Wayfarer redemption Book

5 beautiful soul touching stars★★★★★

'"Sing well and fly high, and may nothing and no-one tear your feet from the path of the Star Dance again."'

Reread for the third time with my favourite ladies; Mary& Celeste and it just keeps getting better & better, seriously each time I read it I love it a tiny bit more everytime. When I die I want this series buried with my corpse. Please & Thank you.



'The circular pool contained no water; instead, to all intents and purposes, it contained the universe. The real one, not the faint shadow that lights the night sky. Stars reeled and danced, Suns chased each other across galaxies, moons dipped and swayed through planetary systems, luminous comets threaded their mysterious paths through the cosmos. The sounds of vast interstellar winds roared out into the chamber and a luminous deep blue light pulsed through the Star Gate. It's depths stretched into infinity.'

Okay so this book is actually so hard for me to rate/review, it was the first fantasy novel I ever read. I can remember going into my mums room when I was around 14 years old and seeing it sitting on her counter, i asked what it was about and my mum turned into a total fangirl while explaining the plot (she has read this series over 10 times). I can remember never seeing my mum so excited over a book, she lent me her original copy with some 'rules' I can remember the rules vividly as everytime I lend her a book now I give her the rules she created lol. The rules were; do not bend the corner of the pages, use a book mark instead. DO NOT BEND THE SPINE & lastly do not lose it.
I treated my mums copy of Battleaxe like it was my baby, and to this day I still own it because I never gave it back. *evil laugh*. I know for a fact my opinion on this book is highly influenced by my mum. If you knew me in real life you would know I'm a total mummy's girl, I love my mum more then anything, and I still call her mummy and mumma. She is the most precious person I've ever met and I literally cry everytime I see/think of her because I adore her, she's my idol. I know she will cry when she reads this review but hey I do my best to be made of rainbows mum ;).



That's enough about my badass mum. Okay so this book is classic fantasy at its best, I absolutely adore classic fantasy and this is my favourite classic. It definitely has so many flaws (slow pacing, cliche, a tad annoying. I feel these things don't ruin the book because the last 30% is intense and the rest of the series is a lot faster, full of action and has a huge twist at the end) but I honestly couldn't care less about the flaws, this book is my child. And I'll fight you in a cage until the death if you don't like it.. So eat shit book haters.



It is about a world called Achar, on Archar there are four races;
Acharites - humans or groundwalkers. They worship the plough & are brainwashed from birth to hate the forbidden races.
The forbidden races are;
The Avar - 'the people of the horn' the dark skinned people of the forest, they worship the trees and are powerful banes capable of forest magic although they do not believe in violence and are the most peaceful of all the races.
The Icarii - 'the people of the wing' they are the beautiful winged people. Some Icarii are born as enchanters and can use the music of the Stardance to create music and magic. They are the equivalent of angels.
The Charonites - the people of the underworld, one of the original races born from the enchantress. They guide the souls of the dead to the afterlife.



The story takes place 1000 years after the war of the axe and the plough with the races (all magical beings are now exiled and killed on sight). We follow our main characters Axis, Faraday & Azhure. So basically the story is about a prophecy (yes cliche as hell but fuck it, I love it). The prophecy says two children will be born.. Gorgrael our bad guy and the Starman our good guy, both of these beings are the most powerful to have ever been born not only can they use the Stardance but they can also hear the Deathdance (black magic). Both of these beings come from the same father so basically book one is about discovering whose who in the prophecy but not all questions are answered. Gorgrael has an army of skrealings (wraiths) & Skraebolds both this creature are made from mist and they feed on fear & death. Shit gets crazy and lots of people die. Only one man can stop Gorgrael.. Haha I wonder who it is ;).

the characters-



Axis; I have so many issues with Axis but that's because I've read all his books. I can't decide if I love or hate him. He is such a stubborn, strong headed asshole but then again he is the kindest man alive. I just can't get past his arrogance, he is actually such a dick and so moody to everyone.



Faraday; my sweet baby Faraday.. I can't say much about this character because her role is huge in all six books. So I'll just say that I absolutely adore Faraday, it's horrible what she goes through my heart hurts for her and the upcoming events.



Azhure; the queen of my heart and whole existence.. where do I start with this character ?! She's my favourite character of the whole series, to be honest the only reason I'm reading these books again is for Azhure. She is absolutely incredible and it's safe to say she turns into an absolute bad ass as the books progress.

Belial; a background character.. I fucking love him, he makes axis bearable for me. I absolutely adore him and wish he had his own POV. He is definitely my favourite male character of this series and one of most remembered characters ever, he is so loyal and honourable he is a dreamboat.

Raum; another background character I love to death. One of the Avar banes and he is awesome.

Some of Sara Douglass's quotes melt my heart (seriously like I cried my face off), she's such a fantastic author. She died a few years back and it is so horribly sad to lose someone so talented.

So yes it's cliche but awesome and interesting this book has some of my all time favourite book quotes and some of my favourite book moments, it is also one of the reasons I love the moon so much. So I'm sorry for my over emotional word vomit review, it's just hard to find words to describe something so dear to myself.



Who would I recommend this series to? Anyone who loves classic fantasy, I bet you will adore it and fall in love with everything about it just like I did.

Everyone go read it NOW :)