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Touch of Power (Healer, #1)

Maria V. Snyder

Start date: December 20, 2011

Finish date: March 20, 2012

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Oct 24, 2011 Misty rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci_fi-fantasy, supernatural-paranormal, author-to-watch, wishlist, read-in-2011, arc-or-galley, excited-for, review-copy-solicited, ebook

I have this goal of taking notes on a book when I finish it, to make reviewing it easier. I know myself; I will jump straight into the next book, and things will get muddled, and then I'll forget half the things I want to say if I don't take notes. Sometimes my note-taking is really lax, but sometimes I love my nerdy, essay-writing self for being a note-taker, because then when I'm being a lazy ass and putting off writing a review (for no other reason than, say, a Firefly marathon. Again.), I'll ...more

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Sep 11, 2011 Kristen Harvey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: youngadult, signed, paranormal-fantasy, own-it, romance-y

First Impression:
I've been a huge fan of Maria's since first laying my hands on Poison Study and have since then taken a road trip just to meet her, read everything she's written and simply just love her work. So, when I heard about this new series, I was psyched. I loved her dystopian but was aching for more fantasy since the end of the Glass series. When this one came out on Netgalley, I was excited and then Kate read it and said "You will love this book" and so I picked it up as soon as possi First Impression:
I've been a huge fan of Maria's since first laying my hands on Poison Study and have since then taken a road trip just to meet her, read everything she's written and simply just love her work. So, when I heard about this new series, I was psyched. I loved her dystopian but was aching for more fantasy since the end of the Glass series. When this one came out on Netgalley, I was excited and then Kate read it and said "You will love this book" and so I picked it up as soon as possible.

While Reading:
I could not put this book down. I had to, as I started it before break and really should not be calling in to work (although I thought about it...) over reading a book. I loved the setup of this book. Avry is on the run and gets caught, almost executed and then saved only to be forced to risk her life again for another person, a person she could not care more for. Avry is easily making it to the top of my favorite characters. She's stubborn and strong, willing to do what she needs to survive but always seeming to fall for saving a sick child. She is a healer, one of the last alive, and she is being hunted for a crime that healers did not even commit.

I love the journey this takes Avry on. The band of men she travels with you will grow to love just as Avry does and their characters shine through the story and make it even more worthwhile to keep reading. I like that there is a price to pay when one uses magic, that's it is not as simple as waving you hands and kazam, all healed. The world surrounding her is torn between rivaling groups. Fighting for power, these people are out to get any advantage and Avry being a healer is right on top of that list. Avry and her merry band must find the man they need to be healed before it is too late or before she is taken by someone else who wishes to use her powers for more sinister reasons.

Final Verdict:
Definitely another emotional and adventure - filled novel by the ever fantastic Maria V. Snyder. I will have to wait impatiently for the next novel as I wonder where adventure will take Avry next. ...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Jennifer Marie rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult-2018-prior, fantasy, 2012-books, 2018-books, 2022-books

One thing I have to say about Maria's stories is they pull me in. I read the book in two days. When I started the novel there were a few fantasy elements I just couldn't wrap my head around and take seriously...however by the end of the novel things made sense and I could see all the set up and the intricacies that unfolded and still are to be unfolded and that I really liked. It fascinates me thinking about the different possibilities to come from what was introduced in book one.

There were a fe ...more

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Aug 30, 2011 Lexie rated it really liked it

Shelves: autographed, books-owned-read

Prelim Review: I was surprised by how much I kind of wanted to smack Avry at times. Some of the problems she has became problems because of her assumptions and stubbornness. She wasn't quite too stupid to live much of the time, but that didn't preclude her from being airbrained. If someone tells you 'Bad mercenary band is out hunting for you in this forest', the next logical leap of thought shouldn't have been 'let me wander aimlessly in this unknown forest'.

The story progressed quickly as the ...more

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Aug 18, 2012 Ann rated it really liked it

Probably closer to a 3.5 than a 4...

I enjoy Maria V. Snyder's books. They're fun reads.

That being said, I really wish they didn't all follow the same basic pattern (girl on the run falls for the guy she doesn't like/is out to capture her) and I wish the technology level of the world was better defined. Is it medieval? 18th c?

But I'll read the next one to find out what happens. ...more

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Mar 02, 2011 Brillare rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2016

a very fun read, great villain, page-turning plot (most of the time), but I'm kind of bothered about the relationship between Avry and her man. If this book were "deep" and I knew it would explore that relationship more seriously, then I'd think it was a fascinating, but I expect that their relationship is going to be all hunky-dory now, which is unrealistic. I don't want to say too much and spoil it. If you've read it you'll know what I mean. ...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Jessica rated it it was amazing

I really like Avery. Times are tough for healers, who are blamed for the plague that killed 2/3 of the population. Avery knows that to show her healing abilities means risking her life. She is the type of person though who is willing to risk her life to help save anothers. She gets swept up in the politics of the realm and she must decide who is worth saving.

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Jun 03, 2012 Clarissa Asha rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, young-adult

this book has the same appeal to me as Miss Synder's Study Series: an elaborate fantasy world, a twisty conspiracy, an iron-willed heroine and her knight in not so shining armor. For a fantasy romance book aimed for teen to young adult I highly recommend this book. ...more

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