Review: should have been a trilogy at most
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2013
This series, while an interesting premise, has some glaring problems in the area of editing.  More than half could have been eliminated without it being missed.I love books, but when I keep thinking 'are we done yet?' and checking how many more pages are left, only to be astonished that a mere fraction of the book has passed, that is a problem.-----------------All right, it's been a month since I started reading these darn things, and I'm not finished yet.  For me, that is  incredible - normally I'd finish a book a day or so, but these things just drag on and on and on and on.  Plus the author is irritating and apparently has not actually ever in her life met a person who is not blindingly fish-belly white. She appears to have constructed her brownish, 'yellow'ish, and 'red'ish characters out of half-remembered poorly written books from many decades ago.  Not to mention, improper declension of you/ye/thou/thee.However, I received these "gems" as a gift, and by darn I'm gonna finish them, whether I want to or not.Note to gift givers: please, oh please, take pity on your victims and give a gift card, don't give specific books.  Or how about a gift to charity in the person's name instead?----------------*whew*Glad THAT's over with.Now for some light reading, like the Silmarillian, or Deed of Paksenarrion, or maybe the entire Black Library.