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Raven's Strike

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The Traveler Seraph must use all her cunning and ability as a Raven mage to track down an unimaginable force of destruction known as the Shadowed.
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Release dateDec 6, 2011
ISBN9781101538623
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Raven's Strike
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Patricia Briggs

#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs lives in Washington State with her husband, children, and a small herd of horses.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Didn't like this one as much as the first -- Raven's Strike. There was enough action and it was nice having several characters from the first book, which I really liked, but this one had too much explanation of the magic. It had pages devoted to how it worked, why this worked and that didn't, why this one could use this magic and that one couldn't. Etc. While I have to admit that the detail made the book richer, it also slowed it down a lot.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Best book I've read by author (I've read them all), w mix of love, adventure, magic, mystery, suspense, tragedy, comedy relief, Heros and villains,
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Second book of the travelers of Colossae.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good but different than her Merciverse stories. It somehow flows differently. It’s almost a thematic prelude to the Merciverse.
    Also, it had significant playback issues (iPhone 6S).
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I don't mind saying that I was a bit disappointed. I think this story and these characters had a lot of potential. I didn't think the first book was particularly great but I liked it anyway and I can't say the same for this one. The cheesy villain dialog during the final battle made me sad and the constant 'ravens are different, this is how ravens are, ravens ravens ravens' being shoved down my throat got tiresome early on. The plot twists were NOT twists for me as I predicted them early on. I spent a lot of the book bored.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book is a continuation of the storyline from Raven's Shadow. I like Patricia Briggs writings from her urban fantasy so I thought I'd try her regular fantasy novels. I wasn't disappointed and enjoyed the plot continuation, more explanation of the levels of fantasy in this book. I always hate reading info thrown in for those that may be reading this book without reading the first book so I was skipping over some parts.. I think this is what brought on the 'slow' feeling at the beginning of the book. The ending was a bit fast paced and I felt that there may have been some more room for details but overall I'd recommend this series and this author in general!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Well written and fun; natural dialogue and well-made worlds for interesting characters to play in. The duology of Raven's Shadow and Raven's Strike, with a really interesting and I think unique structure of magic. My only issue with these books at all is that she always uses the word "quit" - "He quit talking"; "She quit asking". It always seems too modern an idiom to me, and nudges me out of her world a little; just once I'd love her to say "stopped" or "ceased" or anything else in the thesaurus... Regardless, I love Patricia Briggs.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Very creative and entertaining. I liked the use of the whole family being "gifted" and working together to take care of paranormal business.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Seraph is one of the last of the Travellers, people who try to destroy dark magic and she thinks she's done with the job until the evil comes to vist her and her family. She's back to work trying to defeat the evil and it's an interesting ride.I enjoyed the read and I'm looking forward to reading it again.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I don't like it quite as much as Raven's Shadow - it gets to be a bit too big, too world-saving. But even while they're saving the world the characterization is spot-on and fascinating. The first parts are no more major than Shadow - like saving Tier, they have to deal with monsters on the way home and invading Redern. Tier finds he's got after-effects of the Path's spells. Then Phoran shows up - his problem wasn't as solved as he thought, either. A lucky find tells them where the next steps are; after a well-written journey, they find a lot more than they bargained for. But even in the climactic battle, Tier and Seraph's feelings for their family and the reciprocal feelings (especially from Jes) play a major part in determining the action. And the Shadowed's lack of understanding of that is the best weapon they have. I don't know if it's a permanent solution - the Stalker still wants free - but with the Orders freed the leaks will be less. I wonder if destroying the mermori would help, too? And without a teacher in the city - I don't know if he needed that as a starting point or if he could have touched the Stalker without help. Dunno - but even if that particular danger is gone, there are still lots of interesting stories in that world. Stories I'd love to see, someday.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This ends the two book series about the family of Tier and Seraph in the world of the Empire and the Travelers. Again, a book that starts slowly, and seems to meander a bit. It fills in the life of the people and the world very nicely, so there is a more real texture to this world than in some of the other books. I like that this set of books is _not_ about the hero or heroine saving the world, or their corner of it. It is about a whole family, with the hero and heroine being "old married folk." That right there is a paradigm shift from most heroic fantasy. This is darker than the first volume, with some striking ideas about libraries and attitudes towards books - the library was almost another character. This picks up within weeks of where the other left off, with more magic than the previous book. Solid sword and sorcery tale, but not as compelling as some of the others she's written.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The second half of Brigg's duology gives a big payoff for all the (somewhat slow) world building she does in Raven's Shadow. The action picks up and the characters start to "pop" a lot more. I've read Brigg's later works, and I think that she's gotten more skilled at telling tight stories - this one feels like some of her later work. Recommended.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Seraph and Tier saved the the Emperor, the empire and the world in Raven's Shadow.... Except they didn't. Their battle with the Shadowed was simply a skirmish. They succeeded in delaying him and saving the Emperor, but they don't get long to bask in the afterglow. Returning home the family discovers that the Shadowed has preceded them bearing plagues and calling dark creatures to threaten the townsfolk. The Emperor's Memory still haunts him, which may cause him to lose his head - literally, and if that isn't enough, Tier's Order is disintegrating. If they are to really save Tier, the Emperor, and the world, they'll have to find the lost city of Colossae, identify the Shadowed, and face the stalker for once and for all.Briggs ties up a lot of loose ends and while the plot still winds around and threads don't always tie together perfectly, once again, the action makes up for most of the holes and her characters are great.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Follow up to Raven's Shadow and finishing the story.Tier and Seraph et al go to Colossae, kill the shadowed, save the day and they mostly get to live happily ever after. There are a few nice twists and turns, but some are a little laboured and obvious. Still a fun, light read and worth the time.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Taking up where Raven shadow left off we begin the quest to stop the villian.