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Book 2 in the Seelie Wars fantasytrilogy moves the plot along…a bit.

Prince Aspen , now disguised as aminstrel and calling himself Karl, with former midwife’s apprentice Snaildisguised as his companion, is on the run through Seelie lands, hunted by bothSeelie and Unseelie armies. Their prickly interpersonal interactions aretempered by a possible growing fondness as well as their mutual need tosurvive. By chance, they join up with what seems to be a traveling troupe ofplayers whose cast of characters includes dwarf siblings, a man named ProfessorOdds and a beautiful woman. As the players’ cart lumbers along, unfortunatelyso does the plot. Action is replaced by the riddles and wordplay with which theprofessor and dwarfs communicate, and readers may find this more tedious thanintriguing. More fey creatures are introduced to the already-plentiful varietythat inhabits this world, but instead of adding richness, the overallimpression is of an abiding busyness, without enough connection. (The animatedrug is an exception.) Eventually Snail has a revelation about both herself andthe real purpose of the troupe that turns her world on its head. Aspen,meanwhile, confronts his own coming-of-age moment, and by the end, the plotstarts moving forward more energetically.

This flattish story needs more depthin both narrative arc and characterization to sparkle. (Fantasy. 8-12)

Pub Date:?Nov. 28th, 2014ISBN:?978-0-670-01435-4Page count:?304ppPublisher:?VikingReview Posted Online: Sept.?3rd,?2014Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct.?15th,?2014



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