![]() ![]() Gareth was both annoying and entertaining. I did appreciate a lot of aspects of the book. Just pragmatic Jenny with her little magic and down-to-earth John with his good intentions to help out his king and his lands. But there's no spark of humor or entertainment in this book at all. It's the type of book that literally says hey, your Dragonbane is a hick and adventuring actually is cold and wet and icky. It's satirical in a toss-cold-water-on-you sort of way. I'm all for practicality, but for some reason this book just reeks of it. Most of it is tromping through the wilderness to get to a place with a rather pragmatic and dismal tone. The characters read very world-weary and that translates into the book as well. And as a witch and his lover, Jenny can't help but be dragged into this adventure. Especially when she learns that he's there to convince Lord Aversin to slay a dragon for the kingdom. ![]() When a courtier comes riding into Jenny's path, flourishing his words and falling off his horse gallantly, she can't help but shake her head. ![]()
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