Rating: Summary: It keeps getting better and better! Review: Lynn Flewelling continues to astonish me with her many talents. I must admit to being somewhat apprehensive in my anticipation of this book, doubtful that she could pull off the magic a third time, but it's just as wonderful as the first two. I love the Alec/Seregil reltionship, it's one of the most beautiful and refreshing things about this series. Even her minor characters are interesting and well thought out. This is no cookie cutter fantasy, it's pure originality from beginning to end.
Rating: Summary: Fantastic Book Review: I have been waiting a long time for this book to come out and it was well worth the wait. Lynn Flewelling is a fantastic author. It was like visiting old friends. Her books have a great plot and lots of twists that make them a joy to read. I just hope that more books follow.
Rating: Summary: Lynn Flewelling does it again... Review: Traitor's Moon is an incrediable next installment in the Nightrunner series about Alec and Seregil and the war in Skala. The story is full of intrigue (or course!), and centers around Skala's war with the Plenimarians. Klia is dispatched early on to enlist the help of the Aurenfaie and Seregil at last is given a chance to return to the place of his birth. Fans will love the way Seregil and Alec's relationship is shaping up. I think this is the best book in the series yet and highly recommend all three Nightrunner books.
Rating: Summary: Just don't make us wait so long for the next one!!! Review: What a wonderful book, full of intrigue, action, and what a sense of humor (one of the most important elements in a good novel)! Even those characters with small roles to play are credible and three dimensional. The main characters, Alec & Seregil, are developed further, becoming so much more that the stereotypical spy & thief combo. Even Thero is much more likeable this time 'round!A fascinating look into Seregil's homeland - pile on the intrigue and dance the dance. Lynn Flewelling has created a fascinating world that is (in itself) realistic, and characters that'd be fun to meet. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long for the next books to come out as they've become such favorites.
Rating: Summary: Well worth the time and money. Review: The third book in the Nightrunner series is definitely up to the level of the last two. I'm hard-pressed to say whether I prefer Stalking Darkness or Traitor's Moon, but I think that as I re-read, this may become the clear favorite. We get a very good look here at Seregil's past and Aurenfaie heritage, and it makes fascinating reading for any fans of world-building. (note: I suspect this is the first review posted by someone who's actually read the book... )
Rating: Summary: Lynn Flewelling has a way of writing the mysterious Rouge. Review: I can not say much about this book since it is not out yet. But, I can say that I already know that this book will be spectacular! When I read the privious two books in this series i was in awe. I could not put the books down until I went from cover to cover. I have been begrudgingly reading one book or another from time to time since i finiched Stalking Darkness trying to bide my time till Traitors Moon would come out. I am so happy i can yell, becouse no book I have read in the last year has matched up to these books by Lynn flewelling.
Rating: Summary: The best! Review: There is not much i can say about this book except that it is absolutly the best book i have ever read and you HAVE to read it yourself!
Rating: Summary: The saga continues... Review: I can't begin to say how much I have enjoyed the Nightrunner Series, and especially "Traitor's Moon". The book takes Alec and Seregil (along with Beca - in charge of her own troops at last) back to Seregil's home - a home from which he has been exiled. The book succeeds on many levels, it's an exciting adventure, but also explores the themes of isolation, family strife and prejudice. The interpersonal relationships are beautifully written, and Alec & Seregil's growing bond is a joy to read. Though I have a large number of book cases in my home, there is one special shelf that contains Tolkein's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", Ursula LeGuin's "Earthsea Trilogy", and Raymond Feist's "Riftwar Saga". Flewelling's "Nightrunner" series has been added to that shelf. I anxiously await the next installment. (And thank you, Ms. Flewelling, for make each book a self-contained story within the overall story arc of the series!)
Rating: Summary: the flaw lies in the knife handle Review: (i am not a native speaker, please overlook my style)
with the third book of the series ms flewelling shows us two thing: she is a most accomplished writer and her inspiration may fall short.
to create a world, a whole culture is a terrifying task: it took ages to tolkien to create one and he failed (in a masterly way, but he failed); ms flewelling is a good writer, but not as good as tolkien...
the aurenen are not believable: un unmeshable mixture of millenarian wisdom and barbarity; ms flewelling has tried to avoid the elf commonplaces... well, she was punished by the creation of a world no one would ever care to go back to, least of all someone as witty as the hero.
the book being based on this homecoming it becomes a failure too: it is boring, nothing of what takes place makes any sense and still...
characters are finely pictured: even beka becomes nearly believable and enjoyable. the love story of seregil and alex is now established so it lacks the thrill of the first two books but it is outlined with lovely subtlety.
ms flewelling has made the most of a wrong choice and everyone should honestly admid that it takes a very good writer to write a good book out of such a deficient background: as we say in italy, the author is a good one, the flaw lies in the handle, the handle being here the choice of the subject.
anyway the book is worth reading, therefore the four stars
Rating: Summary: Not the best of her work Review: This was my last read of all the Flewelling books. I actually started with the later series first and made my way back. I love her books, I love her writing, I love her characters...........just not in this book. I had to keep reminding myself that these were the same characters from the first two books in the series, so far removed were they from their original surroundings. This book is all about politics and names and words you probably can't pronounce. This in itself usually doesn't bother me, but overall the story fell flat. I think the problem lies in that, as Flewelling states, this isn't meant to be a trilogy. As a standalone novel though, the book falls short too though, although that's how you feel when you read it. If you've read the first two books in this "series" I would suggest just leaving this one alone.
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