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A review by rachelcdm
The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
5.0
This is one of those books that when you finish it you feel empty. As if you suddenly don't know what to do with the rest of your life because the book is FINISHED!
Gaahhhh! I loved this book so much, I've read it more times than I care to count and yet each time I finish it I react in the exactly same way.
It's the final book in the trilogy so naturally you should read the other two first (Th Magician's Guild and The Novice) and although the other two are great this one just takes everything you thought you knew and flipped it.
Sonea is now the High Lords chosen Novice, the High Lords "favourite." Except she is soon to find that everything she thought she knew about him is far from the truth.
Canavan has created an alternate world where in the absence of technology magic presides, where class systems, politics and hierarchy control every aspect of life and people have to suppress who they really are in order to "fit" in. This provides some interesting plot-points for the book where characters who should in theory know better - let their prejudices get the better of them and therefore make disastrous decisions.
Each character has developed in this book and noticeably. Sonea is no longer the bullied novice and as always tries to keep level-headed in every situation, Rothen is no longer so forgiving and open-minded, Dannyl has gained new confidence all the while trying to hide his new relationship and as for Akkarin...well that's a spolier ;)
Canavan's writing is so fluid, although I've read that some find her writing a little over-descriptive? I loved it but that's just preference.
One of my favourite characters, Ceryni, got more page space this time as well which I LO-O-OVED.
NOTE/SPOILER:
The relationship that develops between Sonea and _______ will rip your heart out and then when you think you're safe stamp on it.
Gaahhhh! I loved this book so much, I've read it more times than I care to count and yet each time I finish it I react in the exactly same way.
It's the final book in the trilogy so naturally you should read the other two first (Th Magician's Guild and The Novice) and although the other two are great this one just takes everything you thought you knew and flipped it.
Sonea is now the High Lords chosen Novice, the High Lords "favourite." Except she is soon to find that everything she thought she knew about him is far from the truth.
Canavan has created an alternate world where in the absence of technology magic presides, where class systems, politics and hierarchy control every aspect of life and people have to suppress who they really are in order to "fit" in. This provides some interesting plot-points for the book where characters who should in theory know better - let their prejudices get the better of them and therefore make disastrous decisions.
Each character has developed in this book and noticeably. Sonea is no longer the bullied novice and as always tries to keep level-headed in every situation, Rothen is no longer so forgiving and open-minded, Dannyl has gained new confidence all the while trying to hide his new relationship and as for Akkarin...well that's a spolier ;)
Canavan's writing is so fluid, although I've read that some find her writing a little over-descriptive? I loved it but that's just preference.
One of my favourite characters, Ceryni, got more page space this time as well which I LO-O-OVED.
NOTE/SPOILER:
The relationship that develops between Sonea and _______ will rip your heart out and then when you think you're safe stamp on it.