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Summary: Starts strong, but...
Review: Larajin, the bastard half-elf daughter of Thamalon Uskevren, is a likeable and appealing character, and at first it's pleasing to follow her adventures. But when four powers clash with no visible fallout, an avariel elf, the first ever to appear in a Forgotten Realms novel, a truly once in a lifetime occurence, is tossed in as a subplot, the imperious Lord Maalthiir is reduced to a sub-moron and the entire war plot is resolved through a set of contrivances and mixmatched loves that wouldn't seem out of place in a Restoration Comedy like The Way of the World... well let's just say that something's missing.
Rating: 
Summary: OVERALL SCORE: (B-)
Review: This is a fairly good read, the plot is average, but the story telling, vivid descriptions, and good character development help make this story. This is a story about good/noble/wonderful elves, and bad/greedy/bigoted/cheating/lying humans (sigh). The Heroine must stop a war, stop a evil wizard, save her brothers, and all with the power of LOVE!!! [yuck]. But the story is told with wonderful descriptive prose, reasonable complex characterizations, and seems to make up for the insipid plot. The flying cat is enough reason too read this book! Although giving the elves facial tattoos seriously put me off, and nearly had me toss out the book. If you can get past this 'sacralige', and you like this sort of story, you will probably like "Heirs of Prophecy". OVERALL SCORE: (B-)
READABILITY: (A-), PLOT: (C-), CHARATERS: (A), DIALOGUE: (B-), SETTING: (A), ACTION/COMBAT: (B-), MONSTERS/ANTAGONISTS: (B+), ROMANCE: (n/a), SEX: (n/a), AGE LEVEL: (G/PG)
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