Again, the characters end up being subtly different than in the previous novels. Gromph gains a familiar. Danifae gains a locket connected to her compulsion. That last example interests me particularly. It doesn’t play any major role in this novel, yet if it was going to be just part of the background, why mention it at all? And if it does play an important part in the future, why not mention it when we first meet Danifae (or at least in the first book she’s included in)?

Also, I may have misread something, but there seems to be a discrepancy in Danifae’s ability to levitate. On pg 248, during the battle with the beholder, she seems to, yet later in the novel and significantly during the previous novel she can’t.

Plus if I have to hear the word “wicked” one more time in relation to a weapon, I’m going to scream. It was definitely overused.

The opening description was rather elaborate with perhaps too many adjectives, but Halisstra’s assessment of the party members in relation to her own situation is a great way to introduce them and a nice touch.

I felt Baker really owned Halisstra as a character and she became far more interesting in this book.

The ending was also suitably dramatic on a large scale and really captures the imagination.

I’m looking forward to seeing where the story will go next.