I've had this one my to-read shelf for a couple of years now, and finally gave in. The problem is that it's the first in a new series, and I've been waiting 15 years for her to complete the last trilogy, after leaving book 2 on a total cliffhanger, so was really quite wary of starting a new one b...
I have to agree with many of the other reviewers. This is not up to MR's usual standard of fantasy.The book would have benefited greatly from a map and a lineage chart. The unusual names and the author's fondness for starting names with A, M, and Q made it hard to keep track of the characters. It...
Dear Ms. Rawn, You are breaking my heart by not finishing this series! Seriously, if you have lost interest in it, and cannot bring yourself to write it, LET US KNOW. PLEASE? I am reading Touchstone now, but have been afraid to. Why because I fell head over heels with EVERY other book you have wr...
I’m guessing Melanie Rawn is a fan of the Who.In “Elsewhens” (Tor, $15.99, 400 pages), the second installment in the Glass Thorns series, Rawn tracks the ups and downs of Touchstone, a four-man band of touring artists who are led by an enormously talented writer with a large nose (read Pete Towns...
Continuing on in my re-reads this summer is the second book of the Dragon Prince series. It's been about a decade or so since I read through these, so while I remember the large points of the story, there were some smaller points and a few twists that I didn't recall, which made the reread enj...
Review from the PFS Book Club...What I Liked: This book is a well-crafted (plot-wise, at least) ending to the Dragon Princetrilogy, nicely tying up the Rohan versus Roelstra and his family vein that started in the first book. There are revelations a plenty, but in what might be Rawn's greatest mo...
The story is very political, which is fine and normal in fantasy literature. It was the characters who disappointed me. Rohan's first few chapters introduced him as smart, capable and calculated. He wanted more for his kingdom than constant war, and seemed set to be a great literary hero. Unf...