... to a more happy, joyful life. Byron asks: who would you be without your negative thoughts? Even if you just want to read it but not change your life over it, you can get a very wise perspective that will follow with you.

... or remind you of what you already know but don't do. Try it out if you want to have more money in your life.

I loved it. Marie Forleo says it as it is. If you like Marie TV ([...]) you will also love this book.

I stumbled by this book at my library - and I'm truly truly glad that I did, because this book turned out to be one of my favorite fantasy book. It is beautiful, dark, funny, romantic, and simply utterly magical. I loved the plot, the character building and the atmosphere of the book. A truly gorgeous read, and if you end up liking it half as much as I did, you won't be disappointed. Enjoy!

I fell truly in love with Melina Marchetta's work when reading "Finnikin of the Rock" and I have been anticipating this second book of her "Lumatere Chronicles" very much. I'm very pleased to say that I wasn't disappointed. It is just as beautiful, dark, wonderful, funny and utterly magical as the first book. And it was a complete bliss to read. If you enjoy it half as much as I did you won't be disappointed.

If you love Tamora Pierce books and the books about Beka Cooper I would really really would recommend you NOT to read this book.

Not that is utterly horrible. It is just that compared to her other work in the realm of Torall this one is just absolutely not up to Pierce otherwise fantastic work. After reading "Mastiff" I wished I hadn't because it completely ruined the other Beka Cooper books for me.

What normally makes Pierce Torall books really great and engaging: the characters and their development, the engaging romances without it becoming forced or too much, and Pierce "magic" touch with writing just was not there - at all...

SPOILER ALERT:
The beginning was interesting, because it was unexpected but afterwards just followed a lot of travelling this place and that (a really tiresome business when not done great) almost only with Beka and Tunstall as known characters from the other books. This following a boring plot made worse by a sappy romance with a new character and an absolutely horrible ending. The saying: "Kill your darlings" should not be done if you are only looking to make a sorry excuse of a plot work for you. Just saying.
All in all I could not really recognize the personality depth from the former books in any of the characters.

I hope you don't read it and if you do I sincerely hope you won't be as disappointed as I was.