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ferrisscottr's review
3.0
A stand alone novel that bridges the first and second of the Demon Wars trilogies in Salvatore's world of Corona. He has stated in many interviews that this is his favorite book that he has ever written. Salvatore also stated that he turned this book in and there were no edits, his editor told him not to change a word.
So with that being said I had high hopes for this book when I started.
It is essentially a book about an outbreak of the plague and how the nobility, the church and the common folk handle it. Our hero is Pony but all of the favorite are back.
It was odd having a Salvatore book that didn't have a battle every 40 pages but he leaned heavy on his other strength - that being his characters, their development, their interactions and their growth.
I did enjoy the book but really felt that there wasn't enough story to actually fill the book.
With the plot that he gives us this might have been an excellent novella but there just isn't enough reason to have the story take hundreds and hundreds of pages.
I am looking forward to the second Demon Wars trilogy.
So with that being said I had high hopes for this book when I started.
It is essentially a book about an outbreak of the plague and how the nobility, the church and the common folk handle it. Our hero is Pony but all of the favorite are back.
It was odd having a Salvatore book that didn't have a battle every 40 pages but he leaned heavy on his other strength - that being his characters, their development, their interactions and their growth.
I did enjoy the book but really felt that there wasn't enough story to actually fill the book.
With the plot that he gives us this might have been an excellent novella but there just isn't enough reason to have the story take hundreds and hundreds of pages.
I am looking forward to the second Demon Wars trilogy.
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