Review: Not as good as the first two in the series
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2012
I loved the first two books in this series, but I found myself skipping ahead often in this installment. This book felt like a middle book of a series where nothing really happens with the plot. I felt like I was reading a textbook from the Army Corps of Engineers for much of the story. Way too much time was spent describing how the canal worked and the journey became monotonous to say the least. Nothing really changes with Elayeen and Gawain and we don't really learn much about what is going on with preparation for war until the last few pages (even then we don't learn much). I like the way the author does flashbacks, but I think there were a few too many and it sometimes seemed like I was just rereading book one and two. I really hope the plot moves forward more in book four (which I will be buying as I have really come to enjoy the characters and story), but if it turns out like this one, I'll probably give up on the series.