A review by rhganci
Siege of Darkness by R.A. Salvatore

3.0

Here’s the deal: when Salvatore is on his horse about Drizzt and Drizzt’s life from Drizzt’s perspective, the books are top-notch; there’s nothing better than whirring scimitars and the like. But when R.A. begins to dabble in filling us in on what every character is thinking, the books are a drag. Drizzt is only in about half of the book, and that half is just as good as the rest. But learning about all these new characters and commanders of different army groups and the seemingly forced-at-times plots points that pull old favorites from the previous novels in, the books just drag, and are not that exciting. The ending, however, was awesome, and promises a fantastic final installment in the story. With love (or something wierdly akin to it) blooming between Catti-brie and Drizzt, there’s some substantial potential for a rocking fourth novel. As long as we don’t have to go back to Menzoberranzan (it is a silly place), and we can get Errtu and Drizzt and some racism and philosophy, and even some love story in there, maybe, then we’ve got a chance. The ending really saved this one from the lower division, even though I really didn’t enjoy reading it as much as the others.