Loom Saga

The Complete Series

By: Elise Kova

Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Erin Moon

Length: 36 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Perfect for fans of Mistborn and A Game of Thrones, this dark fantasy about a magical engineer turned thief has listeners raving.

The Dragon King rules with an iron fist and one woman has vowed to be his demise.

After a bloody conquest, the world of Loom is now ruled by Dragons. They oversee those beneath them from their sky cities with magic and cruelty.

Arianna is known as the White Wraith; an unscrupulous thief who will do anything as long as it defies her Dragon oppressors. She's spent her life working in the shadows, harboring a secret that would have her killed. A secret that will bring the Dragon King to his knees.

Joined by a trigger-happy gun mage and a Dragon prince who seeks to assassinate his king, Arianna sets out on an epic journey. The unlikely trio is Loom's last hope for freedom. But, for Arianna, this mission is personal. This is her last shot at redemption . . . and vengeance.

©2016 Elise Kova (P)2022 Tantor

Story line

First book male voice is hard to listen to but improves midway through so just power through!
Otherwise- excellent story from the always talented Elise Kova

That ending tho…

This book was great! But I have to say that the ending left me wanting.

good ideas badly implemented

I promised myself I would listen to the whole trilogy before judging it. As it turns out, that was bad news for the review.
The writer has tendencies to overuse the same words and phrases, to MISuse a number of them, and sometimes just to fail into purple prose. her writing got worse in the third book, as if she were in too much of a deadline rush to have a proper editor go at it.
The book didn't need the explicit scenes, or the writer's obvious obsession with biting and chewing during lovemaking. They didn't expand the story and could have been cut with no loss to the book.

The story had merit, the ideas were interesting, if shallow, and the setting was clearly the star of the show. It could have been a page turner. It just... wasn't.

perfect ending

the narrators did an amazing job for this audio! I loved the story and multiple perspectives

Good story

I enjoyed this series very much. It had all the components I like with fantasy action, adventure & romance. The overall score is because I did have a couple of complaints about the style. The storylines would bounce around between character POV‘s which would drive me insane. And in some of the scenes the wording became verbose and flowery to such an extent that I felt it was insincere, I felt
it was just an attempt to impress the reader and not tell the story. Plus there was a lot of attention to some of the characters that I wasn’t interested in, especially in the last book. The focus on these characters didn’t really add to the story as far as I was concerned. I really enjoyed the narrators - they performed very well, very realistic.

I loved the performance and the characters

Both performers made this an Emerson’s experience. The characters were well developed and the imagery and content flowed. Lots of twists. I will miss the adventure of this story now that I am moving on to another book.

Thoroughly Enjoyable, Refreshingly Different

Wow. This was my first experience with Elizabeth Kova's writing, and read very little of the steampunk genre. I really enjoyed this story, from the world building to the characters, their customs and their strife, it was unique. I think the narrators both did a great job. I usually don't like when the pov changes narrators, especially because most males make female characters sound silly or unbelievable to me. I've listened to Tim Campbell in another series and I think he does a great job with the female characters as well as the males. Elizabeth Moon does a great job as well.

I don't understand the negative reviews. I don't think I'm easily entertained, I need a good plot, complex characters, and strong world-building to really enjoy a story, and this delivered for me. Is Arianna a ruthless bitch? Of course she is, what she's been through and the world she lives in have made her that way. I was drawn in by her, Cvareh, and Florence, and became emotionally invested in each one of them. The changing POV's were necessary to see the full picture. I didn't enjoy the villains POV's as much as the others, but I think they still added to the storytelling. There were plenty of plot twists and turns that kept me on my toes. I wish there was more story to enjoy, but I'm satified with how it ended. I highly recommend Loom Saga. I know I'll return to it for another listen.

A must read steampunk fantasy reading

Although this is an earlier work by Elise Kova, and very different from series like Air Awakens or A Trial of Sorcerers, it’s such a surprising and captivating reading. I loved the world building, the characters development and the overall plot. It’s gritty, in a somewhat steampunk atmosphere (Loom) that keeps us gripped by the edge of our seat. Even if I wasn’t an absolute fan of the narrators, it was still a great audiobook trilogy.

Beautifully crafted worlds

Elise has painted a picture of two opposing worlds and how they have come together for better or worse. As per all the books of hers I have listened to, she builds an unlikely romance of two people and her happily ever agrees are almost always an alternative surprise to what you would assume in a traditional romance. I always love her creativity and how she captures me into her storylines. The performance was also brilliant!

great narration. unlikable worlds.

great narration. unlikable worlds. couldn't get into the dystopia worlds of steam punk versus sky. good storytelling just lack of imagination.