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want sure if I was going to enjoy it but i absolutely did, To finally get a chance to view the situation from her perspective was great, I am looking forward to more, Ambivalent
Not a bad story just too many repetitious "conversations" from previous book to this one.
Wonder if author got a bit lazy writing this episode and "borrowed" from the previous book, Interesting POV storyline. I was disappointed there wasnt more regarding the outcome from the last book, "Enchanter", Worth reading if a fan of the Spellmonger series but not, in my opinion, not one of the better books.
When Pentandra got married and took a new job, she knew it would be tough, Ducal Court Wizard is supposed to be the cushiest of assignments for a mage, full of stipends, laboratories, and expense funds.
But when you join the Orphan Dukes expedition to reclaim, recapture, and restore his shattered realm to health, you have to expect things to be.
. . less cushy. With the south in full rebellion, the goblins stirring on the northern
frontier, and the summer capital being run by a corrupt baron and a gang of thugs, things could be better.
But those arent the worst of her problems: Pentandra is learning how to live with her new husband, Arborn, while the town is driven to distraction by an incarnate Sex Goddess who is organizing all of the whores, a mopey Spellmonger, a nun addicted to gambling, a prude sent by the Queen, undead skulking through the shadows, and a mysterious blind girl shows up in her office claiming to be her new apprentice! Its enough to drive any woman mad, but Pentandra is not just any woman.
. . shes the hope of the Alshari Wilderlands, the woman everyone knows as the Court Wizard!
All in all this is a great series.
This book was alot better than the last and it shows the over lapping wityh the other books, A little slow in places but it picks up and keeps you reading, Great Reading Everyone!!!!!!! Good series
When I first started this series, It seemed plagued by inconsistencies and some poor editing, As the author progressed the story has become fun and deep and entertaining, You should read this series Tiny bit of a slog they're in the middle but overall had some excellent plot and some really good character development Good Read.
This is Pentandras story that happens mentioned in the last bookthat Minalan was the main character.
Pentandra is now the Ducal Court Wizard and married with a new husband, This starts with the Dukes entry into the city and continues on over a year with what is needed to clean up the city.
I like the different point of view with small meet ups connections from the previous book, I enjoyed the story. While we all want to see what's happening with Minelan, these sidemainline novels do a great job of filling in the gaps and enriching the world building while furthering the story along.
I'm so glad I waited was made to wait for the audio version of this book though.
Mr. Lee does a tremendous job of bringing all the characters to life, which is a tall order, in of itself, with the plethora of characters that inhabit these books.
I'm also glad that the next book sitelinkShadowmage comes out in audio this month, Love the overall epic
And this book was okay, I can't just give it four due to one glaring problem, throughout this book there are places where the wrong word is used and it throws you completely out of the flow of the story.
Seriously, all authors need competent beta and Alfa reader groups that have the ability to enter the story and correct mistakes.
I'm sure mistakes will still crop up, but I think they'd be much less blatant than they are in this book and so many others.
.tostars, Was not a big fan of this one, This is more of a,book than a. I usually don't like stories about side characters and this one was not really an acceptation to the rule.
point five.books don't usually advance the main plot/story forward and is fully of filler, I don't like books that are full of filler and,books are usually just that, I will still continue with this series and this book was not all bad but the nature of it did not give it much of a chance with me.
I like this series as a whole, Each book blends together however and the series should be taken as a whole, While Youre Waiting For Winter To FINALLY Come, . .
Enjoy Epic Heroic Fantasy About Meetings!
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When Pentandra got married and took a new job, she knew it would be tough.
Ducal Court Wizard is supposed to be the cushiest of assignments for a mage, full of stipends, laboratories, and expense funds.
But when you join the Orphan Dukes expedition to reclaim, recapture, and restore his shattered realm to health, you have to expect things to be.
. . less cushy. With the south in full rebellion, the goblins stirring on the northern frontier, and the summer capital being run by a corrupt baron and a gang of thugs, things could be better.
But those arent the worst of her problems: Pentandra is learning how to live with her new husband, Arborn, while the town is driven to distraction by an incarnate Sex Goddess who is organizing all of the whores, a mopey Spellmonger, a nun addicted to gambling, a prude sent by the Queen, undead skulking through the shadows, and a mysterious blind girl shows up in her office claiming to be her new apprentice! Its enough to drive any woman mad, but Pentandra is not just any woman.
. . shes the hope of the Alshari Wilderlands, the woman everyone knows as the Court Wizard!
Badly need work
There are several instances of repetition.
Entire paragraphs or scenes that are out of order or contradict the previous scene directly,
It's really interesting, and the end moves the plot nicely, But the construction is very haphazard, Chapter two is terrible. I've been binging my way through this series, Mr. Mancour has done a wonderful job of creating a fascinating and exciting world, I have thoroughly enjoyed myself,
Book Eight, however, has been a chore so far, According to my Kindle app, I'm onlyinto it and that has more to do with scanning a page rather than reading it.
A read has to expect a rehash of past books at the beginning of the next in a series.
While I would never recommend starting at book Eight, other readers may have waited a year or more for the next Book to arrive on the shelf and need a refresher course on characters and plot.
However, in this case the Editor should have cut much of the first eight chapters and almost all of Chapter.
In fact, I have to wonder if the Editor bothered to read the first or second drafts at all.
I've lost count of the "miswording" misspelling is a thing of the past but my son's autocorrected texts are more error free.
The same thought or point is brought up again and again a few paragraphs or pages later, often with the exact same phrases.
One time I thought that my Kindle version digital may have inadvertently copied the same sentence twice, On further review a couple words were different, As if the Author forgot he wrote a sentence and rewrote slightly different, An Editor or their assistant should have caught that, and more,
As to the actual story, it is good so far but not one of his best, I would rate most of the rest of the series as "FiveStars", In other books of the series, you could feel that some impotent plot lines were being glossed over and knew that they would be highlighted in separate works.
This was better performed in "Kinghts Magi" or in some of the short stories and the Cadet Books,
Thank you, Mr. Mancour.
I will get though this book and I look forward to the next installment,
Update:
I just finish this book, After getting frustrated with the beginning of this book, I was again delighted with the Mr, Mancour's world of the Spellmonger, Other than an abundance of editing and typographical errors, the story was wonderful,
Thank you, again. .