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As the search continues in the Utter East for the kidnapped bride of Waterdeep, the forces of the paladins and the mercenaries converge. For the first time, the dark secret behind the abduction is revealed, and the searchers realize their quest is barely begun.
88 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 7, 1998
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September 30, 2021
To summarise this book
Needlessly flowery and awkward prose as well as disturbingly discorcentingly horny
It also obliterates previous characterisation, some characters behave as if they are hit by bouts of insanity (noph especially), describes the appearance of certain characters differently and spends 90 pages to tell a story that can simultaneously be told in 20 pages and 220 but certainly not 90
Half the things that happen are underbaked and the other half it spends too much time on. For example the pirates making a joke has exactly as many pages devoted to it as the paladins fighting the first wave of the demons.
Half the scenes also look like the books satire and then it wrenches back into reality. For example noph tries to unshackle eidola, and we have a very realistic and gritty scene where hes slowly trying to open her hand bindings while neing careful not to drop her hands because they are sore and are used to being in one position. then IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT theres a WACHY SCENE where hes trying to open her GODAMN CHASTITY BELT for some godforsaken reason
It is absolutely the worst forgotten realms book ive read, and ive read about 30 of them
Read only to see what happens for the rest of the saga, though it can be summarised in 3 sentences anyways
Needlessly flowery and awkward prose as well as disturbingly discorcentingly horny
It also obliterates previous characterisation, some characters behave as if they are hit by bouts of insanity (noph especially), describes the appearance of certain characters differently and spends 90 pages to tell a story that can simultaneously be told in 20 pages and 220 but certainly not 90
Half the things that happen are underbaked and the other half it spends too much time on. For example the pirates making a joke has exactly as many pages devoted to it as the paladins fighting the first wave of the demons.
Half the scenes also look like the books satire and then it wrenches back into reality. For example noph tries to unshackle eidola, and we have a very realistic and gritty scene where hes slowly trying to open her hand bindings while neing careful not to drop her hands because they are sore and are used to being in one position. then IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT theres a WACHY SCENE where hes trying to open her GODAMN CHASTITY BELT for some godforsaken reason
It is absolutely the worst forgotten realms book ive read, and ive read about 30 of them
Read only to see what happens for the rest of the saga, though it can be summarised in 3 sentences anyways
May 2, 2021
Another chapter in the saga. I like the pirates better now and am really sorry that some of them (most! really) have been killed off. They meet the paladins in this chapter and we find out more about who and why the bride was kidnapped. If you're a Salvatore fan, there's a familiar face, I was really surprised to see him, that makes an appearance. I enjoyed this one better than the last time we saw the pirates. Oh, yes, the paladins and pirates join forces. I will be awaiting the next chapter anxiously. Still recommending this series.
November 21, 2019
This one i don't quite know what to say about it was a good read and has some nice development especially for noph and miltiades but still i feel like there was something missing.
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