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A review by faileskye
The Rose and the Thorn by Michael J. Sullivan
3.0
Well, half the book is superb.
I generally dislike books that are written with multiple Point of View story lines. Sullivan's books tend to be the exception, but sadly not in this case. It is cool that Sullivan is writing about and fleshing out minor characters from the Riyria Revelations. I mean, it really worked out in The Crown Tower, I love Gwen now. This book however featured one of my least favorite characters, the worthless Hilfred, you know, Arista's bodyguard? Yeah, he sucks even more in this book, and takes up half the page count. And unlike in the first book, there is no meeting of Riyria and Hilfred.
It's a shame that Royce and Hadrian had at most 40% of the page count, because their parts were so much fun.
Read it if you've read the other ones, just know that half the book sucks.
I generally dislike books that are written with multiple Point of View story lines. Sullivan's books tend to be the exception, but sadly not in this case. It is cool that Sullivan is writing about and fleshing out minor characters from the Riyria Revelations. I mean, it really worked out in The Crown Tower, I love Gwen now. This book however featured one of my least favorite characters, the worthless Hilfred, you know, Arista's bodyguard? Yeah, he sucks even more in this book, and takes up half the page count. And unlike in the first book, there is no meeting of Riyria and Hilfred.
It's a shame that Royce and Hadrian had at most 40% of the page count, because their parts were so much fun.
Read it if you've read the other ones, just know that half the book sucks.