The Sorcerer Heir (The Heir Chronicles, #5) in Q&A with Cinda Williams Chima

May 05, 2014 hpboy13 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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This book is EVERYTHING. Everything I could have wanted. Getting to read a new Cinda Williams Chima book every year has become an annual treat for me since 2007, kind of like Halloween and pumpkin spice lattes. Her writing style is one of my absolute favorites; she has a gift for making things come alive, for fleshing out characters, for writing awesome action scenes.

When I read The Enchanter Heir a year and a half ago, I wrote, “Enchanter Heir never feels like more than just the intro to a larg ...more

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Sep 28, 2013 megan rated it it was amazing

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Cinda Williams Chima, you have done it again. You are, by far, one my all time favorite authors. You create stories and characters and worlds that sink into my skin and into my bones. Your writing is beautiful and a reader could not ask anything more from her favorite author (except for the request for more books...so, please, please, please, PLEASE???).

Okay, Chima is another author who creates boy characters that I fall absolutely head over heels in love with. First, I absolutely fell for Han ...more

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Jan 31, 2015 Shauni rated it it was amazing

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Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy

Several years ago my oldest daughter came home from school with a library book and basically said, "Mom you have to read this book!" That book was Cinda Williams Chima's The Warrior Heir.. I read that book and a love for a certain YA author was born.

The Sorcerer Heir is the fifth and final book in Ms. Williams Heir Series.. A world where gifted individuals born with a "weir" stone inside gives them powers and puts them in one of Originally Reviewed For: Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and Fantasy

Several years ago my oldest daughter came home from school with a library book and basically said, "Mom you have to read this book!" That book was Cinda Williams Chima's The Warrior Heir.. I read that book and a love for a certain YA author was born.

The Sorcerer Heir is the fifth and final book in Ms. Williams Heir Series.. A world where gifted individuals born with a "weir" stone inside gives them powers and puts them in one of the guilds. Wizard, Warrior, Sorcerer, Enchanter and Seers. For centuries the Wizards have kept the rest of the guilds in a tiered society where the Wizards ruled them all. That "government" has been felled but the rest of the guilds are still feeling their way in the new government.

Initially there was a three book series but Ms. Williams added the last two just recently. So this 5 book series is really a three book and two book series all tied together. We see characters from the trilogy in this book because they are truly important and to leave them out would be a disservice to the story. But the main focus in on Emma and Jonah and a group of children that survived a horrible explosion at a commune in South America. These children, those that have managed to live, have suffered over the years and are slowly dying their gifts are unique even to the weir world. Some are deadly but most are dangerous only to themselves.

Now to explain this book.. Which is way more difficult than you can possibly imagine. Jonah and his team have been killing "Zombies", the weir from his people that have died. Yet for some reason they can't really die and their souls survive. Floating around the real world where no one can see them but if they inhabit another's body they can "survive". But they want more they want to live.. Jonah and his team don't know any of this, they believe that the inhabited people become truly evil and that they have no sentience. Only they do.

When Jonah discovers this, his entire world begins shattering. Already unsure of being a hired killer, even if it is of the undead, Jonah becomes more than the lead on his team. He becomes a target for just about everyone. And the hope of his people. The problem is Jonah was created to be a killer, literally. His very touch can kill those alive and undead both. Created to kill, Jonah has the soul of a musician and the compassion of a truly generous heart.

Emma was literally created to become a great musician only she wasn't aware of it. Raised outside of the weir community she didn't know anything about them until the death of her grandfather. His death plunges her into a world on unknown. Where no one really accepts her or her "kind" the freaks. But Emma's appearance triggers the beginning of the end. At least of the prejudice that surrounds them. Or not.. LOL.

This is a complicated, unique, creative, book that ends a beautiful series. When it ended after Dragon Heir, I felt that the story was lacking something. That they needed something more. Even though it was well done, even though it was ended, even though the world was going to be a better place it was still a world in flux. But with Sorcerer Heir Ms. Williams closed the door. I felt this book gave us that final ending. That brought the world into focus so to speak. Although being an excellent author, Ms. Chima could easily revisit this series down the road.

This book really can't be read as a stand alone but it can be read as a duology. While the trilogy is important, it can be left out if you wanted to start reading this series. But, I have to ask, why ever would you want to?

This is an excellent YA book, it tells an important story and keeps the attention of the reader.. both the child AND the parent.. or any adult that chooses to read it. Ms. Chima writes in a manner that we forget that the characters are children/teenagers but never crosses a line with inappropriate behavior.

Just an excellent book.

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Oct 09, 2014 Bella rated it really liked it

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4.5 stars. A thrilling conclusion brimming with treachery and overflowing with emotion. Full review to come.

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Oct 23, 2014 Karlein rated it it was amazing

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The Sorcerer Heir is the final book in the Heir Chronicles but believe me, it most certainly does not feel like the end. Reading the last 2 chapters, opens up so many possibilities for Book 6.

Compared to previous books in the series, I feel like The Sorcerer Heir could have been more fast paced. There were many many scenes of characters having lengthy talks with each other, discussing the politics of the situation. I think that could have been reduced and given way to more action. The last few ...more

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Oct 24, 2014 Fizzgig rated it really liked it

It has zombies...

Seriously, a good book that had me going for awhile. The ending was a little awkward.

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Nov 10, 2014 Kristy Hunter rated it really liked it

Shelves: favortites, fantasy

LOVED IT! I hope, oh I hope Ms. Chima writes another Heir Chronicles novel. Her books always has a great plot hot and clever characters and lots of action and some romance, just what I like.

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