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A review by sookieskipper
The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings
2.0
A decent ending to a decent series. However, it was too long and a book extra to get to that point.
The adventures all come to a point to resolve the problem at hand - which was introduced in the very beginning of the first book. The adventure and the action parts are really written well and Eddings has a knack of recreating the scene with minimalism and enough verbs to get one hooked.
The book would have been a good end to the series had the romance thing not played out the way it did. It bugged me how the ward, Ehlena, becomes a queen and then the main protagonist - Sparhawk's wife. She was a child when he last saw her and after a decade of exile he is back and they eventually get together. It was just...ugh-worthy for me. Though it all played out for the better, it didn't stop being uncomfortable for me for most part of the book.
The series ended satisfactorily end but it failed to entice me to pick up the next trilogy in the series.
The adventures all come to a point to resolve the problem at hand - which was introduced in the very beginning of the first book. The adventure and the action parts are really written well and Eddings has a knack of recreating the scene with minimalism and enough verbs to get one hooked.
The book would have been a good end to the series had the romance thing not played out the way it did. It bugged me how the ward, Ehlena, becomes a queen and then the main protagonist - Sparhawk's wife. She was a child when he last saw her and after a decade of exile he is back and they eventually get together. It was just...ugh-worthy for me. Though it all played out for the better, it didn't stop being uncomfortable for me for most part of the book.
The series ended satisfactorily end but it failed to entice me to pick up the next trilogy in the series.