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Summary: Disappointing
Review: After reading the first three books in this series, I expected the fourth to be just as good as the last three. It surprised me, though.First off, Jaylor and Brevelan-who were basically the main characters in the first three books-were barely mentioned. They were only included when Darville or Jack needed advice on a problem. Marcus and Robb who were secondary characters in the third book suddenly became the main characters. Secondly, the book also left a lot of unanswered questions. What exactly happens with Jack and Katrina? Do the ever discover Lyman's secret? What happens with the situation in SeLennica? Or right in Coronnan with Darville and Mikka? The book ended abruptly, with no epilogue to even tell you what would happen in the lives of her main characters. It seemed to me that this book was hurridly finished, with no care or thought given to how the character's lives who many followed so faithfully in the first three books were affected after Marcus and Robb and the old monastary. Foes were still left alive, if not sane, and as I stated before, many question as to the lives of Jaylor, Brevelyn, Jack, Katrina, Darville, Mikka, and all the others remain to be answered. I hope and expect a fifth book in this series. So, to all the readers who have so diligently followed the series as I have, I warn them not to get their hopes up to high, because this book does not live up to its predessors.
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: I found this book to be a big disapointment. To be honest, I found the other books in the series were o.k., not great but not bad. The author's use of magic is all over the place with no rhyme or reason. Her more interesting characters, Brevelan, Jaylor, Rejiia, et al. are either just mentioned or are relegated to cameo roles. The two magicians in the book took forever to figure out how to break the spell...I knew how within the first page or two. She should have wrapped up the series with the Lonliest Magician.
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Summary: I hope she writes a fifth book
Review: I have read all of Irene Radford's Dragon Nimbus and Dragon Nimbus History books. I fell in love with them instantly. Like all books I had my favorite characters and there were characters that I didn't really like. But to my surprise I'm wishing she'd write a fifth book in this series so I can read more about the characters I didn't used to like as well as the ones I'd always loved. I only had two problems with this last book. First, she seemed to focus mainly on two characters that had minuscule parts in the first three books, when I feel she had plenty of other characters that I had grown to love to write about, however I did grow to enjoy reading about these characters as well. Secondly, to fully understand this book you really need to read the Dragon Nimbus History Series first. There are at least three characters mentioned in more than just passing, to say more than this might ruin the ending and I don't want to do that to potential readers. I hope Irene Radford left open some aspects of the story and added new ones in order to allow her to write more on this time of the Dragon Nimbus. I will be forever looking for new novels by her. Including those promised on her website about a time before the History trilogy. I highly recommend this and all others written by Irene Radford.
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Summary: The First Three Were Better
Review: That's not to say that this one was horrible. I just did not find it quite as interesting as the others. This book mostly revolves around Marcus and Robb. Senior Magician Jaylor had sent the two young journeyman on a mission to bring the dragons of Coronnan back to the kingdom. On their journey, the two magicians are trapped by a spell set to protect a jealous ghost's treasure. Back in the kingdom, Jack is sworn to free the Queen from the cat personality that has been sharing her body and to take his love, Katrina, back to her home land of SeLenicca. While I did not find this book to be as interesting as the other three, it continues the story of the dragons of Coronnan. I'm sure it's a necessary part in the ongoing series, and the ending was rather satisfying.
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