On the Edge
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- ISBN13: 9780441017805
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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The Broken is a place where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is nothing more than a fairy tale.
The Weird is a realm where blueblood aristocrats rule and the might of your magic can change your destiny.
Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, the place between both worlds. A perilous being indeed, made even more so by a flood of magic-hungry creatures bent on absolute destruction.
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I wanted to like it because I like Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series but the tale isn’t captivating to me. For anyone new to Ilona Andrews I would suggest you start with Kate Daniels (Magic Bites, Magic Burns and Magic Strikes).
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I liked this tale, but I didn’t like it. At first I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t get the ga-ga buzz from reading it. It had a folksy element, which I absolutely loved. It had a well-crafted and appealing plot, which was a necessity. It had a strong, thoughtful, intelligent male hero, whom I adored. It had a headstrong, insightful, and articulate heroine, whom I…hmm.
That’s when it hit me. The female heroine wasn’t believable. She’s a twenty-two year ancient who has struck out a couple of times with relationships, and from that she knows everything there is to know about avoiding terrible relationships. Soooo unbelievable. I know that she’s had a rough time of things raising her brothers, effective, and protecting herself, but what twenty-two year ancient really learns as much as Rose has at that age? Every time I tried to imagine the lovers in my mind, I would see this 42 year ancient female with this 36 year ancient male. At one point Rose is explaining her lack of attraction to another character, who is interested in her. She knows her own mind so well, that she clarifies to him honestly how she not only doesn’t return his interest, but never will. I’m not adage she shouldn’t know her own mind, I’m just adage that no 22 year ancient is comfortable enough with herself to prompt it that well so soon upon meeting a guy. Not even psycho perverts get that kind of honesty from young women, much less a nice, handsome guy who takes an interest in the heroine’s brothers.
That’s not to say I didn’t delight in the characters or the tale, I just didn’t get the buy-in factor. That’s the only reason I bumped the stars down for what was, otherwise, an enjoyable read.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I will read this leader again. I hope she writes a sequell to this book.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
C’mon. There are some levelheaded concepts for world-building in this book. Of the same whimsical yet potentially appealing as the Kate Daniels series by this same leader. But “The Edge” does even less justice to the fantasy setting and plot than Kate Daniels.
It’s essentially one of persons “strong Celtic woman meets virile Scottish man” romance novels packed into a quarter of the space. The male lead spends a lot of time smirking (if that word isn’t really used it’s the only expression you can imagine going with the dreadful dialog) and sexually taunting the female lead. Who of course is weak-kneed with attraction (because he’s just so amazingly gorgeous) but not about to give into him so quickly. She’s got more self respect than that. Until she realizes how he just wants to protect her and that she can’t live lacking him. *sigh*
Banal dialog, weak plot, villain & hero with a contrived backstory, and scenes like…
Scenes like female lead watches male lead do shirtless sword exercises and forgets to drink her coffee.
*********SPOILER********SPOILER******** Or meets the male lead’s mother and paints walls with her (no I mean they factually paint walls), opening up to this perfect weirder about how nervous she is about meeting the parents. Do queens (basically) normally repaint their banquet halls by themselves; don’t they normally have servants for that sort of thing? Or, wait, are you trying in a contrived manner to emphasize how mummy and the additional people in the Weird is just regular folks. *********END********END********
I really sort of liked the female lead and several of the thoughts here. I just felt they were very poorly executed. And, plus, I despise romance packaged as fantasy due to the shallowest veneer of a fantasy setting or plot.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Yes, in case it wasn’t obvious, this novel does contain a romance. If that bothers you at all, please don’t read it. Readers are hard pushed to find urban fantasy that doesn’t have at least some romance in it, so if that doesn’t bother you, then continue.
On the Edge starts out with an explanation of the three worlds, Broken, Edge, and Weird. The Broken does not have any magic (our world), the edge has some, the weird has tons. We are open with some very homey characters that aren’t well off financially and are heading to wal-mart to buy new shoes. From there things start to get crazy. Rose nearly runs over a man with swords, long hair, and green eyes, and is soon bothered by a semi-stalker named William who likes children and comic books. Later, creatures are attacking the town’s inhabitants and the man Rose nearly ran over wants to marry her. All of this is mentioned on the jacket of the book, and it is pretty much the entire plot.
The things I liked about The Edge were the world building, the realistic characters, and the romance. Now, I’m not usually a huge fan of romance, but I have to say that I felt this one was more realistic then most. The “like” came a small quick, but additional than that, it was believable. The book was really feeling like a four star to me, until around page 250. After everything is solved and settled, the preparation for the huge showdown starts. That preparation takes about 50 pages, and the fight was a bit overlong as well. I ongoing to lose interest as events that the reader already witnessed were clarified to copious different characters. The mystery of William, the green eyed man, and the creatures was solved honestly early on, and the rest of the novel was just filler. Sure, they needed to hunt down the baddies and kill them, but it didn’t need to take 100 or so pages.
Another issue I had with On the Edge is it’s resemblance to the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Some may not agree, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that they were too alike for comfort. The town on the edge where Rose and family tree lives is a pretty run down southern town. The characters keep to themselves, don’t trust others, and carry shotguns. Rose’s brother changes into a lynx type creature, which is similar to Sookie’s brother. Rose works whatever jobs she can get to support herself, has previous abusive boyfriends, and possible stalkers. The similarities didn’t bother me too much, but they were there.
Aside from that, the grandfather chained in the barn was a bit much. I know the reason he exists, but to start the novel by shooting grandpa in the head because he has been out eating dogs, is a small much. The novel only mentions grandpa again once, so was the opening really necessary? The plot would have been perfectly fine if he was removed. Very weird, and a bit unsettling.
Overall, On the Edge is a excellent urban fantasy and a excellent romance. The characters are believable, and you care about what is happening to them. The writing keeps you interested, even if the plot is a bit simplistic or drags in places. Also, I don’t reflect the romance is so overpowering that urban fantasy fans will be disappointed.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5