One Sentence Summary:
Two children are born on the same day, one destined to be the destroyer the other to be the savior of his people.
Review:
This is a wonderful epic fantasy series, this is the first trilogy in the series. Douglass created a fantastical land where deceit and treason lay around every corner, where traveling is taking your life into your hands and where love is the strongest force of all. I really enjoyed the way she wrote romance into the series, most often in the fantasy genre you either end up with smutty love or with any relationships being glossed over but Douglass managed to create loving relationships that are hinged on emotion and detailed in the interaction between the characters (which is more than rutting and groaning). The strongest story is by far Enchanter (even Douglass admits it is her favorite in the series) but that does not take away from the build up in Battleaxe or the conclusions in Starman, in fact it makes all three books into a compelling arch. Faraday is by far the most interesting character in the novels and I recommend anyone who thinks they might enjoy fantasy novels give these ones a try.
8/10
if you enjoyed this series read:
George R R Martin
Patrick Rothfuss
Terry Goodkind
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