.

this is a good story and worth reading but be warned, its the first book in a broken series and ends in the middle of the story. it reaches a good breakpoint for the first part of a series but there is no book 2. not a very prolific writer but a good one, ive read all her books i can find and enjoyed them all. Taming the Forest King, Horsewoman In Godsland , and Bright and Shining Tiger.

Eldrie is spunky, independent heroine out by herself in the world who by the end of the book is forced to go back being a princess and has acquired followers. Bit a down ending because she isn't happy about it, but the book was supposed to be first of a trilogy. One of life's frustrations that there wasn't a sequel!

I will admit, I was expecting to be let down by this book, as there were so many good reviews, and then I knew that there could be no sequel as the author had died, but I decided to read it anyhow. While I enjoyed the first fifty pages, I found it dragging a little bit in the middle, as it turned into a bit of a "chick" book, where the female lead was becoming all jealous and hissy-fit-ish. However, I will not spoil it, but rest assured the last fifty or so pages are some of the best story telling i have ever read. The ending was a mindblower, like Enders Game, or Wizards First Rule... Wow!

Anyhow, this is a great little story about a roaming healer and her bodyguard and the adventures they get into as Eldrie runs from something in her past. If you see a copy in the used book store, it is well worth reading, but be prepared to suffer when you can never find out what the second book would have revealed.

Relic113

This book was very enjoyable. It was a quick read and did a very good job of setting the stage for the rest of what was supposed to be a trilogy. It is good enough to stand on it's own, but at the same time does a nice job of setting the stage for further books. The main character is a real human being with flaws and foibles but she also has a lot of nobility. The author succeeds in showing us all or almost all sides of Eldrie's personality and you end up feeling like you would want to meet and talk to her. The settings in this book are well defined as are most of the major supporting cast. This book does leave you wanting more but as it is the first book in what was supposed to be a trilogy that is one of it's jobs. I give this book a 9 only because as the first book of what was supposed to be a trilogy it has no real ending. The preview of of the proposed 2nd book does somewhat make up for this but not all the way.