Review: Collapse  of a series
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2013
So I read the first two books and I thought 'pretty good'. Then we get to book 3. In the third novel we begin to see a flaw in the series. As I stated in my review of Hidden Fire there were just way too many plotlines. This worries me as the series was on the brink of failure. I regret to inform you that this book failed utterly. Dear Mr. Neighbours, although Hidden Fire wasn't a very good book you cannot forget that you wrote it!Yes, I am sorry to say that this is what happens. Although I would advise against reading this book, I will not spoil it for those that foolishly try.  I will however mention some of the things Mr.  Neighbours does wrong.First and foremost is the right out abandonment of plotlines. These include the Mezzlyn, the attempts to tame the Dragon, and Brannock. He goes so far, as to kill some of the most important characters.Second is his reversion of characters to earlier times. Zollin and Brianna still bicker, acting like childish idiots, and Neighbours goes so far as to destroy Brianna's character. He still writes Mancel as the villain, finding more evils for him to do. In other cases he forgets how he wrote other characters, making Quinn reckless and the King jealous and greedy.The final and most hurtful of mistakes are simple scientific errors, confusing injuries and symptoms multiple times. This reveals a lack of subject knowledge and poor editing, along with a much more serious issue. Neighbours does not know whom he's writing for! His sexual hints and mature language point  to an older audience, but his writing style (in previous books) to a scientific facts (although often inaccurate) look to fans, but the book is about dragons ans wizards ! This book was actually painful to read.Dear Mr. Neighbours as an aspiring author, I look to books written by others for guidance. I never expected Tolkien  level  work, but please write something worthwhile to review read.  Thank you.