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A review by danielmbensen
The Armies of Daylight by Barbara Hambly
3.0
-- a flawed but tasty portal fantasy
Sometimes I'm in the mood for Barbara Hambly. Her world-building is always tasty (Darwath was founded by King Dare. Mmm mm!) and her characters are superb. The king is toweringly tragic, and the air fairly thrums between the main character and the attractive older wizard. And yet I don't remember any these people's names. Also I came in at book three of the series and didn't feel like I'd missed much. There should have been tension, especially over whether our heroes would go back home to Earth, but there just wasn't. Maybe I should be happy that Hambly entertained me for a couple of weeks.
Sometimes I'm in the mood for Barbara Hambly. Her world-building is always tasty (Darwath was founded by King Dare. Mmm mm!) and her characters are superb. The king is toweringly tragic, and the air fairly thrums between the main character and the attractive older wizard. And yet I don't remember any these people's names. Also I came in at book three of the series and didn't feel like I'd missed much. There should have been tension, especially over whether our heroes would go back home to Earth, but there just wasn't. Maybe I should be happy that Hambly entertained me for a couple of weeks.