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Indeed. I haven't got around to reading the last one but as soon as I find the time, I'll jump straight into it. I love Tory, she is incredible. Many people criticise these books, but I think if you are aiming for a light read (eg David Eddings style) Ancient Future is the book.

It's also good for anyone interested in re-incarnation. (as is Katharine Kerr)

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This is written by Traci Harding a few years ago and is still in print.
THe first is sub titled the dark age and if a fab book i love time travelling and a strong female lead of the following 5 books this is the best of all i think i've read it about 3 times and love delving back into the dark age.
Would definately recomend this series and the next to anyone although the final 2 books in the last trilagy are a bit hard to read. they're a little too far in the planes of existance stuff but good none the less.
i think most will like them even my hubby liked to be told the progress of the story as i read it

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I really enjoyed the first book the second and third book were good. But by the time I got to the last series I had a hard time finishing them. I tried reading the last one the other day got a few chapters in and couldnt finish it (which is rare for me).

I found it got to transidential and metaphysical for me and it was just to much of a struggle to read.

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i love traci hardings books, but like Ambrai i found it hard to swallow all the karmic kinda stuff towards the end, but all in all having read all six of the books i can recommend them to anyone, they are a lovely story and well worth the effort to read them all, plus traci harding has also written a stand alone book called Alchemists key which is GREAT!
they all should be in print somewhere!

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Thanks for the recommendation FreeWeb....will keep it in mind when my stock runs a bit lower.........

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein

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just thought I'd put in a vote for the minority.

I hated this book and rate it as one of the worst fantasy's I have read (and I've read a few). I disliked it so much I have never read another of her books and probably won't.

I rate it right down there with Ian Irvine's View from the Mirror series, which I managed to read book 1 and a third of book 2 before having to put it down in (which is something I very rarely do because I generally like to finish every book I start). I only started reading book 2 because someone bought itb as a gift for me.

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Big Hills

I felt the same with John Marco by the way... he doesn't do it for me.

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well big hills that great news except i brought ian irvines first two books the other day i hope they're not that bad i'm having a hard time getting through them with most books i seem to wont to spend every moment reading but i've had these for over 1 1/2 weeks and i'm not even 100 pages into it
i read kushiels dart in 3 days betrayal in 1 1/2 so this is very rare for me

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I read this book about five years ago I think, so it's fairly hard to remember specifically what turned me off so much.

When I started it I had high hopes - I do like to read new authors.

Without meaning to sound too general the things I can recall not liking were: a lot of the dialogue did not ring true; the ease with which she accepted her time-travel.

But I think the thing that really put me off was the Merlin? time travelling room? ( or whatever he had) scenario. In truth I think that that scenario probably spoiled the whole book for me. To me it was just so unbelievable ( and I am a strong believer that everything in a fantasy should be believable - within the parameters of the world created of course) that it ruined what otherwise I would probably have rated a reasonable read.

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why didnt you like it BH??

(say whateva you like, i wont get hurt feelings! ">

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The last book is a struggle to read. All that mind-boggling stuff, I was tempted to give up. It was worth it in the end, I think, just to say farewell to Tory properly.

I have seen people who rate this series as the worst they've ever read. So, Big Hills, you're not really in the minority. ">

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well said spiky dragon, i found the last two difficult to get through cos of all the karmic cosmic stuff (which i dont like) but i really wanted to know how they all finished up, and the end was definately a surprise!

i can see how it was unrealistic, but i kinda ignored that from the start, since its quite okay in that way compared to a lot of other books i read, i spose thats why i read them, cos they are so far away from what you would ocnsider "normal"