Comments

1. Gail Said,

   This is a book that is out of print. The publisher claims it’s worth 27.99 but they’re giving us a bargain at 14.99 and somehow they think they can convince me I’m saving money.

   I won’t buy it.

   And with this publisher I probably wont by another Robin Hobb book. Maybe I’ll find an old paper copy in a used book store but I’m not going to pay 15 dollars for an out of print book that will take me a day or two to read and can’t be saved anywhere but on amazon.com servers.
   Rating: 1 / 5

2. Trae Greenlee Said,

   Story end too soon, would have been a good book for less than $5 but no way is it worth $15. Wait for the price to drop.
   Rating: 3 / 5

3. A. Tighe Said,

   I love Robin Hobb. I really enjoyed these books, almost as much as the Assassin’s Apprentice trilogy (my fave of all time). I love the characters and the setting. I wish I never had to stop reading them.
   Rating: 5 / 5

4. C. Bennett Said,

   In the first novel of the Rain Wilds Chronicles a band of half-formed dragons set out to find an ancient city of memory, Kelsringa. They were accompanied by their keepers and a small support staff of hunters, a scholar, and a liveship (carved from dragonwood).

   In the second installment to this series, the author delves deeply into the relationships between the keepers and their dragons, and the changes that result in both sides.

   A focal point is the relationship between the different people on the journey – for example, the captain of the liveship Tarman and the scholar, Alise Finbok. Will Alise and Sedric be able to move past their relationship with Hest?

   Questions are posed about how the Rain Wilds outcast keepers interact with one another. Placed into a survival situation with more men than women, who will choose a mate? Is choosing a mate a rule when in the past people who were “touched” by the Wilds were not allowed to mate?

   There is much more character development in this novel than actual action. The conflicts and battles are in the form of emotions, stress and circumstances.

   The dragons become more distinct in their personalities and development. Sintara grows into her queen role. Will the dragons remain as they are, or will the journey to Kelsringa change them?

   I found this to be a vast improvement on the first installment.

   Rating: 4 / 5

5. Umm Lila Said,

   I earlier reviewed the first novel of this two part series, and found it to be disappointing, because all of the characters seemed miserable, angry or ineffectual. In this second book, most of them (dragon and human) come into their own. Nonetheless, it would have been better as one book, with some of the tedious travel, slogging up the river and hunting taken out. Certainly in a journey and quest story, you can’t leave the quest out, but it did drag on. Further, for a two part series, it’s clear that the best is yet to come, and I wish there had been more of a resolution in this book.
   Rating: 3 / 5