Three volumes are available in English (Child of blood, Child of Earth, Child of Earth) that as often in France have all been cut into two books each. Two other volumes have been written for another cycle takes place in the same world but considering my disappointment I did not want to torture me to read two books of more of the same content.
The most hackneyed frame fantasy is that of a peasant who must save the world, to be found unexpected allies and also falls meantime love with a beautiful princess.
Here it's the opposite. The elected is elected, a peasant girl (well, she will even fall much lower than that to survive), whose destiny is to save the world. To do so she will meet two people of a rather repulsive and forbidding first Grunthor and Achmed, who will become his best friends. Until she tries to save the world (at the end of the third and final book), it will also fall in love with a handsome prince.
Despite this interesting twist, despite a prologue and first chapter very unexpected (we put a little time to make the connection between the prologue and the actions that follow) and despite some nice ideas based on time travel, I found that the sauce was not taking.
In the first volume, it takes the game thanks to the discovery of characters and a new world. But then I found that the story was verbose, extended without justification. Worse, I find that the events of history are somewhat subtle and believable. Example: Heroin, Rhapsodie, finds a dragon claw at the bottom of a castle. She said "oh, but if not make it to the dragon, the dragon will become angry" (while the claw was already in the castle for centuries without ruffling a dragon). And she goes in search of a dragon. Another example: Achmed says "hey, that people have no king, I would see myself Come on friends, go for a quest to save the kingdom.". Much of the series of adventures is how plated quest after quest ...
One might think that the love story is better led, but eventually you realize that the author uses the same tricks based on misunderstanding. The first time it's nice and it gives charm to the second volume but the second time it annoyed me immensely.
Finally, the characters, while fairly friendly, not very engaging. The heroine, despite its sulphurous past (unintelligible seen enough intelligence and resourcefulness), is a boring model of perfection, except perhaps for his penchant to adopt anything goes and his taste for beautiful dresses. Grunthor is a transparent character butt. Achmed is more mysterious but ultimately hardly changes. Only the love of the heroine changes throughout history. It makes little.
Until the end of the second volume, I thought put four stars because, despite these shortcomings I liked this story with time travel. And then I had to read the last book, which was a burden to read. This is trrrrès long, unoriginal and since the beginning we know how it will unfold. So I think 3 stars is the proper average.
