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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Continuing from Cast in Shadow, Kaylin is forced to enter the court of the Barrani, something her particular set of skills are not that great for. The ever-magical Kaylin gets herself in more than a bit over her head, and ends up embroiled in court politics. I really enjoy this installment in the series, with Kaylin so very over her head.
There wasn't a whole big mystery this time around, but the book was still annoyingly long and cryptic. This series is enormous and after this one, I'm done. I don't care who she ends up with or what happens in this story universe. It's all too convoluted!
This book is getting only a 3, because here is where the author starts to fall into the same pattern of most fantasy authors. We get to see in Cast in Courtlight how 'special' Kaylin is, and while I am still enjoying the story, I like characters that are special more because of what they DO than because of what they ARE. Now granted, Kaylin is still doing things that show her tenacity, forthrightness and passion for justice and defending the weak, so I'm still enjoying the books, but I feel it's worth saying that she's not your average human citizen in Elantra.
I finally finished this book. I still didn't really like it - Kaylin seems like just a pawn, and I really, really hate politics. Even fictional politics.
It was better than the first book because it was purely interesting. The first book wasn't as easy to follow than this one. I thought that the way that the Barrani showed their emotions was very clever and the character s that the author created, had the story pulling me down whenever I try to pull away (0///0 it's true...) .
These are just addictive page-turners for me. Quite hard to stop just going straight to the next. I enjoyed learning more about the Barrani, and the developments between Kaylin and Severn, as she learns to deal with their shared history.
Great book, I almost forgot to mark this read because I immediately jumped into the 3rd book!
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
The beginning of the book felt a little pointless and meandering. Probably could have cut 50-100 pages without much loss of substance. But once the plot gets going it's quite good, though not quite as good as the first (though it's been a while since I've read it).
Second book syndrome here - just felt like it lost the plot. Hopefully the next ones get back on track. I didn't feel like the character relationships grew at all, didn't feel like the plot was even really important to the world. Disappointing, considering I liked the first book