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| Original Title: | Havemercy |
| ISBN: | 0553806963 (ISBN13: 9780553806960) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Havemercy #1 |
| Characters: | Margrave Royston |
| Literary Awards: | Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee for Best Novel (2009) |
Jaida Jones
Hardcover | Pages: 388 pages Rating: 3.63 | 2645 Users | 236 Reviews
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This stunning epic fantasy debut introduces two exciting new authors—and a world brimming with natural and man-made wonders, extraordinary events, and a crisis that will test the mettle of men, the boundaries of magic, and the heart and soul of a kingdom.Thanks to its elite Dragon Corps, the capital city of Volstov has all but won the hundred years’ war with its neighboring enemy, the Ke-Han. The renegade airmen who fly the corps’s mechanical, magic-fueled dragons are Volstov’s greatest weapon. But now one of its members is at the center of a scandal that may turn the tide of victory. To counter the threat, four ill-assorted heroes must converge to save their kingdom: an exiled magician, a naive country boy, a young student—and the unpredictable ace who flies the city’s fiercest dragon, Havemercy. But on the eve of battle, these courageous men will face something that could make the most formidable of warriors hesitate, the most powerful of magicians weak, and the most unlikely of men allies in their quest to rise against it.
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| Title | : | Havemercy (Havemercy #1) |
| Author | : | Jaida Jones |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 388 pages |
| Published | : | June 24th 2008 by Spectra (first published January 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Dragons. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fiction. LGBT. Romance. M M Romance |
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Ratings: 3.63 From 2645 Users | 236 ReviewsWeigh Up Appertaining To Books Havemercy (Havemercy #1)
Rating: 4.5 points, actuallyI dont really know what to write for this review but I guess the fact that I decided to type it in MS Word at 0.34 am right after finishing the novel says something: that I could not sleep after finishing a book that had elicited so many emotions from me.Ive been a huge fan of the Shoebox project (those who know about it, know that Jaida Jones is one of the writers there) and this book was recommended to me with the words: well, there are steampunk dragons in it and aI was so disappointed with this book. I wanted to love it. I've very much enjoyed the authors' previous work, and the concept of Havemercy was so interesting. But not one female character. Not one. There's a woman who is either raped or wasn't, and is slut shamed and harassed either way - all offstage; it's just a plot point. There's a shrew mother-in-law who faints a lot. There's a little girl for a couple of paragraphs, who cries a lot. There's someone's ex girlfriend, who shows a little
I came here for the steampunk dragons, but the human interpersonal drama took all the page space. 100% more steampunk dragons 2k15!!!!
I wanted to care for this book. I really did. But it turned out to be a big disappointment.First of all, I could not stand "the society's" (Volstov's) view of women. Granted, I've read what Jaida and Danielle had to say about this and what they've said makes sense. The book is told from the perspective of four male characters. None of them have the need to comment on the role of women, but simply put, I just did not, could not, enjoy reading about a society where women were portrayed as cows,
Decent fantasy story with mecha dragons, which should have been a winning formula in my book, but the writing is sub-standard and there are too many characters with far too little characterization. I saw the twist at the end coming from a mile away, and the rest of the book lacked suspense. The gay characters seemed very seme/uke to me, and not engaging at all.Furthermore I was incensed at the portrayal of female characters. Once again you get this bizarre apologist internalized misogyny from
I really had such high hopes for this book. I know so many people who really loved it. But after getting through more than a third of the book and finding no plot in particular and not even the foreshadowing of a plot on the way, my desire to read on has become equally evanescent. I liked the May-December romance that seemed to be budding, but it was given thin page space between all the stuff with the Dragon Corps, which was, frankly boring. How do you make dragons boring? Probably by not
The latest I've read in The Series I've Been Reading Mostly Backwards, for Unknown Reasons.After reading #4, and then #3, I suspected that I really should have read #1 first, in order to be properly introduced to the characters.After reading it, I was correct.Many vaguenesses are now explained. I do feel much more familiar with the characters.However, while the book was entertaining and fun, it still wasn't great. Perhaps as a result of having two separate authors, I felt this was really two
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