Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2)

470 pages

English language

Published April 28, 2005

ISBN:
978-0-380-81861-7
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4 stars (44 reviews)

E-Book Extras: ONE: The Keys to Chalion: A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things; TWO: Chalion MiscellanyIt's been three years since the curse was lifted, but Ista dy Baocia, Dowager Royina of Chalion, holds a dark secret: she was responsible for the destruction of Chalion years ago. When her kingdom is threatened once again, Ista must defend her homeland, and her soul.One of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold transports us once more to a dark and troubled land and embroils us in a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm.Three years have passed since the widowed Dowager Royina Ista found release from the curse of madness that kept her imprisoned in her family's castle of Valenda. Her newfound freedom is costly, bittersweet with memories, regrets, and guilty secrets -- for she knows the truth of what brought …

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Review of 'Paladin of souls' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

4.75 Very good high fantasy focused on an older woman, faith, trust and character relationships. Bujold re-uses the reluctant tool of the gods from The Curse of Chalion, but manages to twist it into and altogether different, but equally gripping narrative. Less politics and scheming and awful pasts in this one, but still a nice set of connections to the previous book. I really like how the author manages to develop formerly minor characters.

Review of 'Paladin of souls' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I should know better by now than to pick up a Lois McMaster Bujold book at 9pm, even one I've read before. Completely captivated till I finished it at 2am. And then had to reread the first book in the series next day.

I particularly love Bujold's take on the gods and their relationship to humans in these books. It's unusual,well thought out, and definitely not cliché.

Review of 'Paladin of souls' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

A nice, but rather light, sequel to the Curse of Chalion.
I really really really like that the main character is a middle aged woman. We get a good look inside her head and I love the feel of it.
There are way to many angsty/fierce/romance-ridden young women around in the current books of the fantasy genre. Yes there are middle aged women, but they are either not the main character of behave/feel like they are still in their twenties.

This book is less poignant than the first. It is a pretty read, like a nice flower or something. To enjoy, but not savor. I liked it, but didn't lóve it.

Review of 'Paladin of souls' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

It has been a long time since I read The Curse of Chalion. So long, in fact, that it was before I was keeping track of the books I read. Luckily anything that you need is covered. I was pleased that the protagonist wasn’t a late teens/early 20’s girl, but was a mature woman. It’s a nice change, and Bujold does it well. I also appreciate how she writes the gods, and the wide variety of reactions of the characters to the gods.

As with just about all of Bujold’s books, this one is well paced and plotted. While I still think I prefer the Vorkosigan Saga, there is no lack of enjoyment in her Chalion tales.

Review of 'Paladin of souls' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

My mother had recommended these books of Chalion to me this past summer or so. I have read a couple of Ms. Bujold's books in the past and enjoyed them, although there is at least one of her novels that I could not get through.

Having just finished The Curse of Chalion, I delved right into this book. The character of Ista is a carry-over from the previous book, and though I liked what was done with her in the first book, I was a bit dubious of what could be done with her in this one, just based on the description from the first book.

I was pleasantly surprised. I liked that this is a woman of 40, still beautiful, as she had always been beautiful (she had been a queen after all). I liked that once she shed her shackles imposed by her family, she grew as a …

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