The Black Trillium

My mom and I both enjoyed the Trillium books. I was shocked to see negative reviews. If you liked fast paced fantasy, "The Black Trillium" is a must-read.

I loved this book. It has a consistency rarely found in fantasy stories, creating a realistic world with believable characters, boundaries, and the vivid writing style invokes images in ones head that are hard to forget. I read this book a couple of years ago and just thought about it recently, but couldnt for the life of me remember what it was called! I finally found it! Hooray! Anyone who likes fantasy should *read it now*!

The trio authors Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May, and Andre Norton have created a world so enchanting that I had to read non-stop from beginning to end. Action began from the first page as the triplet sisters are forced to split up and embark on their own journeys, and conquer themselves. The story is fun, beleivable, and full of mystery surrounding the ancient citizens of the planet, the vanished ones. It is fairly easy to read because the authors did not add too much description, or confusing topics, which often take away the pleasure of reading. The charcters came to life for me because their personalities were so human. Also, although I am not a feminist, I enjoyed the fact that the main characters Kadiyah, Haramis, and Anigel are women, which is a good change from many other fantasy stories that have either men as the lead characters or super-strong and unrealistic women running around and beating everyone up, (*cough*Xena-wannabees*cough), excuse me.Black Trillium has all the elements that make an excellent story. The only problem that I had with it is that the ending seemed to be a little slapped together because it was so short.This is when all three sisters confront The bad guy, Orogastus, together for the first time. About two short chapters later, the story ends. This dosen't create any loose ends, but it does take some of the momentum that the story had built up.

This book is totally awesome! I mean, I'm 12 and I liked it so much that I read 3 times which is pretty good for me. I usually only read books once, even if they're really good. I just couldn't get sick of this one. I recommend it to anyone and everyone that every loved fantasy, magic and soul-travelling.

When I read the reviews and people said "character had no depth" I was shocked. Anigel, Kadia, Haramis, Antar, and Orogastus have such unique personalities. Their actions are consistent with their personalities, and the princesses are NOT 'wusses'! Of all the books Marion Zimmer Bradly has written, this is the only one I like. It is on my "top 5" list of favorite books.