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This is one of those hard cases where I can't quantify what turned me off about the series so much, just that, eventually, I lost interest and didn't feel like coming back.

I think Jennifer Fallon writes good books, they just aren't for me. I made it well over halfway through Treason Keep, but once I got distracted, I didn't feel compelled to come back. After the first book, "Medalon", was satisfactory, I resolved to continue on to the second, as I feel authors improve vastly when they get to the next step in their anthology, and I was sufficiently interested to keep that going. So I read "Treason Keep", but... I just didn't feel thrilled with following it along. I wish I had some specific, pointed critique to emphasize this, and so pass on to Jennifer, but I don't. I got two thirds of the book read, and just... stopped. It's absolutely weak criticism, but something in "Treason Keep" just removed my will to continue on.

If you've read this far, and you disagree with me about "Treason Keep", I encourage you to keep reading and go forward. I have not, but I think Jennifer Fallon is capable of putting together an excellent story - it just didn't appeal to me. That's definitely valid, and I hope she moves forward with it. I feel more people will enjoy it than those that don't, and that should be spread to all persons interested.


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Treason Keep Book Two of the Hythrun Chronicles Jennifer Fallon 9780765348678 Books Reviews

love so much!
even though this was the middle book in the series it was excellent and the story line expanded to make this a much better plot!
Great book. Had a hard time putting it down. Lots of suspense, intrigue, a true page turner.
Loved this series of books. It's nice to know that you'll be able to read the whole story - not wait for the next to be published, but the characters tie in with other series. Great read. Excellent character development and plot construction.
I loved this Trilogy. I fell in love with the Harshini! I am going to read more of Jennifer Fallon's books. I have just bought Warlord and I can't wait to start reading it tonight.
The Demon Child Trilogy is a bright spot in what I thought of as a fairly lackluster series (Hythrun Chroinicles). The demon child of legend, comes to be, although of course her reception is viewed with great mistrust because she is supposedly the daughter of a woman who is the chief Prosecutor of all things Godly.The reason is that the name Demon Child is used by the persecutors so as to put a negative label on what legend describes as a saviour of the people. (Sound Familiar) The Characters are easy to like (Or Hate) as the case may be and the story has enough colorfull characters in it to make for an enjoyable read but do so when you have the complete trilogy.
There is nothing worse than to attempt at at least some coniguituity and wind up reading book number 2 of a series which is part of a larger main series. You still have to read through the catch-up familiarization in each book but you will soon recognize the evnt and skip through it.
To conclude, first make sure you have all three of this series and then find a beach chair for a few hours. Light but enjoyable reading.
Treason Keep by Jennifer Fallon is the second novel in the Hythrun Chronicles. The first novel is Medalon (The Hythrun Chronicles Demon Child Trilogy, Book 1) and the third is titled Harshini (The Hythrun Chronicles Demon Child Trilogy, Book 3). For American readers, there may be some confusion surrounding this series. It was first published in Australia as The Demon Child trilogy and another trilogy titled The Wolfblade Trilogy; Wolfblade, Warrior, and Warlord. However, when these books migrated to America they were combined to create the Hythrun Chronicles. So, if you see this myriad of names and titles, they are all talking about the same novels.

The plot of this novel carries over from the first novel. The Demon Child has been revealed and there are various deities and factions trying to influence the Demon Child's choices and destiny. That is the main solidifying plot point of this novel; however there are a variety of sub plots mixed in as well. There are several multi-layered political sub plots, involving the Sisterhood, the Defenders, and the King of Fardohnya. The Demon Child's story, and purpose, is further explained with just the right amount of detail as to explain some questions from the first book, but also to add a few questions for the next novel as well. There are a couple minor plot elements that I am hesitant to discuss due to potential spoiler material. When all is said and done, this novel is packed full of large scale plot items, as well as smaller more intimate plot points and the balance is near perfect. It really leaves me wanting to read the next book and find out what happens.

The characters in his novel are largely the same ones that appear in the first novel. The main two make, as expected, return appearances. Tarja and R'shiel are the two who the novel focuses on. Readers are also drawn into a couple other character's stories; Princess Adrina, and Damin Wolfblade. The addition of more characters takes away from some of the limelight the `main' characters, but that may be a good thing with this book. At the start of the novel I felt myself becoming somewhat disinterested in the two main characters after they somewhat dominated the first book. With the addition of the new characters in relation to the central characters, Ms. Fallon takes some of the pressure away from the main characters while fleshing them out at the same time. R'shiel's character is really developed in his novel, as is Adrina's. However, once I finished the novel I felt myself being underwhelmed by the cast of characters. This could very well be a matter of the first book being so good that this one had unfair expectations to live up to. Simply put, aside from a minor character in this book, Mikel, the rest of the characters just didn't do overly much for me. They were well written, I just had difficulty really connecting with them and thereby by not really caring about them. Like I said, maybe I was hoping for too much.

A couple criticisms about this novel

1 - Some of the dialogue seems really out of place. There are a couple of passages in particular where once I read them they simply did not seem like they belonged in the book. Nor did they feel like they came from the characters they were supposed to come from.

2 - Much like the first book, some parts of this book felt entirely too predictable for me. I would have liked to seen the classic archetypes/clichés changed up a little to feel fresh and new. Instead, more often than not my assumptions of what was going to happen proved true.

Some positives about this novel

1 - Ms. Fallon's prose is very good. It's tight, crisp, and flows easily. I don't believe there was ever a time while reading this book that I stumbled over the prose and had to reread a sentence or section. Being that this is only her second novel, I am looking forward to seeing how she refines her prose further.

2 - I appreciated the changes in point of view during the story. They were almost always placed exactly where they should be. Meaning that once a section had served it's purpose, Ms. Fallon had no qualms about switching to another part of the story. I have read a few authors that seem to become infatuated with a certain point of view and have it run too long. That's not the case with this novel.

Overall, when all is said and done this is certainly a very good addition to the Hythrun Chronicles. It's a solid story, with solid characters. I do not thin it reaches the greatness that I felt with Medalon, it just misses on that account. But, this is certainly a book, and series I will be recommending to others. I am looking forward to the last book in this trilogy to see how it all plays out. Hopefully, there are some surprises in store.
This is one of those hard cases where I can't quantify what turned me off about the series so much, just that, eventually, I lost interest and didn't feel like coming back.

I think Jennifer Fallon writes good books, they just aren't for me. I made it well over halfway through Treason Keep, but once I got distracted, I didn't feel compelled to come back. After the first book, "Medalon", was satisfactory, I resolved to continue on to the second, as I feel authors improve vastly when they get to the next step in their anthology, and I was sufficiently interested to keep that going. So I read "Treason Keep", but... I just didn't feel thrilled with following it along. I wish I had some specific, pointed critique to emphasize this, and so pass on to Jennifer, but I don't. I got two thirds of the book read, and just... stopped. It's absolutely weak criticism, but something in "Treason Keep" just removed my will to continue on.

If you've read this far, and you disagree with me about "Treason Keep", I encourage you to keep reading and go forward. I have not, but I think Jennifer Fallon is capable of putting together an excellent story - it just didn't appeal to me. That's definitely valid, and I hope she moves forward with it. I feel more people will enjoy it than those that don't, and that should be spread to all persons interested.