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itle: Stormbringer and Fool's GoldAuthor: Philippa Gregory
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Synopsis: Luca, Freize, Brother Peter, Isolde, and Ishraq continue their journey conducting inquiries about the end of days and trying to get Isolde's inheritance back. When 'Milord' shows up after the group meets who they believe to be a slaver and asks them to lie to find out more about counterfeiters in Venice Luca and Freize start to question the authenticity of the goals of their mission.
Other books I have read by this author: The Other Queen, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Constant Princess, The Last Tudor, The Taming of the Queen, The Queen's Fool, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Lady of the Rivers, The White Queen, The Red Queen, The Kingmaker's Daughter, The White Princess, The Red Princess, The King's Curse, The Virgin's Lover, Three Sisters, Three Queens, Changeling
My Thoughts
I accidentally bought Stormbringer first, thinking it was the first in the series, so I borrowed Changeling from the library. It was almost impossible to find Fool's Gold anywhere on its own, so I bought the reprinted version that has all 3 novels in the same book. I think this is the way to go if you are interested in reading this series because it really feels more like one continuous story than three separate novels.
Volume II, Stormbringer, is interesting at first, slow in the middle, and then picks up again at the end enough that you are still intrigued enough to continue on into volume III, Fool's Gold. In volume III the young characters begin to explore the freedom being on the road gives them. Leaving the monastery makes Luca reconsider what he wants from life. Not being held to the standards of a lady running an estate allows Isolde to dream of a life where she can choose with whom she wants to be friends.
The end of volume III wraps things up nicely but also leaves a bit of mystery to set up for the next book in the series, published this past year. I look forward to reading it soon, but will be taking a break to read something a little different first!
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I accidentally bought Stormbringer first, thinking it was the first in the series, so I borrowed Changeling from the library. It was almost impossible to find Fool's Gold anywhere on its own, so I bought the reprinted version that has all 3 novels in the same book. I think this is the way to go if you are interested in reading this series because it really feels more like one continuous story than three separate novels.
Volume II, Stormbringer, is interesting at first, slow in the middle, and then picks up again at the end enough that you are still intrigued enough to continue on into volume III, Fool's Gold. In volume III the young characters begin to explore the freedom being on the road gives them. Leaving the monastery makes Luca reconsider what he wants from life. Not being held to the standards of a lady running an estate allows Isolde to dream of a life where she can choose with whom she wants to be friends.
The end of volume III wraps things up nicely but also leaves a bit of mystery to set up for the next book in the series, published this past year. I look forward to reading it soon, but will be taking a break to read something a little different first!
Comment below if you have read this book or have suggestions for others like it!
To buy this book from Amazon now, click on the image at the top of the post.
To see more from the author, visit the website linked above
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