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A review by sashas_books
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
After 12 pages or so, I was in love with Morgon, Tristan, and Eliard. I felt that I’d happily read a book about their domestic life and sibling bickering. Who needs fantasy adventures? :))) Well, this was not to be, of course.
The writing was beautiful, there was a dreamlike quality to it that tasted of magic. (It made me wonder why I hadn’t read anything by Patricia A. McKillip before.)
“…questions he could not ask struggled like trapped birds in the back of his throat.”
“Above them the sky, deep flaming blue during the day, began to stain with night. Their fire flickered back at the huge stars like a reflection.”
The magic of this world is strange, often dark, hidden, deadly, incomprehensible. I liked that, yet I wasn’t lost enough in the fairy tale - I wanted more world building, further explanations (maybe that will come in the rest of the trilogy).
The Chosen One’s destiny is done subtly and deftly enough for you not to think “not again”. I did grow tired of Morgon’s indecisiveness after a while.
There were so many characters I wanted to see more of, they were left behind too fast. (Especially the badass warrior Lyra, I wanted her to talk to Morgon more.)
The ending was very unexpected :)
The writing was beautiful, there was a dreamlike quality to it that tasted of magic. (It made me wonder why I hadn’t read anything by Patricia A. McKillip before.)
“…questions he could not ask struggled like trapped birds in the back of his throat.”
“Above them the sky, deep flaming blue during the day, began to stain with night. Their fire flickered back at the huge stars like a reflection.”
The magic of this world is strange, often dark, hidden, deadly, incomprehensible. I liked that, yet I wasn’t lost enough in the fairy tale - I wanted more world building, further explanations (maybe that will come in the rest of the trilogy).
The Chosen One’s destiny is done subtly and deftly enough for you not to think “not again”. I did grow tired of Morgon’s indecisiveness after a while.
There were so many characters I wanted to see more of, they were left behind too fast. (Especially the badass warrior Lyra, I wanted her to talk to Morgon more.)
The ending was very unexpected :)