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The Coming Storm Kindle Edition

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Elon of Aerilann finds the fragile treaty between his people - the elves - dwarves, and men under threat. By who? And why? Ailith, Heir to Riverford, may hold the key. Can he convince the High King and Council to act before it's too late? At what cost...?

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply superb, surpassing J.R.R T' by a country mile!! 26 Jun 2012By Clive ButterfieldFormat: Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified PurchaseValarie Douglas has just become one of my favourite authors! "The Coming Storm" is not a really good book, it's a GREAT book! Yes, it's a tale of Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Goblins etc, Yes I know Tolkien is the benchmark. But to my mind, if Valerie Douglas had written this book first, Tolkien would have had to up his game to get published. I found the plot made sense, the characters we meet are relevant and help to move the story forward, sideways and sometimes backward...
If it is the point of a book, that having started you want to finish it, then having read it, you don't want the story and characters to cease. Then by that benchmark, this is a great piece of work. I have my Kindle set to show me what percentage I am through the book I am reading. Valerie is one of those authors where you see that you are, say 52% and you cry because even though it is a long story, I didn't want it to finish and at 52% I was already saddened that I was over halfway through what was becoming and now is one of my favourite books. There are no spoilers here, no reference or hint at events. If you read my review considering whether to get this book. Please, please take my advice, do yourself a favour and read it!

Review: The Coming Storm by Valerie Douglas
Posted on 21/05/2018 by Hannah SteenbockIt all began on Facebook. I don't even remember who started the thread.
We were talking about horses in real life, and horses in stories and Valerie mentioned Smoke, a horse in one of her stories. A stubborn gelding with personality and grit, and I thought I'd really like to read that tale.
And so I bought "The Coming Storm", and started reading it on my vacation, a few days ago.
It starts out deceptively slow. It even takes a few chapters before we meet Storm and then he's just the annoying horse of a friendly side character.
Naturally, he's annoying one of the main characters, and a few chapters later, Storm saves her life. And he does more. He takes Ailith to the man who will become her best friend and ally, and he carries her through many adventures and close scrapes.
Of course, there's also much traveling, tension and terror, a terrible threat and fierce battles, as well as magic. There are Elves, Dwarfs, and Men, a High King and Wizards, there are politics and intrigue, and there is unspeakable evil.
There is everything that matters in an epic fantasy tale, and more. There is even a dragon, although I won't say more than that about it.

For more detail, you will simply have to read the book. But be prepared. You will need some tissues at the end, and you will need to go to Amazon and buy the sequel.
Fair warning.
Enjoy.

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The mother bear had put up a terrible fight to save her cubs, as such will do when their young were threatened. All around the clearing the dirt was torn up, the underbrush crushed and the trees marked with blood and fur. It had been a valiant but futile effort on the part of the bear. Little remained of her and her offspring except for the blood, the shattered bones and a few traces of offal. They stank but not nearly as much as the reek of something else, something that chilled Elon's blood.
"Kobold," he said, quietly into the unnatural silence of the wood, mute testimony to the fact that the predators that had done this still remained somewhere near.
They hadn't reckoned on kobolds. Although there had been reports of something killing down here, they'd thought it was perhaps a young orc or a boggart. So far from the borderlands, it would've been more likely by far to be a rogue bear.
It wasn't the bear that had gone rogue.
Every sense was alert, his eyes as much on the destruction here as on the least twitch of a branch against the breeze.
Around him, the eyes of the other Hunters scanned everywhere, down in the shadows, up into the branches and all around. Bows were strung and arrows were notched against what they couldn't see.
"Aye," Colath said, kneeling in the dirt next to a particularly noxious heap of offal and scat. Looking up, he gave Elon a significant look. "More than one."
Elon looked closer, not that he had any doubts as to true-friend's assessment. The signs were unmistakable. The coldness in his belly spread. Colath, his true-friend, paxman and most trusted companion, was vulnerable down there. Especially to kobolds, who ran low to the ground.
"Kobolds don't travel in packs. Something's wrong here. Get back in the saddle, Colath, and quickly."

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004WLOBG2
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 13, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2397 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 726 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1729380115

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Award-winning author Valerie Douglas is a prolific writer and genre-crosser, much to the delight of her fans. She reads and writes classic fantasy, romance, suspense, and as V.J. Devereaux, erotic romance. Who knows what will pop up down the road? She's faced challenging times with grace and optimism.

She's written 32 novels that reflect her eclectic tastes - from high fantasy (the Author Shout Recommended Read) Coming Storm series, as well as Song of the Fairy Queen, to historical fantasy - the Servant of the Gods series - to mysteries, thrillers, westerns, and romantic suspense. She writes books for adults with rich character and plot-driven stories.

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Great intent, poor execution

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2022

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Starting with the positive: Overall, I really like the world building and storyline. The characters are diverse and there is enough action to keep the story moving.

There are lots of editing misses, though, and they are sometimes jarring enough to pull you out of the story. Misspelling is one issue, but the most annoying is the constant repetition of certain actions and adjectives. If I had a nickel for every time someone smothered a grin, for example, I would be wealthy by the last page. Discordant magic is another, as is a wry grin. The constant appearance of these and other favorite descriptors ruined what would otherwise have been a fantastic read. If the author had invested in a good editor, this book could easily have been 5 stars.

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Donna K. Fitch

Compelling Heroic Fantasy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 4, 2011

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The Coming Storm is the most compelling book I've read in a long time. I realize that's a gushy way to start a review, but as a long-time reader of fantasy novels, I'm comparing it to the often cliched books of the same type.

Regardless of genre, Valerie Douglas has created a realistic and internally consistent world of compelling characters. I like strong female characters, and Ailith is certainly that. She's heroic without being annoying. She doesn't succeed at everything she does, and is well aware of her faults, but her strength of will and devotion to her friends is touching. My heart ached for her tribulations and rejoiced with her triumphs.

Her companions are well-suited to her. Elon, Colath and Jalila are Elves, Jareth is a human Wizard. The Elven society is intriguing, making me want to know more of it close up. Elon is wise, noble and caring, but not in such a way that makes him seem too perfect. These are people you would like to spend more time with. I'm anxious to read the next book.

A slight negative--about two-thirds of the way through, I began noticing some typographical errors such as omitted words, as if there were some missed sections in editing. These errors were noticeable because the rest of the book is so well edited. Still, I have to give it such a high rating because of the compelling story, endearing characters and noble, selfless actions that had me cheering and crying.

The Coming Storm is an excellent read. I look forward to further adventures of these five heroes.

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EK

Compelling, Engaging and Brilliant

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 7, 2013

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Of all the fantasy books that I have read, 'The Coming Storm' is without doubt the best so far. The story is so well crafted and formulated that it grips you from the very first page and doesn't let you go until you have read the entire series. This is the first time that I've been completely immersed in a book that captivated me body, mind and soul. The story is brilliant, the writing style is superb and the characters are very real. The theme flows fluidly, swiftly in some places and with grace and bravado in others. I normally give a brief synopsis` of each book I read but in this case, with all the reviews, I don't deem it necessary. This book has it all, a truly great story, the portrayal of very real characters, intense scenes and gripping passages, everything a truly good fantasy should have; something to get your teeth into. Exceptionally well written by a very gifted writer, it delivers a story that is both enthralling and thoroughly captivating. I have just started a Convocation of Kings and it also shows great promise. I would personally like to thank the author for the hours of sheer enjoyment that I derived from reading 'The coming Storm' and hope that Ms. Douglas will continue to write books of this genre so we may enjoy the sheer brilliance of her literary gift. EK

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bluewynd

so so

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2013

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The first time I tried to read this I stopped after first chapter or two. It just did not hold my interest. a year? later I went back and read the whole thing. After a slow beginning it picked up pace and I was really enjoying it, then I started to really notice the repeats. the fact that it takes this auther 5 pages to say something that she said in the first page--boring and page flipper. the fact that she repeats the "I miss you so much, but now we have to be separated. followed by big event (fill in catured or battle schene) that goes on about losing for pages until guess what, heroine or hero saves the day. then they (the basic characters) are reuntited. wash, rinse repeat. about 4 times. the characters were some what developed but not enough. the plot was run fight run, and the bad guy is coming.
I didn't like the ending, but realise it was a set up for the next book.
which I can not see myself reading!
I found myself wishing this book had been better written(needed editing)with different plots, and more character devleopment. This book was not bad, but diffinately not good . just so so.

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bookworm

Gripping, exciting, heartfelt and a must read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2012

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The Coming Storm series is one of the best story-lines I've ever read and that's saying a lot for a bookworm like me. I was invested in the wonderful characters she created until they felt like old friends (even the horses - Storm and Sport). Breathtaking discriptions of the land, caverns and especially the elven communities, gripping battle scenes, duplicitous politics, magic, love, you name it - it's here. Couldn't put it down, I read the four books one after the other and hated to see it end.

One complaint only. Better proofreading please. By the third book the typos / errors were driving me kinda nuts and would disrupt the flow of the scene. For example, "He wished he's know if sooner." instead of "He wished he'd known it sooner." or "Nor was North Plainfield wasn't the only stop..." A little irritating, but the story was so engrossing and fascinating I kept reading anyway.

I hope Ms. Douglas will continue with this series as I'd like to get to know Alon, Misha and the twins better, and revisit old "friends". READ THIS SERIES!!!

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Clive Butterfield

Simply superb, surpassing J.R.R T' by a country mile!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 26, 2012

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Valarie Douglas has just become one of my favourite authors! Previously I read "Not Magic enough" and "Setting Boundaries" by her. Now I don't know, because I have not bothered to ask, but these could have been her first published works. In any event I reviewed them giving only a 3 star rating, but I did have the feeling she had what it took to write a really good book. (See my other reviews). Well I was wrong. "The Comming Storm" is not a really good book, it's a GREAT book! The character development, which I had felt missing from the earlier books, was strong, consistent and although in this genre everything is fictional, they are believable. The interaction between the 3 main characters which drive the plot and the 2 almost main characters who come in and out of our focus during the story is wonderfully created. Yes it's a tale of Elves, Humans, Dwarves, Goblins etc, Yes I know Tolkien is the benchmark. But to my mind if Valarie Douglas had written this book first, Tolkien would have had to up his game to get published. I found the plot made sense, the characters we meet are relevant and help to move the story forward, sideways and sometimes backwards, making references to what seemed like incidental events in her previous books in the series and filling huge gaps that had made those stories weaker and incomplete.
If it is the point of a book, that having started it you want to finish it, then having read it, you don't want the story and characters to cease. Then by that Benchmark this is a great piece of work. I have my Kindle set to show me what percentage I am through the book I am reading. Valerie is one of those authors where you see that you are, say 52% and you cry because even though it is a long story, I didn't want it to finish and at 52% I was already saddened that I was over half way through what was becoming and now is one of my favourite books. There are no spoilers here, no reference or hint at events. If you read my review considering whether to get this book. Please, please take my advice, do yourself a favour and read it!

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Julie Ann UK

A wonderful book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 15, 2012

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An amazing book about Elves,Drawfs,Wizards and Magic. I did't want to put the book down,i was pulled into the magical world of that great genre, Fantasy. I can't wait to read book 2,i need to know how my friends go on :)

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kimmy0ne

a convocation of kings

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 29, 2012

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A fantastic fantasy novel I could not put down, The characters stayed with me after I finished the book, I wished I'd had
friends like them.

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Kindle Customer

Dear oh dear

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 21, 2012

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I wanted to enjoy this story, I really did, as the premise wasn't half bad. What I didn't enjoy was the constant repetition, the vast quantities of exposition, and the head-hopping between characters until I wasn't certain who was doing what. Not only that, but why-oh-why keep banging on about how crap humans are in comparison to Elves? It would have been nice if the author tried to make some of the humans worthwhile, or even likable. But no, we're treated to a constant drone about Elvish/Dwarfish superiority - as if we could forget.

It's basically a mish-mash of every bad fantasy novel I've ever attempted to read. Please, get an editor on board, learn how to write a tight POV, and get to grips with 'show' not 'tell'.

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