King of the Crags – more reviews (22/4/2010)
More reviews trickle in, so far all to my liking. The Locus review is interesting (Locus really liked the first book), insofar as it goes out of its way not to express a good/bad opinion (something which more reviewers could usefully do in my opinion), but manages to convey something of a sense of awe, almost of fear(!) “I can only hope Deas returns to his world, not with rosy visions of restoration, but to give his humans some reason not to pack it all in…”
The Booksmugglers, who were in the more-depth-less-speed camp last time around seem to be converted. “Questions aside, I finished reading The Adamantine Palace only just about interested about reading this sequel. I closed The King of the Crags knowing for a fact that I will be picking up the final instalment in the trilogy come rain or come shine.”
And then finally one from a site I’ve missed up until now, with a pertinent comment at the end.
See that bit about The Adamantine Palace? Thank-you LEC – a series should be more than the sum of its parts.
So Crags is better than The Adamantine Palace? That seems to be the consensus so far, but not everyone agrees.
“An impressive sequel that boasts the same flare and excitement of its predecessor.” Total SciFi. But then they did rather like the first one.
One quite contented author.
April 28th, 2010 at 3: 26 am
I, for one, truly enjoyed Adamantine Palace. I was upset when Sollos died – I really didn’t expect that. Be sure I’ll pick up King of the Crags when it’s released.
By the way, it was the first book in six months that I actually finished; publishers will print anything nowadays.