The River Kings’ Road by Liane Merciel
CLASSIFICATION: The River Kings’ Road is a traditional, medieval European-influenced epic fantasy in the vein of Greg Keyes’ THE KINGDOMS OF THORN AND BONE, David Farland, and early J.V. Jones.
FORMAT/INFO: The River Kings’ Road is 384 pages long divided over twenty numbered chapters and an Epilogue. Narration is in the third person via Brys Tarnell,
February 27th, 2010. Robert Thompson and Tim Scheidler´s rating: 4 | Liane Merciel | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke
Sometimes you find a fantasy novel that’s not extremely original, but is so much plain fun to read that you just can’t help but love it. The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke is one of those books: despite using some recognizable fantasy templates, it’s a great story and a book I found extremely hard to put down.
Whenever the main character in a fantasy novel is poor and young, you can be almost certain that they’re destined for great things later in the book or series.
February 27th, 2010. Stefan Raets´s rating: 4 | Glenda Larke | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Since Firebird is one of Mercedes Lackey’s somewhat older works, I thought I’d enjoy it. It certainly sounded promising.
And indeed, Firebird starts off with a lot of potential. Though the main character, Ilya, is yet another underappreciated, super-clever youth whose family is mean to him, etc. etc., he’s a bit of a, well, womanizer. He likes him some womenfolk, and it’s kind of charming in a rather “That’s not very like Mercedes Lackey” kind of way.
February 27th, 2010. Beth Johnson Sonderby (guest)´s rating: 0.1 | Mercedes Lackey | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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