A review by richardwells
The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay

4.0

Guy Gavriel Kay is reliable. He tells a good story ("historical fiction with a quarter turn" to the fantastical) peoples it with characters that have an inner life, picks interesting periods, and loads in the action. Nothing shabby there. He's also got a winning formula that seems to always involve a strong heroine, and that's a big plus as well. The only problem with a formula is that if you start lining the books up as I just did - three in a row - you can get a little jaded. That's not to say this isn't a good read, as you can see by the four stars.

This time we have England as a nascent nation, the Irish, Vikings (yay!) and, get this, fairies. Sexy fairies, at that. Love scenes with fairies - whoopee! I loved it.

I'm a big fan of Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom series - I've read all of them - so I'm up on Viking lore, and though Mr. Kay is not as down and dirty as Mr. Cornwell, he presents well. Nobody can beat Mr. Cornwell when it comes to blood and guts, and I'm glad Mr. Kay doesn't try. He does serve up some action, though.

As usual, plot summaries elsewhere. I'll be setting Guy Gavriel Kay down for awhile, but I'll be back for more.