katmarhan's review
4.0
9/10
This installment in the Deverry Cycle spends half the book in "current" time and half in the past at the end of the Civil Wars. Slowly, the stories from the past and connecting with the current storyline, answering seem riddles and setting new ones.
Kerr's characters are fairly well-developed and three-dimensional, so there are times the reader wants to wring their neck as and other times one wants to cheer them on. It is fascinating to compare the personalities of the characters from one incarnation to another.
And some characters remain ciphers--Evandar and the dragon, for me.
This installment in the Deverry Cycle spends half the book in "current" time and half in the past at the end of the Civil Wars. Slowly, the stories from the past and connecting with the current storyline, answering seem riddles and setting new ones.
Kerr's characters are fairly well-developed and three-dimensional, so there are times the reader wants to wring their neck as and other times one wants to cheer them on. It is fascinating to compare the personalities of the characters from one incarnation to another.
And some characters remain ciphers--Evandar and the dragon, for me.
wordnerdy's review
4.0
https://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2022/03/2022-book-39.html
This little sub series is a trilogy instead of a set of four, so there are a lot of pieces in motion in this book, but I have faith Kerr will bring it all together in the third volume. Lots of magic and interpersonal problems, fewer battles and grisly action scenes, so I enjoyed this one a lot. We're now getting backstory on important pieces of jewelry and honestly, I’m here for it. A-.
This little sub series is a trilogy instead of a set of four, so there are a lot of pieces in motion in this book, but I have faith Kerr will bring it all together in the third volume. Lots of magic and interpersonal problems, fewer battles and grisly action scenes, so I enjoyed this one a lot. We're now getting backstory on important pieces of jewelry and honestly, I’m here for it. A-.
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