An essential of the French fantasy.

A word that resonates in my ears, like the bells ringing the bell. A word that settles in my mind the thought like Bossuet, the author she wanted an apology for death?

The originality of this novel is the frame that combines both fantasy and intrigue thriller way, but not only! Orations, it is a world, one in which we worked history goes revelations twists.

The universe is a world halfway between the medieval and Victorian, attitudes are clearly archaic, but some inventions show some progress. We enter without difficulty into a world of wealth and a rather incredible depth, the specificities of each people, each caste, or people being discussed.

It is dense, incredibly interesting and, overjoyed, never heavy.

It garnered a multitude of small details as and progresses of the plot, which allow us to have a more global view of the ongoing conflict, the universe, or the personality of the protagonists.

The player arrives in a world where there are tensions between the three kingdoms. We follow several perspectives that tell us a lot about different countries of this rich and complex universe, set up by Samantha Bailly, but also on religion in place, the Prayer ... The atmosphere is similar to "A Dark Materials', we find somewhat the same concept of" fairy tales for adults ", and the same type of magical atmosphere, even if the universe is here darker. A universe where magic is very present, mixing shamanism and traditional religious rituals; it is manifested by the use of magical objects rather than spells or invocations, while keeping an element of mystery ...

The heroines are the daughters of a rich and powerful family responsible for Prayers, funerals extremely important culturally and economically. A premise may seem daunting, but occupies only a secondary place in the novel, a kind of blurred rear plan. From the death of one of them, her sisters will do everything to solve his murder, discovering little by little behind the scenes of their life tidy ...
Orations, it is also a very careful construction; Each chapter begins with a text excerpt: work of a scientist, a leader, an artist, or diary of one of the characters, who systematically illuminates a corner of the plot discussed in Chapter ongoing. Accordingly, the reader is enveloped in a cocoon information disseminated slowly, giving it the pleasant feeling of having a comprehensive view of the universe, while feeling that he is only a finger touch while much larger and more complex than it seems. the context is huge, well thought out and extremely well led.

We made history with a succession of scenes, cut into fairly short chapters that make the outset a complex plot printing, speed of action, but also a slow and precise placement. However, some details come too quickly or easily, and sometimes it seems that the suspense is not at the rendezvous. All themes are treated with finesse, but the theme of death is particularly well off, although it is far from being at the center.

The originality of the novel is to mix fantasy and police investigation which gives a rhythm removed the novel. The author also knows preserve a secret share to the final pages when we imagined that all issues had been resolved and thus manages to surprise his audience. Despite some stylistic and scriptwriting groping Oraisons offers us intelligently themes, rich characters and a complex plot.

The pen Samantha Bailly is already assured for a first novel: it is fluid, causing, chapters rather short making access easy and the pages turn by themselves.

Prayers is a first attempt that proves a master stroke and that reveals a writer with imagination, who endorsed the fantasy codes but that does not stop with ease.