Finally after a long wait!!! | The Pearl of the Soul of the World (The Darkangel Trilogy)

The rawena puppet | The Pearl of the Soul of the World (The Darkangel Trilogy) | Meredith Ann Pierce

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	• The Pearl of the Soul of the World (The Darkangel Trilogy) Meredith Ann Pierce Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 86 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Dark Angel Trilogy

This trilogy might be my new favorite trilogy since Lord of the Rings. The world Pierce creates is absolutely stunning and her heroine is uncharacteristically human, flawed and yet perfect, completely perfect and believable. It was wonderful watching Aeriel grow and become a young woman. It was equally hard to watch her sacrifice so much.

The ending did cause me a lot of despair which was terrible and surprising since it takes a lot for books to truly move me these days.

Towards then end when Irrylath and Aeriel reunite I felt that he was undeserved. Though, true to Aeriel's character she would never make him prove himself because she loves him none the less, I wanted to see him work for her. He is so mean, so unyielding to her that, to me, his character did not grow enough to deserve her in the end. And alas, he was not allowed to have her.

The end is so bittersweet. The idea of the end is to close things up, not make you want/yearn for more. I don't think Irrylath was given the chance to truly grow and I think Aeriel, who struggled to make the world right and save the man she loved, was dealt a supreme injustice. It seems, with the ending, that she was punished instead of rewarded. I feel she has now the same fate Irrylath had in the beginning. It was hard for me because it seemed as though history was repeating itself. Ravenna did not give her much choice, what choice did she really have when the pearl dust was flowing through her veins and she would never rid herself of Ravenna? No, in the end it seems that Ravenna manipulated Aeriel. Ravenna took advantage of Aeriel's humanity and love for not just Irrylath but for the world he lived in.

After everything she did to save the world, can no one, truly, save her? It's hard to believe it. All the extremes, the magic Aeriel went to you would think some of that might help her.

Anyways, I gave it a 4 out of 5 because even though the end is unsatisfying the rest is delicious.

I read the review by "Ravenna" and I hope that Pierce writes more... it's been what though? Twenty years since it was first published and I don't seen any sequels. It makes me sad.

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Finally after a long wait!!!

I have waited for the trilogy of these books since i was a teenager!!! Finally acquiring these books and reading it again as an adult absolutely thrill me!!! I agree these books are an enjoyable read as a young adult and adult of all ages!!! The author has oudone herself!!! I was reading one of the comment and was absolutely thrill that the author will come up with a story of Aeriel husband, Irrylath...PLEASE!!PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!! I was upset that Aeriel failed to gain Irrylath love and to my mind just finally gave up on even trying as she had other important task to fight for..Anyway, the books are absolute thrill to read and i hope to read the author next installment on Irrylath and him saving Aeriel instead!!!

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I believe that Pierce's writing has a very aesthetic quality to it that very few writers can pull off. The ending was very depressing to me because it felt like the character just has to keep making sacrifices over and over again; she has a second of happiness and then is left feeling numb. Not to say that the exploration of Aerial's feeling and the details of her journey are not important, I just wished it ended a little differently because I am a romantic, optimist, and idealist. I also would have liked to know what Irrylath was thinking, and feeling the whole time. After thoroughly enjoying the books, I feel that it could have been even better if we could see, hear, feel what he was feeling. My curiosity to know has tempted me to try and create Irrylath's Point of view myself. I think he's a really great character and if Miss Pierce ever reads this, I would love to ask her to let us take a glimpse of Irrylath's mind.

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Great up until the end...

I really enjoyed the first two books but felt that this one was a bit different. The author's tone changed quite a bit, seeming to have become a bit more cynical in the book's plot. I couldn't put it down, but then felt put off by the ending. However, it definitely leaves a possible opening for another series.

I was not looking for a fairy tale ending here.

I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR A FAIRY TALE ENDING. I really wasn't. I mean, I realized (very early on) that this story was not about romance. If it were, then Pierce would have focused a little more of her attention on Irrylath rather than only having him pop up every once in a while. That much was easy enough to decipher. What I WAS looking for, however, was less angst and for the heroine to at least stop getting the raw end of the deal time after time after time after TIME. So she had Erin in the end. Great! Okay! That's wonderful! But can someone please explain to me how much of a difference it made to have Erin go away with Aerial rather having her take Irrylath? If her husband was such a distraction, then wouldn't her best friend have been too? I mean, one could argue that the love that she had for her husband was much different than that which she had for her friend; true enough, but love IS STILL LOVE. In my opinion, the love that she had for Erin was much more tangible than her infatuation with the prince...because she actually knew and spent time her. I understand what Mrs. Pierce was trying to accomplish here, I really do, but it just didn't work for me. It would have made a lot more sense to have Aerial leave by her self. I would have actually bought that and, quite honestly, would have been satisfied in the end. Having her leave one partner behind, only to be replaced by the other made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. Sorry, but it didn't.

I wanted (so very much) not the hate this series, but halfway through the last book, I knew exactly what was going to happen. I only finished it because I'd consumed the first two so quickly and had enjoyed them so thoroughly that it would have been pretty lame to stop in the middle of the last one ...So (begrudgingly so) I pushed myself to finish it.

The only impression that this series gave me was that the heroine simply switched places with her husband, and was made to become the vassal of an old, hypocritical, selfish crone who was no better than the witch her self. My opinion has NOTHING to do with romance or lack there of.

The heroine is majorly screwed from the time she left her mother's arms to the very the end of this series.

Three stars for the first two books, minus two stars for the crappy ending.

Way to finish off such a great series...how disappointing.

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The spellbinding conclusion to the Darkangel Trilogy! Armed with a magical pearl imbued with all the sorcery and wisdom of the world, bestowed upon her by the Ancient known as Ravenna, Aeriel finally comes face-to-face with the White Witch and her vampire sons. Backed by her husband, his army of good, and a throng of magical steeds, she must unlock the power of the pearl to awaken her true destiny and save the world.