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Holder of Lightning (The Cloudmages, Book 1)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780756401528
ISBN: 0756401526
Label: DAW
Manufacturer: DAW
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: January 06, 2004
Publisher: DAW
Release Date: January 06, 2004
Studio: DAW
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Editorial Review:
The major debut that introduced readers to a fantasy tour-de-force- now in paperback! Seventeen-year-old Jenna had led a peaceful life, herding sheep and tending crops, until the night she picked up a small but strangely alluring stone that would change her entire future. For what she held in her hand was Lámh Shábhála, the master stone of legend which could reawaken all the other stones of power and bring magic back to the world. And there were many among the nobility who would risk anything, including murder, to claim Lámh Shábhála for themselves.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not impressed
I will say this right off the bat. Do not use this book to judge this author. I have yet to read anything else by him, but this has to be his worst work. It does not get much more cliche than this. I spent quite a bit of time re-reading sections of the book hoping that the second time it would make the scene understandable. It didn't. The primary issue I had with the book is that even if not everyone knows all the truth, self-defence was never a good enough reason to kill the people trying ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting idea, but poorly excuted
Holder of Lightning is an interesting book, but I personally found it very disappointing for the following reasons:
1: Incredibly bad character development. Based on a few of the other reviews I have seen here, I am not the only one who feels this way. The main problem here is that the characters radically change and move from one alignment and personality to another without any real reasons. For example, Mac Ard first appears as a good and benevolent man helping two ladies in distress, ... Read More
Rating:  - great Celtic fantasy!
A good Celtic fantasy has pride, tragedy, fighting, honor, and humanity in it. This series is no exception to the rule.
There are gems that have a certain power (Cloch Mors have a greater power while the clochmions have a lesser power) that need to be recharged in "mage lights" which makes me think of the Aurora Borealis. Some gems are more powerful than others. Farrell introduces a very interesting balance to this, where each owner recharging their clochs is aware of other cloch owner and their ... Read More
Rating: - Amazingly irritating book [Has SPOILERS]
I couldn't read this book through. I read through some of it, then just skipped around to find out what happened. Some of my pet peeves were that:
1. It's interesting that it's ok for her mother's loved man to try and kill her but it's not so ok for her to kill him in self-defense.
2. The usual, power goes to head of young person who is not equipped to deal with massive amounts of power, plot is truly a pain.
3. The, "let's strip the main character of everything she loves in life" plot ... Read More
Rating: - Not too bad
I bought this book months ago on a whim, and finally I picked it up. I'm normally not a super-fan of celtic fantasy, but I enjoyed Kate Forsyth's series so I figured I'd be ok.
The beginning starts out kind of slow, although you don't get to learn too much about Jenna before the action begins, which creates a problem (her personality changes quickly from an addiction, and even though its pointed out, you don't relate since you aren't even sure what Jenna's original personality was). I also had a problem ... Read More
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