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A review by mw2k
The Wyvern's Spur by Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak
4.0
More of a 3.75 out of 4. Not quite on the same entertaining level the first novel was, and that's primarily the fault of the character Giogioni Wyvernspur, who spends the first 75% of the book a well-meaning doddering fool. In the end, when he mans up as such, things get moderately better.
The character of Flattery, the villain of the piece, is intriguingly written too - he's a nasty piece of work, even resorting to hitting women, not something I expected to see in a D&D novel. Congratulations to Kate Novak for making a genuinely unlikable character.
As with the first book, Olive Ruskettle is the most well-rounded character here, morally and ethically ambivalent, though she rings true in the end. I enjoyed her knowing and cynical take on things.
Congratulations also for making an entertaining D&D novel where there's almost minimal adventuring. All of the books in the Forgotten Realms series have been picaresque adventures. Not this one. The action mainly takes place inside and a few miles around Giogi's manor house, and it works. There's no need for a-roving I will go here.
Overall, a slightly weaker effort than the book before it, but it's among the better non-Salvatore Forgotten Realms novels I've read.
The character of Flattery, the villain of the piece, is intriguingly written too - he's a nasty piece of work, even resorting to hitting women, not something I expected to see in a D&D novel. Congratulations to Kate Novak for making a genuinely unlikable character.
As with the first book, Olive Ruskettle is the most well-rounded character here, morally and ethically ambivalent, though she rings true in the end. I enjoyed her knowing and cynical take on things.
Congratulations also for making an entertaining D&D novel where there's almost minimal adventuring. All of the books in the Forgotten Realms series have been picaresque adventures. Not this one. The action mainly takes place inside and a few miles around Giogi's manor house, and it works. There's no need for a-roving I will go here.
Overall, a slightly weaker effort than the book before it, but it's among the better non-Salvatore Forgotten Realms novels I've read.