Customer Reviews

Wolfcry (Kiesha'ra)

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

 

 

A friend recommended me this series and I have to admit that I didn't think I would enjoy it. However, I'm glad she did recommend them because they're great books and this one especially. Oliza has to find a way to unite her families' courts and herself along the way. It's a great story of her journey.

Also, I don't feel the author is trying to 'push' anything upon her readers. She's writing a story and you don't have to enjoy the tale. I do enjoy it.

This book was everything a reader could ask for. Well hidden plots, funny comments, burning romance and an extraordinary world. I found myself nodding my head to the exceptional truths brought to light by this book. There is still a division in this world and this book depicts how things could be. It's a must read and some of the things said kept me laughing for hours afterward.

Great story.
Its hard to completely understand or remember everyone in the book but something about this book makes u want to try. I love the authors insight in this fantasy world. I love the characters. This book will have you crying and laughing and rooting for the characters. I strongly suggest you get this book. This book is for everyone adults,elders, children.

When I started this, like most of the other reviewers, i was very deeply excited to read this book, hoping for another winner. And it was... exciting? The plot kept me up all night reading to finish it, but I hated the ending comepletly.

I don't totally slander Rhodes for ending it like this, but i believe an author with her talent could have come up with a better ending to such a highly anticipated novel. It just felt wrong from the get-go. Almost every happening in the book is predictable. Oliza (the main character) ends her story so out of character its obvious. The story did not cause me as a reader to fall in love with the character she ends up choosing as her mate, and while they seem like great friends, i just can't see them together, even hypothetically. Despite my dissapointment in this book, i haven't comepletly given up, and plan on reading Rhodes' final book in the series. If you love this series like i do, i suggest you read it. Otherwise, I don't believe skipping it would hurt you at all.

I was very sad when the story started to deviate from the main characters in the first two books, however she pulled it together well and I really loved this one. It's a bit darker than the others with a great ending.

Although there are very few reviews, most have expressed their dislike for this book. I must say I'm surprised.

I will admit Wolfcry was my least favorite in the series. It is not for most of the reasons listed by others. I think Wolfcry offered brilliant perspective.

I really liked that we were finally able to meet and work with the wolves in this series. I never truly had a firm grasp of their presence in the former books. Before I begin my review, I hope that those who read it have an open mind.

Wolfcry is written from Oliza's perspective. It is the time when she must soon name her king and truly unify the avians and the serpiente. Before she has even made this decision, one of her suitors is harmed. Oliza is very uncertain as to what she is to do.

In falcondance we learn that Zane Cobriana's brother had a child. This child is half falcon and half cobra. She had been locked on the island of the falcons forever stuck in a cruel dark world. She is released from her ironically much loved prison, by falcon Nicias. This half serpent half falcon is the cousin to Oliza.

When Oliza's cousin warns her that she will do the wrong thing, Oliza does her best to make no decision. Soon after however, Oliza is abducted by the lions. Bewildered Oliza tries to escape and succeeds.

She is discovered by a lone female wolf. The wolf does not change form, but leads her to the camp of other wolves. Oliza seeks refuge there, but soon she finds she must leave when the alpha tries to harm her. She once again finds herself with the female wolf.

The two become very close friends and find refuge with the white vipers. They are welcomed and treated well. This is the part that many object to. Again I plead, keep an open mind. The wolf and Oliza fall in love, but Oliza knows she must go back and take her throne.

She is rescued by her family, but her wings are destroyed. Once again it is her cousin, Hai, who steps forward. Her cousin Hai, being half falcon possess certain magic and tells Oliza she may be able to fix her wings. Hai herself is unable to fly do to tragic events of mixing cobra and falcon blood. While fixing her wings, Oliza must participate in the magic as well. As while she does, she had visions of what will happen if she were to take the throne.

This is a very crucial part of the story that many seemed to have overlooked. Oliza doesn't run away; she goes because she must. This means she has a chance to be with the person she loves.

Wolfcry was very well written. It was an incredible story and a crucial part of the Kiesha'ra series. I recommend this book to you if you enjoyed the previous books in the series.

The fourth book in the Kiesha'ra series is narated by Oliza Shardae Cobriana, Danica and Zane's only daughter. It takes place a few months after Nicias returns from Ahnmik. Oliza is stressed because she does no know who to choose as her mate. Men from both sides of Wyverns Court are seeking her affection. Urban: a sweet understanding serpent from the dancers guild, and Marus a conservative but kind avian. Who should she chose? Shortly after Urban is nearly beaten to death for being on the avian side of Wyverns Court, Oliza is kidnapped by the lion mercenaries. She escapes, and through her journey she makes some new friends and thinks about what she will do when she returns to Wyverns Court.

There are plenty of interesting twists and turns in this book, but it is slow and confusing at times. You will definitely be shocked by the end of this book. Though not my favorite of the series I would still reccomend reading it because the events at the end of Wolfcry lead into Wyvernhail. The final Kiesha'ra book.

I got this from the library, because my eyes had been on it in the bookstore for a long time. Glad I didn't buy it. I love Amelia! Loved her since in th forest, and the previous books Hawksong, Snakecharm~ were great! I re read them over and over, but things just get completely lost here almost as much as falcondance. The end was completely unsatisfying, the way she just... practically up and left. It felt un real and surreal at the same time. It took me a good long time to get through this book which is saying something for its large font 198 pages. Love the 'befores' not this after.

I began reading with high hopes but ended up extremely disappointed. Not allow did the author throw so much information at you in some parts that you had to reread it to get all of it, but the story ended abruptly and ruined the entire story. Not only that but the message of the story seems to be that it is impossible for different cultures to live together in harmony, a sentiment as an American I refuse to share. I wouldn't recommend reading this book if it was free!

I enjoyed the preceding books in the series, Hawksong and Snakecharm; both were original and vivid, if hard to follow and somewhat halted at times. Falcondance was harder to follow, but the descriptions of Ahnmik made up for it. But Wolfcry...well, it was a disgrace.

It was the ending that disturbed me. The main character, Olivia, abdicates from the throne - and suddenly becomes a lesbian. Not only is it shocking (as there's no preceding info to foreshadow this) but it is a lazy ending to what could have been a good novel. It's obvious that Atwater-Rhodes decided to integrate some of her own beliefs (she's a lesbian) into this book, and the result was a complete disaster. A word to the wise: don't change the plot of a story so that you can preach what you think is right. It never works.