smcscot 's review for:

The Legacy by R.A. Salvatore

3.0

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The best one in the series so far. Salvatore's chops as a writer are visibly getting better, and the story line has grown to the point that the characters are taking on more of a three dimensional quality. This one was immensely readable, but there was an issue in the combat of the story. For those of you who have every played Dungeons and Dragons, you will see a very distinct correlation with how the battles play out in this book. Salvatore improved upon his "random encounter" system he had throughout the previous three books, but over a hundred pages of this novel were a battle. That's just too much, when we know what the outcome is likely to be.
Salvatore did throw in a few surprises along the way, which are likely to play nicely into character progression as the novels advance. Fun series.