Inda series, by Sherwood Smith

[rachelmanija]

Disclaimer: I am not only friends with Sherwood Smith, but sometimes collaborate with her. So though I had no hand in these books other than a little proofreading, I’m mentioning my closer-than-usual connection with the author anyway.

Sherwood is probably best-known for her YA fantasies like Crown Duel (Crown Duel / Court Duel)

Comments

[wordsofastory]

Oh! Inda is one of those books that I keep seeing in bookstores, keeping thinking it looks really awesome, and never being quite sure enough about to buy. So I'm really glad to hear this review of it.

[tcastleb]

I heart Tau. :>) And I love the books, too.

[estara]

I've started my own first-time reread from the beginning today in preparation for Amazon.de finally sending my the fourth book sometime this month and now that I know more of what is going on in the later books, the initial starting-points for the intrigues and the reasonings behind some of the events become clear much earlier, which I appreciate. Knowing the characters better it also becomes easier to remember who is who (although my initial read of Inda was two years ago, I believe) and whom to keep a closer eye on.

The more I remember how much gets set in motion in these three books, the more I'm in awe of the fact that those who have already read the fourth book say that it brings ALL of that to a satisfying conclusion. I'm sure I wouldn't have minded it being spread over two books, though ^^, the more Inda the better.

[estara]

And I started none too soon: I just got the email that they've sent out Treason's Shore today...
I should have started last week, heh. Now it'll be lying around here and tempting me to jump straight in.

[pameladean]

Hee. Jeje is my favorite, with Tau a very close second.

P.

[lnhammer]

I loved the first book (I was especially impressed with, along with everything you mention, Sherwood's handling of omniscient POV). I'm waiting till I have a) book 4 in hand and b) a vacation in hand to read through the whole thing at once. I know from Exordium experience that her tight series* pay being taken in one swoop instead of reading installments as they come out.

* For lack of a better term for a unified story broken into volumes for publication purposes, a la Lord of the Rings.

---L.