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Old 07-20-2011, 09:30 PM   #10
SpiritWarrior
Jack Burton
 

Join Date: May 31, 2002
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Default Re: Anyone read any of the "new" Forgotten Realms novels?

I find some of Cunnighams stuff risky. Her Starlight and Shadows books were awesome, until the third one (Windwalker) which was just horrible. The reviews on Amazon echoed my sentiments, many noting a sharp change in her writing style and a lack of experience. It was almost as if she got someone else to write it but planted her name there.

With her earlier two in the S&S series, "Daughter of the Drow" and "Tangled Webs" she proved at least to me, to be far superior to R.A. Salvatore when it comes to handling Drow and the Underdark. She helped the reader to really understand what it was to be a dark elf emerge on the surface - something I felt Salvatore kinda glossed over, and jumped right into the "imma dual wielding ranger drow with kitty lolz".

Just I dunno what happened on the third installment. Maybe her heart wasn't in it.

The same goes for Evermeet: Island of Elves. I bought it years ago knowing how great an author she was, then fell asleep during that thing.
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