I have quite recently had the great pleasure of at last reading this book, and despite the fact that my recent perpetual fatigue did hinder my reading, I enjoyed it very much indeed!
This is a definite improvement over Betrayal at Falador, and I think Master Church (who, the Acknowledgments at the end suggest, may soon be Mister Church - My congratulations to the Giraffe and he!) definitely has a great deal of potential as an author.
As a lore fan, I once again enjoyed the delving into the lores, and was pleased at the lack of inconsistency.
*WARNING! SPOILERS FOLLOW!*
A friend of mine and fellow lore fan, who had read the book before me, had mentioned inconsistencies... Thus, I was worried at times, especially when Aubury spoke of the Dark Lady being the supposed daughter of Lord Drakan. I imagined this might be Vanescula... Whether it is may be something to be revealed in the third novel, but I am glad Vanescula was correctly referred to as Drakan's sister later on, *and* that the matter of Ellamaria working at the Blue Moon Inn was not forgotten.
...It seems, meanwhile, that by 'inconsistencies', my friend meant the matter of the Vyrewatch being affected by magic.
Fortunately, I have already formulated a hypothesis (or possibly two) to address this.
My friend may also have mentioned something else to me, but I cannot remember... Yet I do not think he mentioned more than two points, as he could not remember anything further, and if he did have a second point (which he may not have), it must have been either unimportant or explainable if I cannot even remember it.
Now, the ending of the book was absolutely made of sequel hook, which is not a bad thing... This is an intriguing tale indeed.
*WARNING! SPOILERS ABOVE!*
This is a definite improvement over Betrayal at Falador, and I think Master Church (who, the Acknowledgments at the end suggest, may soon be Mister Church - My congratulations to the Giraffe and he!) definitely has a great deal of potential as an author.
As a lore fan, I once again enjoyed the delving into the lores, and was pleased at the lack of inconsistency.
*WARNING! SPOILERS FOLLOW!*
A friend of mine and fellow lore fan, who had read the book before me, had mentioned inconsistencies... Thus, I was worried at times, especially when Aubury spoke of the Dark Lady being the supposed daughter of Lord Drakan. I imagined this might be Vanescula... Whether it is may be something to be revealed in the third novel, but I am glad Vanescula was correctly referred to as Drakan's sister later on, *and* that the matter of Ellamaria working at the Blue Moon Inn was not forgotten.
...It seems, meanwhile, that by 'inconsistencies', my friend meant the matter of the Vyrewatch being affected by magic.
Fortunately, I have already formulated a hypothesis (or possibly two) to address this.
My friend may also have mentioned something else to me, but I cannot remember... Yet I do not think he mentioned more than two points, as he could not remember anything further, and if he did have a second point (which he may not have), it must have been either unimportant or explainable if I cannot even remember it.
Now, the ending of the book was absolutely made of sequel hook, which is not a bad thing... This is an intriguing tale indeed.
*WARNING! SPOILERS ABOVE!*
The Asgarnian ale must flow.
14-Oct-2011 10:08:34
