Kristin K. (escapeartistk) -
I was going to give this book 3.5 stars until I got to the end and it just stopped. It was probably the most abrupt ending I've ever read.
This book is much the same, in terms of quality, as her Black Magician trilogy, though I liked this book a little less - perhaps because I was hoping it would pick up sooner from where 'The High Lord' ended. Instead, it picks up 20 years later.
On a side note, for those who have read her previous novels: It drives me a little nuts how Canavan constantly points out that the magician(s) "opened the door with magic." She's fixated on that, it seems. And quite frankly (and especially given that they sometimes need to conserve their magical energy), it seems a little mundane...and inconsistent. I mean, they will walk up stairs instead of levitating, but they can't turn a door knob?! Just sayin'.
This book is much the same, in terms of quality, as her Black Magician trilogy, though I liked this book a little less - perhaps because I was hoping it would pick up sooner from where 'The High Lord' ended. Instead, it picks up 20 years later.
On a side note, for those who have read her previous novels: It drives me a little nuts how Canavan constantly points out that the magician(s) "opened the door with magic." She's fixated on that, it seems. And quite frankly (and especially given that they sometimes need to conserve their magical energy), it seems a little mundane...and inconsistent. I mean, they will walk up stairs instead of levitating, but they can't turn a door knob?! Just sayin'.
Kristin K. (escapeartistk) -
I was going to give this book 3.5 stars until I got to the end and it just stopped. It was probably the most abrupt ending I've ever read.
This book is much the same, in terms of quality, as her Black Magician trilogy, though I liked this book a little less - perhaps because I was hoping it would pick up sooner from where 'The High Lord' ended. Instead, it picks up 20 years later.
On a side note, for those who have read her previous novels: It drives me a little nuts how Canavan constantly points out that the magician(s) "opened the door with magic." She's fixated on that, it seems. And quite frankly (and especially given that they sometimes need to conserve their magical energy), it seems a little mundane...and inconsistent. I mean, they will walk up stairs instead of levitating, but they can't turn a door knob?! Just sayin'.
This book is much the same, in terms of quality, as her Black Magician trilogy, though I liked this book a little less - perhaps because I was hoping it would pick up sooner from where 'The High Lord' ended. Instead, it picks up 20 years later.
On a side note, for those who have read her previous novels: It drives me a little nuts how Canavan constantly points out that the magician(s) "opened the door with magic." She's fixated on that, it seems. And quite frankly (and especially given that they sometimes need to conserve their magical energy), it seems a little mundane...and inconsistent. I mean, they will walk up stairs instead of levitating, but they can't turn a door knob?! Just sayin'.
