The Fantasy Book Critic site have posted the review of the US edition of The Palace of Impossible Dreams.

Among the nice things they say about the book...

...The pace of the book is unrelenting and you *have* to turn the pages to see what happens, while the continual switching of pov's is superbly handled, so you never feel a lack of balance. The twists and turns keep coming, alliances are formed and broken, power jostling is ongoing and the Tide is still going higher since as the uber-immortal Lukys notes, after such a long low tide, there usually comes the ultimate one in a million years "king-tide". As with the previous novels, some of the most poignant moments are given by the past stories of the immortals.

The series proceeds seemingly naturally from one scene to another, however looking back from the beginning of the first volume, the change in focus and the expansion of the storyline is quite visible and on every reread of the books I am still amazed how well the author pulls it off so looked from a distance "The Palace of Impossible Dreams" could be said to belong to a different series - though again it just flows from the previous volumes.

The only niggle about the novel is that it truly begs the next volume since the tension is raised so much and the plot-lines are ready to "explode" that not having "The Chaos Crystal" to read asap can lead to frustration. "The Palace of Impossible Dreams" is epic fantasy of the highest level.

Aren't they nice? The full review is here 

Helium.com have just posted a ver interesting review of The Immortal Prince.

"...Few novels have made me think as hard as I did with this epic tale and nothing is ever predictable. Twists occurred throughout the novel (watch out for the big surprise in the last chapter before the epilogue) and they will keep you guessing right to the end. Cayal is no perfect hero nor is he an ethereal being. Perhaps that’s why readers connect with him despite all his previous despicable acts – because he’s human, like us. All the other characters are just as realistic and full-of-life so you can never tell who is going to play a major role later on.

The world Fallon created is like no other but parallels between Amyrantha and Earth are cleverly hidden within the text, making the serious philosophers among us ponder upon the state of our world today and the not-so-serious readers giggle with delight. This is no typical fantasy novel and with the Tide coming in, readers have no idea what is going to happen once the Tide Lords reach their full potential.

The best thing?

The Tide Lords series is already complete. So eager readers do not need to wait for the next three instalments: “The Gods of Amyrantha”, “The Palace of Impossible Dreams” and “The Chaos Crystal"."

The full review is here

It's nice to see a new review pop up, every now and then, for a book published almost 10 years ago.

Silver's Book Review has posted some very nice things about The Immortal Prince...

Book Rating: 4.5

Review:
Jennifer Fallon weaves an intriguing tale, which twists and turns all throughout, and she obviously ascribes to the maxim, "Things are not what they seem." ...

...Rarely too does a book make me think, but this one did. Death is not a topic we like, nor one we ruminate about. If possible, we run from it as far away as we could. I think that's why the Fountain of Youth is so popular. If it were possible, I think each one of us would like to live forever, so that we'd get to do ALL the things we want to do, read ALL the books we want to read (I know I'll need a few thousand years), and be secure in the knowledge that we won't die. 

Yet, Cayal presents the other side of things. Just think of the license we'd have with immortality. We can do things without repercussions, because we needn't be afraid we'd die, even if we were punished. Continents could be blown up and civilizations wiped out, but what do we care? We're still alive at the end of it. And so, we have Cayal, a man who's lived for over 8000 years and has seen and done everything, and aside from the pain he's also suffered from his actions, some of these things sickend and depressed him so much that he wanted to die to get away from it all. He was tired of living, the way we sometimes are, but in his case, he has lived through 8000 years. Only he couldn't. And that's very frustrating. 

Perhaps the author is right and man isn't meant to live forever. Perhaps man is meant to live only an average of 80 years, a limited time that would prompt him to live wisely and choose to fill his life with people and activities that would enrich (not in the material sense) him. Cayal said the fun is in the journey, and in this, I agree with him. 

If Cayal were the hero of this series (because in a fantasy series, one never knows), I'm not sure if I like him very much. He's not the typical romance hero, definitely, heroic and made larger than life, but he's all too like us--human with flaws and prone to selfishness and making stupid calls in life. I don't know if meeting Arkaday (or thousands of years of living) will make him a better man, but things he's done in his past made me cringe and wonder how he could have done such things. However, this story is more than just Cayal's and Arkady's romance.

There is a larger game at play, one which involves all the other Tide Lords. I believe this first book serves the purpose of introduction and laying down the foundation that the Tide Lords existed, and the story takes off from Book 2 onwards with them gaining back their powers and ready to wreak havoc once again in human lives. Reading the blurbs of the succeeding books on the author's website, however (I dare not read the excerpts), makes me wonder if the romance between Arkady and Cayal will feature a strong portion or not. I guess I'll have to wait and see.

This is definitely a great start to the series and I'm interested to see how Cayal will evolve and mature/grow in the next books, and how his budding relationship with Arkady will affect him. To be honest, the back cover blurb didn't draw me in, but once you start reading, Ms. Fallon's way with words will hold sway over you and won't let go until you've read the last page.

Somebody just posted a 1 star review on Amazon.com for The Gods of Amyrantha, that goes like this:

fantastic series just gets better, September 12, 2009

By	Book Junkie (Los Angeles)

Fallon set a high bar for herself with the first book in this series, but she vaunts it easily here. This is emerging as on of the standout new fantasy series and Fallon can take her place alongside the likes of George RR Martin, Robin Hobb ,Scott Lynch and Joe Abercrombie as one of the truly original thinkers in the genre. She doesn't disappoint with either the story here or her ability to tell it. Beautifully well-written with terrifically engaging and nonstereotypical characters, the only complaint you'll have about this book is that it ends. My only advice to Fallon: write faster!

Dear God... imagine what the review would have been like if they'd given it 5 stars!!!!!!