Rating: 
Summary: Lots of fluff, no substance.
Review: This book is a fine example of everything Ed Greenwood does wrong when he writes a novel. Ed seems incapable of creating characters who are anything short of omnipotent. Storm can always fall back on some poorly explained mystic power whenever her sword-weilding abilities or wits fail her. This is terrible because it dampens all of the excitement of the fight scenes. No matter how well the author could choreograph a fight ( and I'm not saying he does it well), the reader is bored because he knows somehow this Storm character is in no real danger. Ed's supporting characters are usually stereotypical, and the nobility described in this book are no exception. They are snobish, condesending, and incapable of displaying any intelligence that could save them from their impending doom. Ofcourse it is up to Storm to gallantly and selflessly save them from their ignorance. Please! Ed "peppers" his book with nude scenes of Storm that do nothing to develop the story, and are completely inappropriate to the moment at hand. Who is he catering to? Adolescents? He reveals more about Storm's anatomy than he does about her character, her motivations, her past, or her fears. Instead of writing a believable, living, breathing character Ed fails and creates a pin-up girl.
Rating: 
Summary: No Greenwood's best, but...
Review: Though the characters are a little flat and the plot a simplistic, the book was still a good read. The story has everything that a TSR book should, including the the dim but honourable soldiers, egotistic wizards, a sexy heroine who is almost godlike, and of course the all powerfull villian. But that is also the books problem because it becomes too pridictable and repetative in some of the action sequences.
Rating:
Summary: Lots of fluff, no substance.
Review: Too bad that I could not give this book a lower rating than 1 star, coz it seemed more like a supernova of fantasy to me! Hey Ed Greenwood! Back to the drawing board! Spare us the "all powerful, invincible character who kicks everyone's a**" bit and try to describe some less powerful mortals for once, okay? There is no fun reading about a protagonist who just could not lose the struggle no matter how many enemies have pitted themselves against her and no matter how powerful they are. Even if she walks around nude much of the time. How do you do it? Usually I like at least some minor character in a book. But here I don't care about anyone, not a soul! The shapeshifter should have gotten them all! The story was pointless, the action sad, and well I already said what I thought of the characters. In fact the best thing about this novel was the end. Mainly because it was the end! If you want to get a good Forgotten Realms book, take the money and go buy a book by Elaine Cunningham. She may not have superhuman invincible characters, but she can do one thing: write! Divination
Rating:
Summary: Avoid this book like the plague!
Review: Too bad that I could not give this book a lower rating than 1 star, coz it seemed more like a supernova of fantasy to me! Hey Ed Greenwood! Back to the drawing board! Spare us the "all powerful, invincible character who kicks everyone's a**" bit and try to describe some less powerful mortals for once, okay? There is no fun reading about a protagonist who just could not lose the struggle no matter how many enemies have pitted themselves against her and no matter how powerful they are. Even if she walks around nude much of the time. How do you do it? Usually I like at least some minor character in a book. But here I don't care about anyone, not a soul! The shapeshifter should have gotten them all! The story was pointless, the action sad, and well I already said what I thought of the characters. In fact the best thing about this novel was the end. Mainly because it was the end! If you want to get a good Forgotten Realms book, take the money and go buy a book by Elaine Cunningham. She may not have superhuman invincible characters, but she can do one thing: write! Divination
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