Download PDF The Scourge of Muirwood Legends of Muirwood Book 3 eBook Jeff Wheeler

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The Scourge of Muirwood Legends of Muirwood Book 3 eBook Jeff Wheeler Reviews

• I read the first Muirwood trilogy when it first came out on , and fell in love with Jeff Wheeler's world and its people. I read Landmoor and Silverkin hoping for more of these people, realizing such fine writing and characterization and richness of detail deserve more than one read. Then came the second Muirwood trilogy about Lia's descendant Maia, who is tasked with fulfilling the final stages of rebuilding promised by her ancestors, and had to read all six books all the way through before starting Kingfountain, and once again decided Muirwood, more than any other, is a fantasy world I could happily live in. Here I am finishing The Scourge for the third time after discovering the connections with the worlds in Kingfountain as well as in some sitting in my I have yet to read. I put these worlds up there with Narnia, Hogwarts, and Middle Earth, but strongly recommend all of Wheeler for adult fantasy readers who love deeply-drawn characters and complex relationships and a roaring good read with just enough edge to be exciting and still suitable for my grandchildren. Keep the Idumean universe coming, Mr. Wheeler. Can't wait to see what you do next!
• While I don't typically read fantasy novels or series because they all seem the same, this one is *not* like all the others. It's a fantasy novel and series with style, with real characters, with a story worth wrapping yourself up in, with some comedy (Maderos!), and even with real life lessons nestled comfortably in little places here and there. By the second or third chapter, of each book, I am consistently hooked, and I quickly get to the point in each book of this series where I can't put it down. I was reading half the night and listening most of the day instead of working. It was a wonderful experience! Delightful!!! I think the main turning point for me was around chapter six, of the first one when it became clear to me what was going on, though the twists and turns kept it alive throughout, and around a third of the way into the first book of this series, we met the hilarious Maderos. Read by the narrator, Maderos came alive! He was a true pleasure to meet and I was laughing my head off through three chapters. Incidentally, I cannot recommend the narration enough at the low cost that it is right now When you buy the books for $4 to $6 right now, you can add the narration for another $2 and then you can listen to it as you go about your day by carrying a around. Or listen on an Echo or Echo Dot. I listen while I'm cooking a meal, while getting ready for work, or while taking a bath, for example, saying, "Alexa, pause," when people need to talk to me, or "Alexa, rewind two minutes," for example, when I need to hear something again. And then when I open my book to read at night, the syncs to where it was playing aloud with audible narration. It's a great hobby.
  
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  Jeff Wheeler's books include the Harbinger series, the Kingfountain series, and the two Muirwood series, from what I can tell. And they are a trip worth taking, a joy to read. I started reading them when I was offered the first book in the Harbinger series free on Audible a month or so ago and I have been so completely enchanted by *every* single one of his books, I've decided it's time to put out a review. The man is talented. One of the true masters of our world. In his worlds, he's a Maston - no an Aldermaston from a Family. And he's truly fountain blessed.
• Seriously cannot explain how much I enjoyed the Muirwood series - Jeff Wheeler does such an amazing job creating a riveting story that I literally couldn't put down. He has a gift for creating rich interactions, deep meaning, and powerful emotions without being graphic, cliche, or overly sexual, which is truly an underrated skill. It's one of those books that you immediately want to re-read after finishing, to pick up on details that you may have missed the first time around. And yes, I have definitely re-read the entire series a few times since getting it. It's THAT good, and made me want to get the rest of Mr. Wheeler's books. They are all good, but the Muirwood series has a special place in my heart.
• I am a devoted fan of fantasy and science fiction and without question, this is one of the most endearing, exciting, captivating and beautifully written series I have ever read. For me, one of the most important ways of judging the quality of any story, print or film, is the author's ability to evoke the readers' or viewers' empathy with his characters and Jeff Wheeler, with his brilliant character development in this series, does that in spades. For example, it is impossible not to fall completely in love with Maia, and to vividly feel her every emotion, her every pain, her every triumph, her every battle (both physical and emotional). Despite it being fantasy, the whole atmosphere Mr. Wheeler manages to create with the entire world of Muirwood makes it seem real - that feat in itself takes consummate skill. I would unreservedly recommend this series to EVERYONE.
• The climax of an entertaining trilogy.. Jeff Wheeler certainly knows how to tell a good story AND how to put it in writing. The 'mage-craft' can get confusing, but it seems to be consistent -- unlike some fantasy writers who pull a new magic power out of nowhere when the main characters get into hot water. I still have a little problem with his "very rare but slightly troubling grammar errors." I only mention them because they are just enough to 'Jolt' me out of my poetic empathy with the story. However, since his editor does not catch these "errors," perhaps the grammar has become acceptable in certain areas of writing. Regardless, as my Grandad used to say, "Never let the truth or technicalities ruin a good story!"
  
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