This is a book that should never have been written. McCaffrey should never have continued this series and should have let the series die with the books about Acorna. The story is dull, boring and very predictable. The main characters are bleak shadows of what they once were and the new characters are not very believable and it almost seems like they were created in frustration while trying to push the story forward.

There is no drive to the story. It resembles a plastic bag floating meaninglessly in a river.Read more »»

This is the third book in the original trilogy about Shannara, and it doesn't disappoint. The books is at least as exciting as it's predecessors and a book every fantasy lover must read. On the cover there is a quote stating that if you haven't read Terry Brooks you haven't read fantasy, a quote not that far from the truth.

Brooks has, over the last to books, matured greatly as a fantasy author. All of the cliches found in the first book is gone.Read more »»

A widow who has donated her old house to the cloister asking only for one white rose from the garden each year is kidnapped. At the same time somebody is working their hardest to make sure that the rose rent isn't payed. Yet again brother Cadfael must step in and solve the mystery.

This is Peters at her absolute best. This is an amazing story. She serves us, not only a very authentic story with very believable characters and environment, but a very exciting and nerve-racking story.Read more »»

"The Elfstones of Shannara" is the second book Terry Brooks wrote in a huge series about the Shannara world and is part of the original trilogy. This is genuine fantastic reading. Brooks matured greatly after writing the first Shannara book, and though the first book was well written it cannot compete with the second book. This is written art.

The story takes place two generations after the first book and the main characters are new. Even though some of the original characters are still included it's quite obvious that the legacy has been passed on.Read more »»

Acorna's Children is the first book in a new series by McCaffrey written as a followup to the series about Acorna. The series about Acorna is quite good, and McCaffrey should have let dead horses lie. This followup is completely unnecessary. The book is dull and boring and should never have been written.

It's quite obvious that McCaffrey has started writing just for the sake of writing. She has lost her passion. The story is not exciting or well written. The book is full of "padding".Read more »»

This is yet a fantastic book about the dragon world of Pern by McCaffrey. The quality of her writing is back to what it was at the beginning of this series written in the seventies. This is mostly due to the fact that she has welcomed her son Todd in. The book is written in cooperation between the two, and Todd has obviously added a lot to the series.

The book is split in two separate parts, but the stories are connected and what a story it is. This time it's not the dragon riders who are in focus. Instead the book focuses on other people living on Pern.Read more »»

Anne McCaffrey has finally let her son, Todd McCaffrey, enter the Pern world and has written two books in cooperation with him. This is the first book about Pern Todd has written on his own, with huge success. The series about Pern has over the years lost some of it's spunk. Quite obviously Anne just doesn't have the inspiration she used to.

Dragon's blood on the other hand definitely is fresh blood. This book is at least as good as the first books Anne wrote in the seventies. It's down right fantastic.Read more »»

The reneages of Pern is of the classic McCaffrey literature. Extremely hard to put down, very exciting and quite easy to dream oneself away in.Read more »»

"The sword of Shannara" was the first book Terrry Brooks wrote after discovering Tolkien. That shows. Especially the first half of the book is highly inspired by Tolkiens masterpiece. Still the book is extremely well written and of much higher quality than a lot of fantasy on the market. Writing a 700 page book without a single dull page is quite impressive, especially when it's your debut in the genre, but Brooks did it.

After you get over the first small disappointment over the similarities with "The Lord of the Rings" the book is impossible to put down.Read more »»

Acorna has finally found her own people who she has yet to know. While getting to know her new people she is presented with a challenge. She discovers that child labor and slavery is more or less accepted in this world. Something bad Acorna of course must stop. We follow her fight to rid the world of this bad practice and her ability to avoid all of the new enemies she obtains.

This is possibly the least interesting book in the series about Acorna.Read more »»