Review: Excellent series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2012
A thoroughly enjoyable series that often kept me up past my bedtime. The characters are engaging and memorable. At some point in the first book, I had already figured out what the rough contours of the overarching plot would be, but there were many twists and turns in how that plot played out, making it constantly interesting.I felt that at times, the balance of action and introspection was a bit off - too heavily on the latter. Much of book three felt a bit like the arctic journey portion of Ursula K. LeGuinn's Left Hand of Darkness - two characters isolated in the wilderness, trying to figure out who they really are. Not a bad thing (and Left Hand of Darkness is one of my favourite books of all time), just noticeably different in pacing from the other books.It's been a few weeks since I read the series and I'm still thinking about the characters. Overall, highly recommended.