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Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Symphony of Ages #1)

Elizabeth Haydon

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 656 pages

Rating: 3.96 | 18617 Users | 556 Reviews

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Original Title:	Rhapsody: Child of Blood
ISBN:	0812570812 (ISBN13: 9780812570816)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Symphony of Ages #1

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The brilliant new saga is born ... Rhapsody is a woman, a Singer of some talent, who is swept up into events of world-shattering import. On the run from an old romantic interest who won't take no for an answer, Rhapsody literally bumps into a couple of shady characters: half-breeds who come to her rescue in the nick of time. Only the rescue turns into an abduction, and Rhapsody soon finds herself dragged along on an epic voyage, one that spans centuries and ranges across a wonder-filled fantasy world-- a world so real you can hear the sweet music of Rhapsody's aubade and smell the smoldering forges deep within the Cauldron.

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Title	:	Rhapsody: Child of Blood (Symphony of Ages #1)
Author	:	Elizabeth Haydon
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 656 pages
Published	:	June 15th 2000 by Tor Fantasy (first published September 4th 1999)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. High Fantasy. Epic Fantasy

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4.0 to 4.5 stars. A wonderful beginning to a great trilogy. Love the characters, especially Achmed and Grunthor. Great emotional resonance among the players and an excellent plot.

I absolutely adore this series. The characters are great, the world-building is AMAZEBALLS, and even my dad likes it (and my dad hates everything except LOTR).

Second ReviewRead: January 2, 2012 - January 13, 20122.5 - 3 starsSecond Review in progressI reread this book for Romance Lovers for the Challenge-Impaired Group Series Read in order to refresh my memory to properly read Book 2. Having been exposed to much of the story and knowing what to expect, this read went more smoothly for me. I was less impatient. I was able to get a better feeling for the world-building. I appreciated the mythology. I found the magic system as interesting and as flawed

All of my original opinions from my status update still stand. I made it to page 50 and officially had to give up. I found myself skimming to try to block out some of the horrible cheesiness, and still I got tired of the taste of bile in the back of my throat from where I kept trying not to vomit from the totally false character interactions & the awful hyperbole. I stole this from "Jocelyn Zombie's" review, because it was oh, so perfect that I couldn't have said it better myself:"The Ugly:

The primrose, usually the first flower of spring (from the Latin prima), represents enduring love. In the Language of Flowers, it means I can't live without you. It tells your significant other, I am yours forever.★★★★½ The world-building in this epic romantic-time-travel-fantasy is superior, the characters wonderful. Some people find Rhapsody, the heroine, to be too much of a Mary Sue if that is even possible for someone with her back ground! I found her delightful and felt her losses.

The more I consider this book, the more I find to dislike about it; things like its uneven, often glacial pacing, and its blatant Mary-sue. It shows moments of decent fantasy where you can fool yourself into thinking you're reading something good, but quickly descends back into mediocrity. It's one of those books where you like the plot and think interesting idea, but dislike (okay, hate) the execution.The book starts out with a decent, if heavy handed deus ex machina of an opening. It goes

There are aspects of this book that are worth more than one star. Achmed, one of the book's central protagonists, is reasonably awesome. Grunthor is pretty likeable in a gruff ogre sort of way. But things would be far more tolerable without Rhapsody, the third in the company, the heroine supreme. When you feel that way about the book's/series' namesake, it reflects poorly on the author. The plot was just interesting enough to keep me reading (did it for Achmed), but I just kept getting punished