What a Wild Ride-Shadow Raiders

Shadow Raiders is giving me a wild ride.  The action has gone from fast to furious pace, I don't want to put it down.  Unfortunately real life rears it's ugly head and things like work, sleep, laundry have to be done.  The descriptions of battles scenes and creatures are great.  They make you feel like you can see the action!  Just what makes the difference between an OK book and a GREAT book.  It is almost like watching a thriller, on the edge of your seat waiting for something to happen.  All I can think of, is the soundtrack from JAWS playing in my head.  It is that intense.  Sorry that is all for now, I am going back to reading Raiders!

Update on Shadow Raiders & Kings of the North

Shadow Raiders: I am truly enjoying this book.  The characters are very  likable.  During one section I actually looked ahead (which I hate doing) to make sure the outcome of a conflict before I read on.  I didn't want to get upset and then have to back to work.  The story becomes easier to keep tract of the farther you get into the book.  The action picks up and some surprising things pop up to keep up the suspense and makes the book harder to put down.  I begin to want longer trains and longer wait times for appointments. 

Kings of the North:  I finished this book a couple of nights ago.  As with all of Elizabeth Moon's books I WANT MORE AND I WANT IT NOW!!  But of course I will have to wait.  The only thing I didn't like about the book, where is Paks!  I know this wasn't about her, but I miss her.  I did enjoy getting to know more and there were some very interesting twists put into play.  I am really intrigued by some of the plot twists and what may come from them.  But I will just have to wait.  Maybe I will go back and read the series from the beginning (again) and see if I can try to guess.

Shadow Raiders

Shadow Raiders is a new book by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes.  It is the beginning of a new series "Dragon Brigade".  Mention dragons and I am in.  So far, I am less than 100 pages in, it has been a very good read.  Not a fast read, there is a  lot of action going on and it has different ways of thinking of magic, magical beings and warfare.  If you don't pay attention things can get very confusing.  Now don't let that scare anyone off.  The story is well written, there is just a lot going on and several different main plots to keep track of.  So far it almost like a fantasy, thriller and mystery novel all rolled together.  Keep checking back and I will let everyone know more about this great story.

Oop, forgot something!

I failed to mention on my last post that Mercedes Lackey book Trio of Sorcery combines mystery and fantasy/scifi in all three of the stories.  I am not a big mystery reader, but the combination of the mystery and fantasy really appealed to me.  The stories have some surprising twists in them.  Totally a Great Read.

I am still working on Elizabeth Moon's Kings of the North.  I am really enjoying it, it is not as quick of a read as some of the books in this world (Paks') because it has several parallel stories going on at once and switches back and forth between them.  It isn't hard to keep track, but it does take a little more concentration.

I just received a new book from Margaret Weis.  Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are two of the reasons I got involved with fantasy books.  Started with Piers Anthony, but took off when the Dragonlance series were published.  I have read almost all of their books and can not wait to start the new one.  As soon as I finish Kings (which should be in a couple of days) I will start on the new one.