Summoned to Tourney: An Urban Fantasy

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Summary: I thought this was a very good and entertaining book.
Review: Once again, Mercedes Lackey has written a very entertaining book. The characters were well thought out, and I thought that the way they were further developed was very well done. The plot, while slow at first, only got better as the book progressed. A must read for all Lackey fans.

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Summary: Poorly thought out sequel to a cute book.
Review: This is the concept of Mall Elves taken to it's farthest extreme. Knight of Ghost and Shadows was a cute, fairly brainless book about elves in L.A. In Summoned to Tourney, our intrepid hero, his girlfriend and their elf all move up to San Francisco. All well and good. Trying to hide from the authorities on a basis so flimsy that I can't bring myself to recount it here, they have changed names, and faces. To something far more distinctive. While some scenes of elves in the modern world are fun and amusing, the bulk of the book leaves the reader with a sour taste.

Especially when they knock the only character with a brain out of the action in the fourth chapter. And Tom'O'Bedlam is never a good idea for a cover identity. When the elves start to imitate the Rocky Horror Picture Show, there is a problem.

For hardcore Lacky fans only. The book is fine, so long as you don't attempt to _think_ about it. Becuase thinking is the one thing that these characters are not doing. I know that Lacky and Goun _can_ write. But something went horribly wrong in the process of creating this book.