The Lord-Protectors Daughter: The Seventh Book of the Corean Chronicles

Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. Modesitt returns to the setting of two earlier The Lord-Protector's Daughter: The Seventh Book of the Corean Chronicles - Kindle edition by L. E. Modesitt Jr.. Download it once and read it on your.
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Nov 27, Liviu rated it it was amazing Shelves: Nov 17, Carien rated it did not like it Shelves: This was one of the most boring reads ever I must confess. Don't get me wrong: It's nicely written and the characters and setting are intriguing. The story itself however drags endlessly, not only because there's too much telling instead of showing, but also too much showing of things that don't matter. Almost every chapter began with telling that Mykella got up, got dressed, washed up and went to breakfast. I don't need to read something like that more than twice at th This was one of the most boring reads ever I must confess.

I don't need to read something like that more than twice at the most unless it's important to the plot. The cool things that do happen are over much too soon after which there's much blah inside Mykella's head again. If not for the pointless hope the story would eventually take off after an event that's named on the backcover and which happens in one of the last couple of chapters I'd have tossed it away long before finishing it.

Jun 25, Mary Soon Lee rated it liked it Shelves: This is the seventh and penultimate book in The Corean Chronicles, and the first from the perspective of Mykella, the eponymous lord-protector's daughter. I found Mykella likable, but the plot less absorbing than most of the Modesitt that I've read. Or it may be because the fantasy elements that surprise Mykella are familiar to me from the previous six books.

Or it may be because the Lord Protector himself pays so little This is the seventh and penultimate book in The Corean Chronicles, and the first from the perspective of Mykella, the eponymous lord-protector's daughter. Or it may be because the Lord Protector himself pays so little heed to Mykella's wishes or warnings. Mykella grabs the reader's attention and sympathy from the start, and the book becomes a compulsive page-turner. Dec 26, Aaron rated it liked it. Really just came across as a bridge to the next book in the series. Should have been combined with 8.

Jul 14, Yong En rated it it was ok. I almost stopped reading this book, but I made myself continue. I didn't regret it because the ending was enjoyable, but the rest of it so-so. The key issue with this book is how extremely mundane and repetitive it gets throughout. At least half the book could have been omitted. The existence of this book is necessary to set the tone and world for the next book, and to give it a fancy smacny title like "The Lady Protector" and in this it has done well through its ending.

In all honesty, you can ju I almost stopped reading this book, but I made myself continue.

The Lord-Protector's Daughter by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

This is one of those books you can spoil and summarise in 10 sentences. If you'd like to skip reading this book and go straight to the next book which is much better read my 10 sentence summary below. Father doesn't listen because women are no better than cows meant for breeding and gets killed. Multiple attempts to poison her fail and finally she kills an assassin by severing his life thread with magic.

She then drags the corpse out of her room and kicks it down the stairs like an unwanted puppy instead of raising the alarm, so that it will be funny for everyone in the morning. During the ascension ceremony she pretends to oblige and approve the take over until the very end when she summarily executes her uncle and cousin for treason and inserts herself as the first ever Lady Protector. Dec 18, William Bentrim rated it it was amazing.

The Lord-Protector's Daughter by L. Modesitt, jr This book is set before the first three books in the Corean Chronicles and after the next three. Court intrigue and succession are the major themes in this volume. Mykel of the last few books is now a historic figure. The land that he undertook to protect has flourished but seems to be in a decline. The current Lord Protector does not seem to measure up to the Talent that Mykel displayed. Mykella, a female namesake, is the protagonist in this book.

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She discovers facets of her being that were previously unknown. She also faces the Soarers who have been in every volume of the series. If you have read any of my reviews, you have seen I am fond of a strong female protagonist. The men in this book seem terrified by competent women and dismayingly enough, I know a few guys who would fit in that category.

Kudos to Modesitt for providing strong role models for both young men and women. In my repetitive closing on Modesitt's books, I am an admitted admirer of Modesitt's style and work. There is a common thread of honor and responsibility through his work. His characters struggle to maintain their core identities and to remain truly humble in spite of increasing power. Jan 14, Fantasy Literature rated it it was ok. It most certainly is not. Mykella and her sisters are t Aug 20, Dallas rated it it was amazing. I am always worried about not stopping with the first book in the series if it was good because I don't want to be disappointed later, but no book in this series disappointed me, and I feel best for having read them all.

The story comes full circle and answers any questions and loose ends by the end of the series. One of my favorite series ever. I loved the main character and seeing how he would outsmart his troubles. I loved a lot if the descriptions about the world, and the magic is genius and I am always worried about not stopping with the first book in the series if it was good because I don't want to be disappointed later, but no book in this series disappointed me, and I feel best for having read them all.

I loved a lot if the descriptions about the world, and the magic is genius and fairly original. The author clearly spent a long time organizing the backstory. I've had a hard time finding books I like this much except with this author. Jul 27, Mel added it. Apparently I've read this before, but completely forgot everything about it and nothing seemed familiar about the book. However, I went to write a review here and discovered I'd already written one!

Here is my newer review: This is a newer book in the Corean Chronicles. It takes place several hundred years after Soarer's Choice. I've read the previous 6 books in the Chronicles and loved them, though now I realized I've forgotten quite a bit of them and want to reread them. This book was just okay Apparently I've read this before, but completely forgot everything about it and nothing seemed familiar about the book. This book was just okay.

The plot was good, as were the characters, however, everything seemed a bit rushed for me and the ending was weird.

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Mykella seemed to learn how to use her Talent too fast. Overall a good book and I'm already reading the sequel, The Lady-Protector. Jan 29, W. I made it almost halfway through this before I finally gave up. This was a random grab off of a library shelf, and while some of the story premise was genuinely interesting, there was too much of the mundane going on. Okay, I understand that Mykella sleeps and is tired. I understand she wears the same black clothes every day.

I don't care what her underwear is made of. Her food is always cold. Doesn't mean I care to keep reading about it. What I was most fed up with here, aside from the I made it almost halfway through this before I finally gave up. What I was most fed up with here, aside from the slog of a timeline, was the many little references to everyone sleeping around. At least the author didn't go into obscene detail. Modesitt, for that at least, thank you.

The Lord-Protector's Daughter: The Seventh Book of the Corean Chronicles

Oct 22, M. The beginning looked very promising. However I was 85 or so pages in and I was finding it difficult to keep reading. It wasn't because it was written poorly, but rather the storyline was going too much into the day to day personal activities of the main characters as opposed to advancing the storyline that had me intrigued in the beginning. After awhile I just put it down and moved on to my next read.

May 12, amanda rated it really liked it. When I first began reading, I didn't really enjoy the way it was written. I thought some of the dialogue was stiff and so were the characters. As I continued to read, however, I gradually became sucked into the story and none of that seemed to matter as much. It is a place of magical powers, and of a few people who are talented enough to use them. Mykella, the eldest daughter of the Lord-Protector of Lanachrona, discovers that someone is diverting significant sums of money from her father's treasury.

While investigating, she uncovers more than she bargained for, and is sent by an ancient soarer to find her Talent in order to save her land—and her world.


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