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The Burning Stone (Crown of Stars #3)

Kate Elliott

Paperback | Pages: 801 pages

Rating: 3.84 | 4914 Users | 93 Reviews

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Title	:	The Burning Stone (Crown of Stars #3)
Author	:	Kate Elliott
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 801 pages
Published	:	August 1st 2000 by Daw Books (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. High Fantasy. Magic. Epic

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Set in an alternate Europe where bloody conflicts rage, the third book of the Crown of Stars epic fantasy series continues the world-shaking conflict for the survival of humanity

It is a crucial time in the war-torn kingdoms of Wendar and Varre, a moment when even one wrong decision can tilt the balance of events into total disaster. For Sanglant--King Henry's son--and Liath--the woman he loves--the offer of both a haven from their enemies and the chance for Liath to study the ancient lore with those who claim her as their own, seems like the answer they have been seeking. But no place can truly be safe for them. Both their lives and their love will be at risk when they are forced to choose which pathway each will follow--lured by the equally strong demands of politics, forbidden knowledge, and family.

Liath, born with a dangerous power beyond her control, is torn between her longing for Sanglant and the child they are about to have and the call of sorcery, which can open the way into the land of the Aoi, the Lost Ones. And even as Liath struggles with magic's seductive spell, Sanglant's Aoi mother returns to the mortal world, seeking the son she abandoned as a babe.

As the fates of kingdoms shift with the changing fortunes of those caught up in the dangers of both civil war and continuing attacks by the nonhuman Eika and the Quman invaders, time is running out for Liath, Sanglant, King Henry, and the people of Wendar and Varre. For the time of cataclysm is fast approaching--and no one can foretell who will survive--or rule--when it is over....

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Original Title:	The Burning Stone
ISBN:	0886778158 (ISBN13: 9780886778156)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Crown of Stars #3

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So a lot happens in this book and at a pretty good rate. With so many reveals going on, you have to work hard to put it down each night.I can hardly wait to continue with the next book.

Alain remains a bro. That ending with the lady of battles doesn't bode well for him though. Tallia though - what a dick. I feel bad for her, especially after she "marries" Conrad, but there's nothing likeable about her. I hope Alain gets lucky with the Kerayit princess. Dude needs a win. Hanna also remains a bro. I really enjoyed Zacharias and Kansi-a-lari. I want to see more of the Aoi, and I think Zacharias was a good point of view to give me that. The whole Quman plot felt like it came out of

Book three of Crown of Stars introduces Zacharias as the new viewpoint character to help hold the book together as a separate unit. His story is largely passive, as he follows Sanglant's mother, who re-enters after her exit in the original prologue. He also doesn't get nearly as much time as Anna did, but it is put to good use introducing elements that are important later, and Zacharias develops nicely through the book.Liath continues to be the main center of interest, and also holds the book

I enjoyed the first two books of Crown of Stars, the first one enough so that I paid actual money to read the second one, and I really enjoyed Prince of Dogs. But this one, not so much. I didn't even finish it, it just got to be too much too much. The plot was sprawling all over the place, too many characters in too many places with too many subplots. I got about halfway through and thought there is no way I'm reading another 300 pages of this. Sorry Kate, you lost me on this one.

This is more a 4.5/5, but I'm rounding up because I find this series so fascinating and wonderfully refreshing. Dare I say it, I'm enjoying more than Game of Thrones, perhaps because women are not completely marginalized in this society so their character growth isn't forced to primarily stem from fighting for position in a "man's world". Don't get me wrong, I love many of the female characters in GRRM's world, but it's nice to read a story where they naturally have power in their own right.

While I enjoyed the overall story, this book really dragged. So many paragraphs about the mathemateci's calculations, how the stars do or don't move, (that's just one example)... I kept thinking, "Can we please get on with this?" I am not sure I'll read the next book... I love Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, so it's not that I can't handle a long book, but in this series, the story drags. There are so many characters, and the story hops among them without warning you who it is you're now

3.75 rounding up, thanks to Part 2The Burning Stone is the third book in the Crown of Stars fantasy series and this is the tale of two parts. While I was glad to be back in this medieval themed world, it got off to a rather questionable start with me. The book is divided into two rather equal parts and Part One was not going down especially well as far as I was concerned. There was too much of a focus on the romance between Liath and Sanglant, a pairing that has always felt flat to me to begin