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A review by violinknitter
Echoes Of Betrayal: Paladin's Legacy: Book Three by Elizabeth Moon
5.0
What can I say? I am falling ever more in love with E. Moon's fantasy writing. Which perhaps doesn't make for the most useful book review. So let me try a bit better.
First of all, I would *not* try to read this book out of series order. The wide cast of characters will make little sense to a reader who isn't familiar with the earlier books. (Of the Paladin's Legacy series, anyway. You probably would be fine without having read the Paksennarion trilogy.) The book also ends essentially on a cliffhanger.
I absolutely loved what Moon did with Arvid's & Beclan's storylines. Beclan's especially was unexpected, to see the results of his youthful arrogance. One thing I love about many of Moon's characters in general is that they for the most part try their best to be moral & good people, and yet everything can *still* go wrong around them, and they are far from perfect. But at least I'm not having to yell at the page for the sheer idiotic actions of the characters. (I suppose what I'm saying is that Moon can write an excellent plot that isn't driven by the incompetencies of her characters, and I enjoy that about her writing.
First of all, I would *not* try to read this book out of series order. The wide cast of characters will make little sense to a reader who isn't familiar with the earlier books. (Of the Paladin's Legacy series, anyway. You probably would be fine without having read the Paksennarion trilogy.) The book also ends essentially on a cliffhanger.
I absolutely loved what Moon did with Arvid's & Beclan's storylines. Beclan's especially was unexpected, to see the results of his youthful arrogance. One thing I love about many of Moon's characters in general is that they for the most part try their best to be moral & good people, and yet everything can *still* go wrong around them, and they are far from perfect. But at least I'm not having to yell at the page for the sheer idiotic actions of the characters. (I suppose what I'm saying is that Moon can write an excellent plot that isn't driven by the incompetencies of her characters, and I enjoy that about her writing.