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A review by kittyg
Shards of Time by Lynn Flewelling
4.0
This is the last book in the Nightrunner series (at least for the moment...I have hope that it could be continued if the author wanted to) and it's a good solid adventure once again, and a nice series ender. We follow Alec and Seregil, along with Klia and a couple of other old and new friends as they journey to the sacred Island of Korous to investigate some mysterious goings-on. Ghosts have been reported, and people are going crazy and missing. There's definitely more than meets the eye, and our Nightrunner crew seem like the best people to tackle the job and discover just what is really happening.
This book felt a lot like a self-contained adventure. I think the books in this series all kind of have their own plot, but then they all tie together through the history and shared lives of the characters. By this point it's a case of just continuing to follow the pair I already love, and see where their next adventure takes them, and this time it concerns necromancy, wizardry and a whole lot of mystery.
Alec and Seregil are my favourites, but in this book I found I really liked Thero's new wizard apprentice as a character too. He became quite vital to the plot at different points of the story, and I found him a very endearing child too.
I also liked seeing a little more about the worship and gods of this world in this one because we're set on the sacred island and there's shrines and worship and different relics of the religion.
Overall a very solidly fun story, and a lot of great developments on certain relationships e.g. which I loved following. A fun one, a magical one, and a story I wish kept going for longer. 4*s for this one, and a solid 4*s for the series as a whole :)
This book felt a lot like a self-contained adventure. I think the books in this series all kind of have their own plot, but then they all tie together through the history and shared lives of the characters. By this point it's a case of just continuing to follow the pair I already love, and see where their next adventure takes them, and this time it concerns necromancy, wizardry and a whole lot of mystery.
Alec and Seregil are my favourites, but in this book I found I really liked Thero's new wizard apprentice as a character too. He became quite vital to the plot at different points of the story, and I found him a very endearing child too.
I also liked seeing a little more about the worship and gods of this world in this one because we're set on the sacred island and there's shrines and worship and different relics of the religion.
Overall a very solidly fun story, and a lot of great developments on certain relationships e.g.