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Crown Duel: The Crown & Court Duet, Book One
 
 

Crown Duel: The Crown & Court Duet, Book One (Hardcover)

de Sherwood Smith (Author) "THE BROKEN SHUTTER IN THE WINDOW CREAKED A warning ..." En savoir plus
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A girl in Remalna traditionally spends her Flower Day being feted, dancing with friends, and celebrating her passage to womanhood. Countess Meliara spends hers on the front lines of a war. She and her brother promised their dying father to free Remalna from the oppressive rule of Greedy Galdran and to preserve the vital Covenant with Remalna's aloof, unhuman Hill People. Courageous, stubborn Meliara, honorable and sharp-tongued, is determined to win or die fighting, and her hardships, uneasy alliances, and fondness for daring (foolhardy) tactics make anxious, unstoppable reading.

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Grade 7-10. Short-tempered and unbelievably obtuse, Countess Meliara is a prickly and hostile heroine. Her combination of ignorance and bad judgment leads her into some sticky situations, providing occasions for her to glare, slam doors, or otherwise behave like an ill-bred child while her country is being exploited by a greedy king. Long before 200 pages end, many readers will be thoroughly tired of her. Intelligent readers won't get past the huge logical gap in the prologue: the Hill Folk had such powerful magic that Mel's people made a Covenant with them rather than face a fight, so why isn't that magic used to defeat the evil king who wants to break their Covenant? (In fact, it suddenly is, 21 pointless chapters later, just as Mel wakes up to how wrong she has been, on almost the last page.) An utterly predictable plot involving battles and strategies follows, featuring stupid mistakes and incredible rescues (feisty as Mel is, she still needs a prince, actually, a marquis here, to bail her out), is unredeemed by any felicity of style: Anglicisms ("Must say, he's been decent enough"); archaisms ("mayhap," "affright," "besorceled"); and slang ("blab," "ain't," "Looks like you got eggs in those shoes") jostle uncomfortably, often in the mouths of the same characters. The action is told, rather than shown. Reluctant readers face a plot of confusing intrigue, and some difficult vocabulary. Spare me Book II.?Patricia Lothrop-Green, St. George's School, Newport, RI
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Crown Duel, Sep 19 2003
Par Jessica (California) - Voir tous mes commentaires
Crown Duel was an excellent book. It was so exciting. After the death of their father, teenage Countess Meliara Astair and her brother must forfill their promise to him and remove King Galdran from the throne of Remalna. They revolt against the king and start a war. Meliara is captures and eludes the knig and his soldiers several times. Not only must she escape the soldiers, but also death at the hands of the evil king.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Crown Duel: The Crown & Court Duet, Book I, Mai 1 2003
Par Lauren Dahl (Eagleville, PA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
A young Countess Melaria and her brother set out to do this impossible and take on the king without help to save a covenant created hundereds of years ago. This book has plenty of secrects and laughs. Smith has just enough details to give you a clear image of the world and its people but still leaves out enough to let you fill in things the way you want to. By the end of the book you'll be begging for more.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Nearly Perfect..., Fév 23 2003
Par Ms_Moody (Doylestown, PA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This is more of a note than a review: if you are even remotely interested in this book, please look for my review by Ruby Blossom also titled 'Nearly Perfect' under Court Duel (instead of Crown Duel), where I've written an extensive review that you will probably find helpful. Thank you!
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5.0étoiles sur 5 The Most Awesome I Have Ever Read!
I have read both Crown and Court Duel. I finished both in about a month. I couldn't put it down!
It's about Meliara and the fight to save her home land, Tlanth. Read more
Publié le Fév 3 2003 par Caytlyn

5.0étoiles sur 5 But I DID like this book.
I'm baccckkkk. I've decided that I'm not going to tell you about what actually happens in this book, because that would be just too practical. Read more
Publié le Jui 20 2002

2.0étoiles sur 5 If you're really board.......
This book was alright, it had a pretty cool story, but she spent all of the book bumbling around half dead, or stealing meat pies. Read more
Publié le Avril 5 2002 par Mary Ray

5.0étoiles sur 5 Ten stars - A HUNDRED stars!
Quite simply, these books are fabulous! I would recommend them to anyone who has enjoyed the works of Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley or Gail Carson Levine. Read more
Publié le Avril 2 2002 par Zoe

5.0étoiles sur 5 The Absolute COOLEST book!!!
I was with my friend at the library and we saw this book. I LOve fantasy so naturaly I read it.... I automaticly fell in love with this book, I couldn't put it down!! Read more
Publié le Mars 13 2002

5.0étoiles sur 5 Must read for any fantasy buff!
Crown Duel is one of my favorite fantasy novels.

The book centers around a poor countess named Meliara, or Mel. Read more

Publié le Mars 8 2002 par Stuart D. Katz

4.0étoiles sur 5 A New Favorite Heroine
This is a gripping story about teenage Meliara's attempts to lead a band of rebels into war against a tyrannical king and against all odds. Read more
Publié le Fév 6 2002 par Mandarin Orange

5.0étoiles sur 5 I was Wonderful, Great.....ect
I loved every min. of it couldn't Put it down after I read both of them I went looking for more of her stuff and found wrens story. I love them too. Read more
Publié le Janv. 15 2002

5.0étoiles sur 5 Wonderful
I thought this book was a really wonderful book. I loved the way the story was developed. Mel was a great main character. Read more
Publié le Janv. 11 2002 par warriorchild

5.0étoiles sur 5 Believable characters and fast paced action
Even though this book is supposedly aimed at a much younger age group (I'm in my mid-30's), I picked it up about a week ago and thoroughly enjoyed reading both it and its sequel,... Read more
Publié le Déc 27 2001 par Nancy E. Merrill

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