Monday, February 23, 2015

Mark This Book Monday: Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop!!!

I'm starting this week's Mark This Book Monday with one of those recent amazing reads that I've been lucky enough to fiind! And I must thank again Octavia from Read Sleep Repeat for pushing the series on me relentessly and to Frannie from On Clouds of Pages for being an awesome buddy read buddy!



Murder of Crows (The Others, #2)Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Once I read Written in Red, I needed Murder of Crows like the air I breathe, so I started it as soon as I could! And boy what an amazing book it was! It was even better than Written In Red! It was everything that Written in Red was but somehow more!

Be aware that even though I'll try to keep this review spoiler free, it might have some spoilers for book 1 and if I get too rambling and enthusiastic I might end up blurting something here and there...

Things have changed a bit since the events in Written in Red, the terra indigene at the Courtyard have adopted Meg into the family/pack and now she's one of theirs. And when Meg has a new prophecy about death and black feathers, the Others learn about a new twist in the threat to Meg and to themselves. And they decide to take the battle to the humans and the Controller.

We continue to learn a bit more not only about the history of the terra indigene and how humans evolved differently and separated from them, and how they came to interact. We learn more about how the Others work and have evolved, we learn about how humans have shun some of their own and these groups have become allies of the terra indigene, the Inuit. And we learn a little bit more about the cassandra sangue, their origins and how they came to be.

There's more about interactions between the human pack at the Courtyard and the police and the terra indigene, and how their opinions and usual reactions have changed and continue to change. And also we get more about the Humans First and Last organization and their rethoric. I loved how it showed how the mob mentality works and how the general feeling of the public can be changed, twisted and manipulated. The humans of Thaisia don't seem to remember history very well, and forget quite easily that they're not on top of the chain.

I simply love the evolving relationship between Simon and Meg, it's one of those couples that I ship like there's no tomorrow! There are some misunderstandings, and Simon keeps on thinking that having Meg around is a complication he shouldn't have allowed, but at the same time he doesn't want to lose Meg as a friend, or the kind of comfortable intimacy that they share, mainly when he's in Wolf shape.

One of the things that I love about this book and this series is the way the terra indigene are presented, like the dangerous predators that they are, and how humans don't seem to realize how in the wrong they can be. And how it makes my blood boil the way they deal with the "benevolent ownership" for the cassandra sangue and how they are treated as less than human in most of the places they are kept. Humans don't always act as humane as they ought to towards their own and when it comes to power and the cassandra sangue... the fail.

I'm not even sure what else to say because I'd love to talk and talk and talk about this book and this series all and if you want to discuss theories with me, hit me up here or on Twitter!

I was so impressed with how the story was expanded, how the world building was expanded, with more knowledge about Thaisia and how the human settlements are part of it, the different continents and cultures. More about the Inuits and their past and what makes them special and more about the cassandra sangue, even if we're given the information very little by little. More about the characters, more about the world, more about everything!

I just cannot wait to continue learning more about this world and to see Meg and Simon's relationship continue to grow and progress! 5 stars to this one for sure!! READ IT!



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22 comments:

  1. I'm glad you loved it! This series is probably one of my favorite series ever! I love all of the characters, the story line, just everything. The "benevolent" ownership makes me so angry as well! And while I know it's not real, I do feel like humans would be actually capable of stuff like that.

    Great post!

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    1. I'm so happy I finally started this series because it's amazing! And and you say, I see humans being very capable of the "benevolent ownership" and abuse, after all there's prostitution, human trade with inmigrants and the like still today so...
      Thank you for visiting my blog!

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  2. If I'd know that you weren't up to date on this series, I would have joined Octavia's efforts to get you to read 'em! I listened to Written in Red on a whim at the end of 2013, and was insta-hooked. I LOOOOVE Meg & Simon! Vision in Silver will be here next week. SQUEEEE!!! You should call in sick next Tuesday. ;)

    Carmel @ Rabid Reads

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    1. I've already read Vision in Silver Carmel!! I got approved for the ARC via NetGalley and it was the perfect reason to finally push me to read the whole series! =D And oh boy, the waiiit for the next book is gonna suck BIG TIME!
      I love me Simon and Meg!! They're so adorableeee!

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  3. I can't believe I haven't read this series yet Pili! Everyone just raves about it and I really, really need to meet Simon and Meg. Their relationship sounds beautifully complicated and full of possibility and I love those types of relationships. LOVE THEM. My mother in adores these books, so I think I need to borrow them from her:)

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    1. Oh Jenny, you really need to read these books! I'm pretty sure you'll simply ADORE them!! I cannot wait to hear what you think once you read them!

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  4. Ohhhh you are getting so hyped for this series!! I requested A Vision In silver (by sorta accident) and got approved but i quickly purchased the other and intend to read them asap.
    PS im so sorry i failed at our Black Dove White Raven buddy read. I had to power thru it since I had the review due (and i kinda forget lol)
    <3
    Britt

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    1. YOU REALLY NEED TO READ THEM! I'll be here if you need to flail and talk about spoilers!! *grins*
      And yeah, I failed at our buddy read too, I've barely done any progress with the book! Hopefully soon, because I'm really liking what I'm reading!

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  5. Yay :D Gorgeous review Pili. <3 So happy you loved this book more than the first one :D That is always a lot of fun. <3 I'm still not sure these are for me, but hopefully one day. <3 Just so happy you loved them both :) Thank you for sharing sweetie. <3

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    1. I still think you'd really love the romance in this one, so I hope you'll give them a chance one day sweetie!

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  6. Oh done! I am so getting these! I've heard so many great things recently Pili! You have me convinced even though I was a little lost because I hadn't read book one, haha! Adding to my TBR!

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    1. YES!! YOU MUST! And my review for book went up last Friday too if you wanna check it out, Jessica!
      Thank you!

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  7. And now I have to admit that I haven't actually read this one yet. o.O Eep. I know. But I'm going to get on that very soon. ALSO, and this is completely unrelated (it's left over from one of your other posts), but I've had A Mad, Wicked Folly on my wishlist for over a year now, and I'm just about ready to one-click the thing. *whispers* Sometimes I don't have the patience to wait a book out . . .

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    1. YOU MUST READ THIS ONE NOW JESSICA!! *pushes book*
      And you also MUST READ A Mad Wicked Folly like NOOOOOOOOOW!!! Come on, you know you waaant tooo!!!

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  8. Written In Red, popping up again. It's on hold in terms of the recommendation list, because it's part of a series, and I'd need to buy the whole series to read them, and I'm not buying anything at the moment (long story haha). In any case, I see that you've loved these books! So I'll keep that in mind ;D

    Excellent review, Pili!

    Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!

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    1. Do keep it in mind, because the third book in the series comes out soon, and then there are two more planned, but I do highly recommend this series!!
      Thank you, Alyssa!

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  9. You've just reminded me to preorder Vision in Silver! Mannn this series is freaking amazing and I just love Meg and Simon, they are so freaking adorable. I loved how this one explored more of the terra ingine and it was kind of darker in a way too. Wonderful review Pili! So glad to hear you enjoyed it.

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    1. Thank you so much, Jeann! I simply adoooore this series, SO AWESOME!!

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  10. Squeeeee! 5 stars for this awesome, beautiful, riveting book! Seriously, Pili, The Others series changed the way Paranormal Fantasy worked for me. This series is so close to my heart I am in ABSOLUTE awe in how it keeps improving every installment. AND YES! Meg and Simon relationship and their interactions together ARE THE BEST. I don't mind the slow pace as I am gobbling everything up!!

    Faye at The Social Potato

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    1. AGREED!! I'm absolutely in awe with these two and their amazing interactions, and simply the whole world and and EVERYTHING!!

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  11. Wow, you really did manage to read the sequel quickly soon afterwards! It seems like this one was just as good and even possibly better than the first one. As well as that, it seems like the relationships are stressed more here, including the romance!

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    1. Binge reading the series is not something that I recommend but something that is actually very hard NOT to do!!

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