Review: Traitor's Moon

Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I feel a little conflicted about this third book in the series. On the one hand, it's still much better than most of what I read. On the other hand, it's sort of transitional. Te books in the series are very different in style. The first one is a detective, the second - an epic, this one has elements of a detective again, but demons that must be hunted are mostly inner. It's all about Seregil, he learns himself in this book and sorts out his past and present.

The writing changes greatly from book to book in this series as well. Here the author pays more attention to colorful details, creating a stiring pattern of blazing pathes, but the big picture is somewhat blurry. It looks more like an oil painting than anything else. A painting you can get lost in. And it's wonderful. The language is more elaborate, more interesting, but. There is always that but, a trade off. Here it's in another sort of details. Little details that make the story consistent and believable. The author forgets a lot of them, putting people into places they couldn't be, forgetting about objects (and horses) that deserved at least some mention, loosing the flow of time.

Anyway, it was an interesting and thrilling read and I'm looking forward to the next volume.



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