A review by shumphrey
Pools of Darkness by James M. Ward, Anne K. Brown

4.0

A solid outing, but not as good as the first book. This novel takes place 10 years after the first series and features our young adventurers as much more powerful seasoned heroes. It lacks much of the relationship building and certain aspects of the characters seem thrown in just because they're expected. The new adventurers we meet don't aren't sufficiently built up to where I had much investment in them.

Some plot elements were quite cliche, but I found it easy to read and wanted to get to to the end to see how everything wrapped up. I do look forward to reading the finale. I would give this 3.5/5 if I could include a half star review.