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A review by kurenai
House Name by Michelle West
4.0
I had a rocky start with this book; it had been too long since I finished the second that the finer nuances were lost to me, at least at first. There were many places that I wanted this book to go and many character interactions that I wanted to happen and also many parts that I just wanted to skim through because they were not what interested me so much about The House War series.
I'm giving this a 4 anyway, even though I feel it more towards a 3.5 but because I liked the first two books so much that my decision is very much colored by the beginning of Jewel Markess's story. The book finished on a very high note with various things left unraveled so I am quite relieved to see that a fourth book is scheduled for 2012 because if this was but a trilogy I'd find myself upset with the way things ended. I'd definitely start hunting up other series to see if there was mention of The Terafin or of Jay or even Old Rath before he was old. I thought this was a trilogy so I was all set to rant a bit but I am so incredibly glad that I was mistaken and I still love this story and these characters enough that I will wait for the next book to come out and read it and enjoy it but perhaps I might need to skim her first three books so that I don't have the same problem that I had trying to get through this one; memory lapses.
I still very much enjoyed being sucked back in to this world and I generally enjoyed the characters (though some are starting to fall a bit flat but others are starting to come alive) so I am still on for the long haul and when 2012 comes to pass I will be right there waiting to get my hands on the next book.
I'm giving this a 4 anyway, even though I feel it more towards a 3.5 but because I liked the first two books so much that my decision is very much colored by the beginning of Jewel Markess's story. The book finished on a very high note with various things left unraveled so I am quite relieved to see that a fourth book is scheduled for 2012 because if this was but a trilogy I'd find myself upset with the way things ended. I'd definitely start hunting up other series to see if there was mention of The Terafin or of Jay or even Old Rath before he was old. I thought this was a trilogy so I was all set to rant a bit but I am so incredibly glad that I was mistaken and I still love this story and these characters enough that I will wait for the next book to come out and read it and enjoy it but perhaps I might need to skim her first three books so that I don't have the same problem that I had trying to get through this one; memory lapses.
I still very much enjoyed being sucked back in to this world and I generally enjoyed the characters (though some are starting to fall a bit flat but others are starting to come alive) so I am still on for the long haul and when 2012 comes to pass I will be right there waiting to get my hands on the next book.