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A review by pjonsson
Release Of Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
3.0
I quite like Leira and friends. Both the her elven ones and her human ones. However there was quite a bit too much silly stuff in this book for me to truly like it. I mean, come on, Justin Timberlake … an elf? Not to mention the entire Costco nonsens. It was just silly and too long.
Once you remove the silly parts you get a fairly short book which was reasonably enjoyable to read. There are the usual hints sprinkled around about Leira being special (as in powerful) and I really would like to see where that goes. It is the main reason I still have any interest in this series.
Of course there are also the obligatory conspiracies, involving the necklace from the previous book and Rhazdon artifacts.
There is also some character advancement for Leira apart from her magical development. I did like these parts. Especially the ones with the general. I think I like this guy. The part where he visits the psychiatric hospital and “sets things straight” were my kind of stuff.
On the whole it was a nice light read with some nice magic stuff, adventure, mystery and action. It is really a shame about all the silly stuff which put me off quite a bit. I hope the next book tones that part down a bit.
Once you remove the silly parts you get a fairly short book which was reasonably enjoyable to read. There are the usual hints sprinkled around about Leira being special (as in powerful) and I really would like to see where that goes. It is the main reason I still have any interest in this series.
Of course there are also the obligatory conspiracies, involving the necklace from the previous book and Rhazdon artifacts.
There is also some character advancement for Leira apart from her magical development. I did like these parts. Especially the ones with the general. I think I like this guy. The part where he visits the psychiatric hospital and “sets things straight” were my kind of stuff.
On the whole it was a nice light read with some nice magic stuff, adventure, mystery and action. It is really a shame about all the silly stuff which put me off quite a bit. I hope the next book tones that part down a bit.