Jayne Faith

I usually write actual reviews but I am too pissed off to form my notes into a review. Have fun with my notes
initial murder accusation, foot shackle, forced to switch departments and all this time she is treated worse than shit. Shit at least gets a toilet.
forced to join the coven, forced to swear to the coven
and the entire time she keeps her mouth shut
WHYYYY????
She just takes it all. 404 backbone not found.
She never actually tries to do research on any of the incredibly important issues she has either.

She doesn't say anything about the huge daemon she sees beyond the rift. WTF?

Her best friend just does the exact same thing she leaves her husband for doing and no one realizes it? Join a new coven! Get rich quick! More like get sacrificed quick. And she ignores every sign this is a very bad idea. coven leader forces her best friend against her will into a contract, then literally opens rifts into a hell dimension to harvest its energy and she doesn't think there is anything wrong with any of that?


The worst part is how the entire coven thing will almost certainly end up with the MC finding her "home" and being accepted and relying on each other and all that YA clicée bullshit. I wanna puke.

the end with the daemon thingies is a horrible plothole, deus ex machina

The entire thing with her uncle stinks to high heaven. Summoning thousands of assassin daemons and the authorities don't try to shut him down? I am certain the entire thing will be forgotten in the next book.
… (mais)

It was a very well put together, solid SciFi story. The story moves along at a wonderfully fast pace, introducing lots of characters, yet explaining each one so that they have their own voice. The main character of the book is a youg woman, just coming of age, named Maya; who lives with her mother and disabled (blind) sister-who she protects. The Selection is a process, whereby those who come of age must be presented to the Over Lord and certain select women are picked to “service” the Lord however he see fit. The woman who was selected from Maya’s clan, dies suddenly and Maya is named in her place to be presented to the Lord and to do whatever he desires. She’s questioning many things in her life and the story continues to tell her saga, through the process of living with the Lord. I think this books is suitable for audiences ranging from young adult to older. Perfectly written and the author writes in such a wonderfully descriptive manner, you grow very fond of the characters in this book very quickly. I would highly recommend to any SciFi/Fantasy fan.… (mais)