It's interesting to see an author grow. I've done it in reverse, reading Megan Lindholm era books after having read Robin Hobb's Farseer books. It's possible to see the writer she was going to become, ... but she isn't there yet, in this series. I'm glad I'm nearly finished with it--not because it's bad (though of the quartet, this book is particularly dull) but because it isn't anything like as good as it ought to be.

My favorite of the 3 in the series. I love the strange world they inhabit. I admire the skill of her writing going all the way back to her days writing under Lindholm.

Great story, terrible ending. The Limbreth is/are fare more interesting than the windsingers, which featured so heavily in the second book.

Very different from Robin Hobb, more mystical. The whole book seemed too slow and dreamy.

Not bad at all, the only other books from Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm that I actually like... The Ship and Shaman series failed to drag me in but bot this one.

Third instalment in the series and Ki and Vandien are drawn into another adventure. Yoleth, a Windsinger with a personal agenda, has some issues with Ki and builds up a scheme in which to remove her from this world and enter through a Limbreths’ gate, without the possibility to come back. We follow Ki into this new world and not only that; the inhabitants of this world live in peace and harmony with all living things, do not eat meat or put animals to work. The river’s water makes one to forget

The book is ok, but nowhere near as brilliant as her other work, the Fitz/Fool novels etc. Still, worth reading while waiting for Fitz and the Fool Part 3 to come out.

Not really my favourite of the quartet. I find it somewhat wince-worthy, somehow -- I don't like seeing Ki the way she is in this book, really. Still, the world-building that I love continues, hinting at some larger events, and also filling in parts of Ki's past with the deftest touches -- filling in about her mother, explaining why the harpies attacked her family...Ki and Vandien are an awesome couple, strong both together and alone. In fact, the way they seem to have to be separated before the...

This 3rd book in the series is stronger than the 2nd, even though once again Ki and Vandien are apart for most of it. Despite this, their love for each other is very obvious, and yet again a lovely example of a strong couple that support and respect each other. A different problem this time to solve, and a new character to add to the very good characters already developed by Lindholm. A clear look into the excellence that develops in her later books with Fitz and the Fool.

This is an odd book.I read it without reading the first two books in the series, or anything else by the author under her Megan Lindholm name. I knew of her talent as Robin Hobb of course, and that the switch of pen names was partially driven by a decision to relaunch her career with a more mainstream angle. Well, now I understand that a little better.The Limbreth Gate tells the tale of Kip, a gypsy/hero whose enemies trick her into a different world as punishment for the events of the previous

...Maybe this third book in the quartet is the most difficult to appreciate. In terms of structure and emotional charge it is the best of the quartet so far I think but definitely a more challenging read than the previous two. Lindholm is clearly progressing as a writer over the course of this series. Something that can be seen in the final volume, Luck of the Wheels (1989), as well. Ki and Vandien remain two of Lindhom's most intriguing creations and I am very much enjoying to way in which she

Yet another unputdownable story of Ki and Vandien.This time, the Windsinger council are plotting against Ki, as they have discovered exactly who she is, and so Yoleth, one of the council, who hates what Ki is, and wants to use her to gain enough power to lead the council in her own way, tricks Ki into going through the Limbreth Gate, and onto another world, where there is no return.What she didn't plan for, though, is Rebeke finding out about it and, as the only Windsinger with the true shape an...

Megan Lindholm is able to give heroism to 'common' people as KI and Vandien, who are able to survive their adventures in determination alone. At the same time she is able to create a world full of magic around them, which feels very natural.I also love the addition of the new character Hollyika to this mix.

The weakest of the Ki and Vandien books. Like Windsingers, too much time is spent on separate plotlines for Ki and Vandien, and Ki's storyline is particularly unsatisfying, as she is not Ki through most of it.Full review: http://oyceter.livejournal.com/667882...

I was pleased to find that for me this book improved from the last one in the series. There is an expansion of the Windsingers and a bit more backstory into Ki which gives a bit more meaning behind her life and the events that have happened so far. The side characters were more interesting -I particularly liked Chess, a young boy in a rough situation who finds his own path. The ending did feel a little abrupt though. I would have liked a little more to resettle after all that has happened and fo...

The Limbreth gate is portal between two worlds. Ki is lured through it thinking Vandien has gone before when one goes through another comes out and this Chess ends up in a very different world. Canadian find out and manages to break through to go after Ki. We found out notes about her and why most of the windsingers are not her friend.

Really good with some crazy plot twists that revealed things from the earlier books I would not have guessed.

Again, I loved it... But it made me sad. Plus, it's a lot like that dream where you're trying to run away from something but the faster you try to go, the slower you actually move. Ki is on a bad journey and won't snap out of it and Vandien can't catch up. Throw in a random brute, a jealous bitch, and a few other incidental characters (some we already know), and that's pretty much it. Will he catch up in time? Will they get out? Well, if course. The real question is how many times can they get a...

This was the best of this series so far...A big fan of Robin Hobb, I was curious when I heard about these earlier books written under the name Megan Lindholm. Beginning with the second book, The Windsingers, I could see some of the elements and themes which Ms. Lindholm developed in the Mad Ship series. The Ancients feel like the Others in the Mad Ship series...a species alien and powerful and almost unfathamable to humans. The charactors are not totally good or evil--but only perspective makes

Hier herken ik Robin Hobb weer in! Spannend, apart. Beter dan deel 2 en een heel stuk beter dan deel 1. Nu kom je pas te weten waarom de kinderen van Ki zijn gedood, wel een beetje laat. Ook in de Boeken … had ze er een handje van om pas na verloop van tijd duidelijkheid over achtergronden te geven, en dan nog steeds niet volledig. Hier zitten ook nog andere elementen in van de Boeken…: die stenen bijvoorbeeld. Er is nog een vierde deel, want dit verhaal is nog niet uitverteld, maar in deze uitg...