Saint Marie 1
Posted: June 21, 2007 Filed under: Saint Marie 1 Comment »This is one of those terminated ADV series that we’ll never see the end of, and it’s a shame because I think it’s only four volumes. Knowing this, I picked it up recently anyway, because the premise sounded pretty awesome, and it was also very cheap.
The plot, incidentally, is about select students at this school playing games of psychic chess. Students are assigned a role on the chess board, and once they are eliminated, the white or black side is down a piece. What are they fighting for? If you can believe it, I believe it was the ultimate battle of good and evil, and there had been chess games played during the crusades, etc previously. Awesome.
Unfortunately, it’s not that good. I had a hard time keeping all the characters straight, which is extremely important since they all have different powers, roles, etc. and the plot is extremely intricate. The main character doesn’t have a role in the chess game, but finds out about it because she can overhear the psychic conversations of the white side. It’s pretty weird.
I did like it, admittedly, but it’s not very good, and of course we don’t get to see the end. I did read through volume 2 though, which is as far as ADV got.
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