Gift of Griffins

In Gift of Griffins V. M. Escalada continues to show her talent in world building, weaving together well crafted characters and a beautifully textured, intricate, magically real world. You feel the wind in your face and the ground beneath your feet. Her characters continue to be entirely believable-......more

I really wanted to give a better rating because I love Ker's character. She continues to grow in the sequel and it is awesome to see. The griffin also grows a lot and he became a favorite character of mine! The world itself and the magic also has great potential. Unfortunately, there were several th......more

A thoroughly satisfying read, 'Gift of the Griffins' works well as a 'stand alone' novel although I suspect that there are more in this series. The story was well told, the characters were likeable and pace was neither to fast nor to slow. This one was mostly action / adventure with just a bit of ro......more

Cool magic and excellent world-building. Things wrapped up much more quickly than I had expected given the invasion in book one. It all seemed a touch too easy--Kerida doubled her powers, Bakura also having powers, the Shekayrin defeated in a single duel. I don't know. It's possible the problem is t......more

Nicely done--a well developed fantasy contained in two books thus far. The story draws you in readily and the characters are compelling in their diversity and attributes. Maybe a trilogy?......more