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A review by emmalg
The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
4.0
This is the second book in the Traitor Spy trilogy which continues the story of Black Magician Sonea from The Black Magician trilogy and the younger generation of Guild Magicians.
I enjoyed this book more than The Ambassador's mission as the focus has now changed from introducing the situations and characters to building on their experiences. I love how well edited the books are; each storyline is integrated to maintain the pace throughout the book, as the story one set of characters is involved in slows or draws to a conclusion, there is always something really gripping happening elsewhere.
I did find that the story line surrounding Lorkin was at times a little unlikely given the secrecy of the Traitors, nevertheless well written.
I'm really looking forward to reading the concluding part, though I also don't want to read it as then I'll have finished!
My main criticism is that there was no synopsis of the previous trilogy provided and when there are 10 years between the publication dates it can make it very hard to remember exactly what took place. Names are familiar, circumstances vaguely familiar but the specifics have long gone and there are several references to things which occurred before.
I found the maps in the eBook edition were not very high resolution for clear viewing on my eReader.
I think that Trudi Canavan is definitely one of my favourite fantasy authors, though the list is quite long!
I enjoyed this book more than The Ambassador's mission as the focus has now changed from introducing the situations and characters to building on their experiences. I love how well edited the books are; each storyline is integrated to maintain the pace throughout the book, as the story one set of characters is involved in slows or draws to a conclusion, there is always something really gripping happening elsewhere.
I did find that the story line surrounding Lorkin was at times a little unlikely given the secrecy of the Traitors, nevertheless well written.
I'm really looking forward to reading the concluding part, though I also don't want to read it as then I'll have finished!
My main criticism is that there was no synopsis of the previous trilogy provided and when there are 10 years between the publication dates it can make it very hard to remember exactly what took place. Names are familiar, circumstances vaguely familiar but the specifics have long gone and there are several references to things which occurred before.
I found the maps in the eBook edition were not very high resolution for clear viewing on my eReader.
I think that Trudi Canavan is definitely one of my favourite fantasy authors, though the list is quite long!