A review by linark
Stalking Darkness, by Lynn Flewelling
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
There might be vague spoilers ahead.
What a cute ending. Tied up with a neat little bow with happy prospects ahead. Alec and Seregil is by far the most charming part, and their weird pseudo-relationship makes me cringe and giggle in equal parts. Damn, I will have to read the next book immediately.
Now, I was a bit silly and read this book and the first one like a year apart, so I forgot a lot of the nitty-gritty details. But it didn't really hamper my exprience. It was fun generally. I admire the way Fleewelling tied together the plotlines so elegantly, the way they glanced off each other a little teasingly and then collided (I'm thinking of the Rhiminee part). Very well-written.
Unfortunately I found the military parts quite boring—you can bet I skimmed through that. She's not very good at writing a battlefield, or military stuff in general, I feel like. Too many details to frantically memorise that are ultimately insignificant. Beka was a bit of a chore to read about because her character is horribly generic, but I appreciate how she ended up being so vital to the endgame. The foreshadowing and build-up was heavy-handed... I liked that.
I liked this book. It gets a 3.5 because Alec and Seregil got separated (