Books: The Axis Trilogy by Sara Douglass

I finally finished these books a little over a week ago and have been willing myself ever since to write about them.

I was given this trilogy by a friend of my MIL who was moving interstate and didn't want to take them with her now that she'd finished them. I can never say no to a book and was thrilled to find that this girl has similar reading tastes to my own.

I don't really know what to say other than I loved them. I love fantasy fiction and this was a story that was quite refreshing in its ideas and characters.

You can read what the books are about here so that saves me the trouble of going into it.

All I will say is the story is intricate, well structured and very cleverly written. It kept my interest right the way through and I'm looking forward to reading more of Sara Douglass' work.

As an aside: 2 inconsequential things that stuck with me in this trilogy, please note they are not meant to be criticisms though they will sound like it and they would never have stopped me from reading these books

1. the repetitive use of the word myriad in the books. I guess people have favourite words and this was one of hers, it kind of shit me a little bit after a while, isn't there some alternative way of describing these things??? *myriad* ways I should have thought hehehe

2. new word: ensorcelled, I got the gist of what it meant, pretty obvious really but I'd never come across it before. weird choice of phrasing