Previous SFF Author: Brian James Freeman
Lorna Freeman was raised in Southern California and has been writing for most of her life. Covenants is her first published work Here’s Lorna Freeman’s blog.
I am a soldier, and Rabbit, the main character of Lorna Freeman’s Covenants, is a joke.
Freeman is just all over the place with Rabbit — he’s willing to tangle with someone one minute, and the next minute he’s hiding under his blankets because he’s afraid? The premise of Covenants is very interesting and I enjoyed the plot, but it bugged me that Rabbit acted like a scared kid half of the time and a foul-mouthed tough guy the rest.
John Hulet´s rating: 3.5 | Lorna Freeman | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The King’s Own by Lorna Freeman
In the first book of Borderlands (Covenant), Lorna Freeman made some serious mistakes with the main character, Rabbit, by trying to describe him as one thing and have him behave in a manner that didn’t make sense.
In the second book, The King’s Own, there is much better consistency with Rabbit — he acts like he should. I especially loved the way the Freeman played off of his youth and apparent inexperience when it came to dealing with the opposite sex.
John Hulet´s rating: 5 | Lorna Freeman | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Lorna Freeman’s Borderlands series has seen its ups and downs for me. Shadows Past is cut from the same cloth; I just felt like it took a long time to tell next to no story, and then all the good parts were crammed into the end.
The main character, Rabbit, has been constantly changing throughout this series. His story is very interesting, between his upbringing in a wild and magical part of the world and his ties to the royalty of a nearby nation.
John Hulet and Ruth Arnell´s rating: 2.5, 3.5 | Lorna Freeman | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Brian James Freeman
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