Saturday, January 18, 2014

Song of the Spirits by Sarah Lark and The Pianist in the Dark by Michele Halberstadt

Song of the Spirits is the second book from Sarah Lark.  It is the telling of the next generation from her original book The Land of the Long White Cloud.  Since I read and enjoyed her first book I wanted to read this second installment as well. 
 
Both books are very long.  Even I took a few days to read this book and that is saying something.  I had a bit of trouble getting into this one at first but once I got to know the new characters and got to revisit some of the characters from the first book I enjoyed it.  Seriously though, it is long. 
 
The first book spans over a long period of time but this second one devotes itself to the passing of a few years.  There were moments where it felt like it was dragging on but then there were moments where I couldn't wait to see what happened. 
 
Amazon review here and here is the review from the first book.  I am not sure if I ever wrote anything about that one.
 


The Pianist in the Dark took some getting into.  By the time I finally got the jist of what the story was going to be about I was surprised to find I was almost halfway through already.  This was a short book and not one of my favorites. 

It takes place way back in the day with Austrian society and talk of the Empress and what have you. The premise of the book sounded good and since it was free at the time I downloaded it.  I wish we could have had a bit more detail and a little less vagueness.  I honestly whipped through this book in just a couple hours and wasn't sad when it was done.  Either way, I read it through and since I like to keep track of what I am reading in case of any *gasp* Kindle malfunction here it is.

Amazon review here.

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