#sephie reads Taellaneth series

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The elves, shifters, and humans are meeting to renew the peace treaty between their realms and the human mage there is being a jackass, both the elves and shifters think the humans are stupid idiots

So this blowhard human mage is trying to put himself in charge of security against the elves and shifters protests, and then stupidly stated that the one with the most experience should be in charge.

In front of immortal elves and shifters.

Elves: so anyway the elvish captain of the guard should be in charge then. Do you agree shifters?

Shifters: sounds good to me 👍

This guy: *face turning purple* I suppose so

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Woah YES!!! Fuckin finally!! He kissed Arrow!! I was wondering.

I'm so happy, Arrow started out the lowest of the low, she won her freedom, was adopted by the shifters, and the people who held her down for so long are getting exactly what they deserve

[persephinae]

I enjoyed the Grey Gates series by Vanessa Nelson so much, I bought an older series of hers for 99 cents (all 5 books) because the sample I read was pretty good

You can tell it's some of her older writing as there feels something not quite up to the quality of her Grey Gates books, but it's still really engrossing

"The Taellaneth series" seems to be about elves (but they're called something else). The MC is named Arrow, a word that is close in pronunciation to what the elves call her in elvish, which is "Abomination".

Arrow is half human, and was made a "tenured servant" (slave) to the rest of the elves because of her heritage. She is regularly treated like shit, beaten, barely fed, given the most threadbare shitty clothes, and is treated like the lowest of the low

However because she IS still elvish, she has magic (very strong magic) and has been extensively trained in its use, and if she had been a full blooded elf with rights, she would be a highly esteemed war mage with her own cadre of warriors

The story starts with her being sent to the shifkin (werewolves) as part of a murder investigation

The elves have been implicated and they must honor their treaty with the shifkin. However the shifkin hate them so they sent Arrow as she was viewed expendable and wouldn't be mourned if she was murdered by the shifkin in their rage

Book 1 is basically unraveling the murder and in the process they learn that humans have been summoning demons. Long Ago, humans tried the same thing against the elves and it was a horrific battle as they fought powerful demons loosed upon the land, barely winning. Now the ancestors of those same humans are trying again, and this time trying to frame the elves so as to start a war with the shifters.

So far it's been pretty good. 👍

Book 1 is 3/5 stars I would say

[persephinae]

Finished book 4, will start book 5 tomorrow. I think that's the final book. The series definitely had me hooked

The elves, shifters, and humans are meeting to renew the peace treaty between their realms and the human mage there is being a jackass, both the elves and shifters think the humans are stupid idiots

So this blowhard human mage is trying to put himself in charge of security against the elves and shifters protests, and then stupidly stated that the one with the most experience should be in charge.

In front of immortal elves and shifters.

Elves: so anyway the elvish captain of the guard should be in charge then. Do you agree shifters?

Shifters: sounds good to me 👍

This guy: *face turning purple* I suppose so

[persephinae]

Oh whoops, spoke too soon. Banished again because she pissed off an Elder.

Woah YES!!! Fuckin finally!! He kissed Arrow!! I was wondering.

I'm so happy, Arrow started out the lowest of the low, she won her freedom, was adopted by the shifters, and the people who held her down for so long are getting exactly what they deserve

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So at the end of book 4, she had accepted death as her only option as she had to use a demon lord's Name to banish him. His name contained so much power and magic that one would destroy themselves to say his name.

She accepted this and did her duty, dying in the process - her jaw broken from using his name, her eyes burned away by the blaze of magic, her ears bursting from the thunderous clap of power, and her bones shattered.

She lay there dying, having saved everyone, however the heart of the elvish land, actually loved her, and remembered her mother - it was somewhat sentient and remembered kindness and power. It healed her from the brink of death, marking her as someone the heart of the land had touched. However also in that process of healing her, it had rewritten her very DNA, so that she was now full elvish, no longer a human looking half elf.

It was what she had always wanted and at the same time she never wanted this. She had worked so hard despite her limitations and was PROUD of what she had accomplished despite others who would beat her into submission or call her an abomination, less than a person.

So now she has to come to terms with the fact that she's full elvish now and what that means to how she views herself.

And on the one hand, this will make her life much easier to navigate elvish politics, however on the other, it feels like a cheapened accomplishment tbh, and I kinda wish she had remained half elven, so she could forge her own path.

The elves, shifters, and humans are meeting to renew the peace treaty between their realms and the human mage there is being a jackass, both the elves and shifters think the humans are stupid idiots

So this blowhard human mage is trying to put himself in charge of security against the elves and shifters protests, and then stupidly stated that the one with the most experience should be in charge.

In front of immortal elves and shifters.

Elves: so anyway the elvish captain of the guard should be in charge then. Do you agree shifters?

Shifters: sounds good to me 👍

This guy: *face turning purple* I suppose so

[persephinae]

Ohhh he's trying to court her like she's an elven Lady, but she's not and has never had freedom to even consider that someone might be interested in her, let alone courting her

He sees, but he does not see. She was a slave, with barely the freedom of her own thoughts. She wouldn't know love and courtship.

I'm really hoping that once he understands and they have a talk, that he goes back and kills everyone of those motherfuckers that ever hurt her

Like that would be so good.

Woah YES!!! Fuckin finally!! He kissed Arrow!! I was wondering.

I'm so happy, Arrow started out the lowest of the low, she won her freedom, was adopted by the shifters, and the people who held her down for so long are getting exactly what they deserve

[persephinae]

Sighh he loves her

Woah YES!!! Fuckin finally!! He kissed Arrow!! I was wondering.

I'm so happy, Arrow started out the lowest of the low, she won her freedom, was adopted by the shifters, and the people who held her down for so long are getting exactly what they deserve

[persephinae]

So the murderer was killed, conspirators rounded up, and Arrow received her true name, a final gift from her long dead mother

God, Arrow's family gargles balls and suck ass

Im glad her grandfather was fuckin killed and I hope the rest of them fall like dominoes

I hope Kester finds out that she was enslaved by her own family and clan and he just goes to war against them all. Fuck em all

Flames on the side of my face dot gif

The good news though is that Kester really loves her and is willing to take his time with her

Cannot stress enough that i hope he murders her family and all those assholes back home

Or at least break their backs like a glowstick, go full Bane on their asses

Woah YES!!! Fuckin finally!! He kissed Arrow!! I was wondering.

I'm so happy, Arrow started out the lowest of the low, she won her freedom, was adopted by the shifters, and the people who held her down for so long are getting exactly what they deserve

[persephinae]

Oh FUCK, I would have NEVER suspected the queen's consort to murder that person! Holy shit, literally never would have guessed

Woah YES!!! Fuckin finally!! He kissed Arrow!! I was wondering.

I'm so happy, Arrow started out the lowest of the low, she won her freedom, was adopted by the shifters, and the people who held her down for so long are getting exactly what they deserve

[persephinae]

Woah shit!! She was freed in book 2? What happens now? 😮

I enjoyed the Grey Gates series by Vanessa Nelson so much, I bought an older series of hers for 99 cents (all 5 books) because the sample I read was pretty good

You can tell it's some of her older writing as there feels something not quite up to the quality of her Grey Gates books, but it's still really engrossing

"The Taellaneth series" seems to be about elves (but they're called something else). The MC is named Arrow, a word that is close in pronunciation to what the elves call her in elvish, which is "Abomination".

Arrow is half human, and was made a "tenured servant" (slave) to the rest of the elves because of her heritage. She is regularly treated like shit, beaten, barely fed, given the most threadbare shitty clothes, and is treated like the lowest of the low

However because she IS still elvish, she has magic (very strong magic) and has been extensively trained in its use, and if she had been a full blooded elf with rights, she would be a highly esteemed war mage with her own cadre of warriors

The story starts with her being sent to the shifkin (werewolves) as part of a murder investigation

The elves have been implicated and they must honor their treaty with the shifkin. However the shifkin hate them so they sent Arrow as she was viewed expendable and wouldn't be mourned if she was murdered by the shifkin in their rage

Book 1 is basically unraveling the murder and in the process they learn that humans have been summoning demons. Long Ago, humans tried the same thing against the elves and it was a horrific battle as they fought powerful demons loosed upon the land, barely winning. Now the ancestors of those same humans are trying again, and this time trying to frame the elves so as to start a war with the shifters.

So far it's been pretty good. 👍

Book 1 is 3/5 stars I would say