A review by katmarhan
The Black Raven by Katharine Kerr
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.