T L Morganfield lives in Colorado with her husband and children Shes an alumna of the Clarion West Workshop and she graduated from Metropolitan State University with dual degrees in English and History She reads and writes way too much about Aztec history and mythology but it keeps her muse happy which makes for a happy writer so she has no plans of changing her ways T L Morganfield lives in Colorado with her husband and children She s an alumna of the Clarion West Workshop and she graduated from Metropolitan State University with dual degrees in English and History She reads and writes way too much about Aztec history and mythology but it keeps her muse happy which makes for a happy writer so she has no plans of changing her ways site_link Quetzalpetlatl the former Queen of Tollan is now in exile She tries to rebuild her life and is trying to come to terms with her identity Her first step is to rescue her son from the underworld and bargain with the Lord of the Dead in exchange for Quetzalcoatl When she gets out of the underworld she meets up with Mextli a god who shows her what it is like to be a goddess When Quetzalpetlatl comes back to Tollan she finds it in disarray and her brother Topiltzin is dying Can Quetzalpetlatl save Tollan and Topiltzin before it is too late After learning the identity of who Quetzalpetlatl really is I found that I did not like her character very much in this novel She seems like a totally different person from the previous novels She is very selfish in the beginning and does not care how her abilities affect others Later on she does realize the consequences she has made on others and tries to fix it with no avail Eventually she becomes the character that I recognize in the series However I also found her to be a weaker character than she was in other novels Throughout the novel Quetzalpetlatl tries to come to terms with herself and she begins to lose faith with Quetzalcoatl whom she has been faithful to Still I did not like Quetzalpetlatl s actions and thought some of them may have done harm than good Overall this book is about faith love and friendship There was very little character development in the novel Most of the supporting characters that we have come to know over the course of the series make very little appearances I did find the Native American mythology to be very interesting and the author makes the world come alive The Bone Flower Goddess raises questions than answers While I prefer the previous novels The Bone Flower Goddess was a solid conclusion to the series I recommend this series to fans of The Star Touched Queen Lily of the Nile and Child of the Prophecy 0990920755
| The Bone Flower Goddess (The Bone Flower Trilogy, #3) By T.L. Morganfield |
| 0990920755 |
| 9780990920755 |
| English |
| 356 |
| Paperback |
Death is her gift Discovering the truth about her forgotten past sets Quetzalpetlatl former Queen of Tollan and High Priestess of Quetzalcoatl on a new journey to rebuild her life from the ashes of the Feathered Serpent s deception Her top priority is to rescue her son from the underworld but the Lord of the Dead will only resurrect him in exchange for the most powerful of the gods Quetzalcoatl himself For such a dangerous mission Quetzalpetlatl needs help She finds allies among the gods but the only one willing and powerful enough to take on the Feathered Serpent is the one god who s responsible for so much of her personal pain these last thirty five years The Smoking Mirror holds the key to everything she s ever longed for if she s willing to give him the one thing he s sought for countless bundles of year But with Tollan s throne and the future of the Tolteca empire at stake is the price one that humanity can afford to pay The Bone Flower Goddess The Bone Flower Trilogy 3.