"The Assassin King" by Elizabeth Hadon

09.20.08 to 10.01.08 - Read the book! It's chapters 9 and 10 of a 15 chapter book. In other words nothing was solved just a continuation of the Requiem. Annoyed a little, have to wait for Chapters 11 and 15 since they are published yet.

Alas, read the book but know its a transition book.

"Requiem for the Sun" by Elizbeth Haydon

09.07.08 to 09.18.08 - Let me start off by saying that every book that is a sequel of some kind should have a page in the front of the book that says "You must first read book 1, book 2, and book 3." I spent the first part of this book saying "I know that" and "Yeah, yeah, yeah, get on with it." This is not the Authors fault, she has to reestablish the characters in case an idiot reads the books out of order [and I have been guilty of this] but when your excited about the story it can be frustrating.

Requiem is just as good as the other three. Achmed and Ashe had a larger role and Rhapsody was not in the forefront and it was nice. I love the expansion of Anborn's character and even the revival of Waste of Breath!

In this book, Rhapsody gets herself pregnant [of course with the help of Ashe] and gets the mother of all morning sickness that effects much of her ability to fend off Michael, Wind of Death, plan to kidnap her. His obsession in possessing her causes for great acts of cruelty.

Ashe and Achmed join forces to rescue her. Ashe does it out of love for his wife. Achmed does it out of friendship and duty to his Dhracian bloodline.

Don't read this book until you have all three of this trilogy in your possession as you will want to close Requiem and open "Elegy for a Lost Star." Read the book!

"Destiny" by Elizabeth Haydon

04.21.08 to 05.01.08 - TaaaaDaaaa! I finished this trilogy. It was worth the read but this one, ironically since it was tying up loose ends and revealing plots, fell a little flat. Book 2, "Prophecy" was so good that when I finished it, I immediately pick up this one to finish the story. I do feel much was left unfinished [to hook us into the next sequel, Requiem for the Sun. I am not sure I am falling for it]. Overall, it was good.

If anyone out there read these books, don't you feel that Achmed and Grunthor deserved an ending.

Read the book.

"Prophecy" by Elizabeth Haydon

04.04.08 to 04.21.08 - This is book two that started with "Rhapsody." Anytime you read a sequel your scared to death that it will come up short. "Phophecy" doesn't. It is a bit slow at first but definately picks up and is a good ride! The three main characters, Rhapsody, Achmed and Grunthor are all back but Ashe becomes a leading character that adds to the story. Lots of sword play, banter and more sword play. And add an unknown bad guy to make for a good mystery. Oh did I mention the dragons?

Read the book!

"Rhapsody" by Elizabeth Haydon

02.25.08 to 03.09.08 - I love adventuring to different places and Serendair and the Root are as good of places to go as any. The thing so wonderful about books are there are no boundaries, even mystical worlds totally unlike like our own. This was a fun romp through adventure and war fair and good versus evil. It is similar to Tolkin with its arduous travels through the root, the elf like race called Larin, the troll like Bolg, or the mysterious Dhracian. Tolkin wrote only one set of books that were a blast to read so I am thankful for those who follow in his footsteps.

This one is different with the heroin's magic stemming from music. I hope somewhere out there Haydon has written an end to the book because this one left you hanging. It was great adventure anyway! Read the book.