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Title: Phedre-- you let me down
Review: I loved the first two books. In fact, I read them so often that they fell apart and had to buy hard cover copies. So, I waited for the conclusion of the trilogy with baited breath.Wow, what a waste of time.All the things that made Carey's first to novels so compelling were there, but it was as if her editor decided not to rein in Carey's tendency to be a bit overwrought this time because "hey, melodrama worked for the first two book so more melodrama will be better for the third!" There were too many plot twists, too many different cultures to explore, too many unlikely friendships, too much trauma between Phedre and Joscelin, too much interference from gods, just too, too, too.The bones of a fantastic conclusion are there, but some of the flesh should have been pared off before releasing this one to the public.
