Blood Trillium

I enjoyed the second book of the series abour the triplet sisters and the sacred trillium. This story takes place not very long after the first book, the Black Trillium. The world is in relative peace with Anigel as the queen of the land, Kadiya as the ambassador between the folk and humans, and Haramis has taken place of the Archimage, Binah. As I said, the world is peaceful but far from perfect. The sisters have still discovered very little knowledge about the power that they inherited from the first book, and their country does not get along with the surrounding pirate nations. The story really begins when Kadiya loses her amulet in an unfortunate accident, and a new character, a wizard called Portolonious, comes seemingly out of nowhere and threatens the balance of the world. I liked this book, although it is not as well done as the the first one. I did not like the fact that Haramis almost falls in love again with the sorcerer Orogastus, which seems to me that she still has not solved anything from the first book! Also, the sindona, living statues created by the vanished ones, have an original, but rather boring, method of almost single-handly winning the battle for the triplet sisters. The good parts out-weigh the bad parts of the book, however.

Blood Trilium is a wonderful sequel to Black Trillium(written by Julian May, Andre Norton and Marrion Zimmer Bradley). This is also written by Julian May and seems to focus on her Anigel which she created in Black Trillium.It still takes place in the world of the three moons only twelve years after the triplet princesses defeat the sorseror Organtus and save their knigdom from the evil king Voltrik. Haramis the newly oppented protecter of the country is still learning how to use her powers while Kadiya lady of the eyes is making peace between humans and the folk. Anigel and Antar are the rulers of the two thrones and have three children.By misadventure Kadiya loses her talisman wereupon it falls into the hands of an prolantus(a new foe), and Anigel gives hers to him in ransom for her husband and children. Now only Haramis has her talisman but there are rumors that prolantus is the sorceror Organtus whom she loves.Blood Trillium is one of my favorite books and if you read it i'm sure it will also be one of yours!

After reading Black Trillium, I immediately started searching for this, the next book in the series. Combining many of the elements of its predecessor, Blood Trillium once again delves into the World of the Three Moons. The characters remain engaging, and the plot is as fast-paced and exciting as before. I especially enjoyed the quest of the three sisters to understand the power they wield and the place it has in their lives, mirroring the quests for the talismans in Black Trillium. I am now searching for the next book!

I found it while browzing in the library and the cover didn't seem to appealing. I did check it out and it went home and I didn't touch it, but when I did I was hooked. Even though I haven't read 'Black Trillum' (and I'm planning too) it made enough sense. I don't know what it is about it that I liked. The fact that...well I don't know. It was just a really good book and it's on top of my favorites list!

I didn't read Black Trillium, but I was absolutely blown away by the detail and excitement delivered by this book! Julian May is an exellent fantasy author, enough to make me want to read the whole series!! Double thumbs up!(if this were a movie and I were Siskel & Ebert) - Karli the raptor girl