Fantasy Book Club Series discussion

Have you finished reading Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling, Book 1 in the Nightrunner series? What did you think?

Spoilers allowed!

I finished this today! In some ways, this book is a swashbuckling adventure story of spies and wizards, complete with multiple disguises, narrow escapes, and a hint of romance. We have the mentor and apprentice, royalty and commoners, and plots within plots. But as the first book in a series, it becomes obvious there is a deeper, more serious story to be told, with this book just the first installment.

I had trouble wrapping my mind around Seregil. I couldn’t quite get him figured out in my imagination. His experiences made him seem older, more like a father to Alex, but then I would remind myself of his Aurënfaie blood and he would get younger in my mind’s eye, more like mid-twenties than forties or fifties.

Same with Nysander—obviously well over 100 but, at times, seeming much younger. Again, I know it’s the effect of being a wizard, but my brain just couldn’t settle on a mental image.

Thinking back to when the group read the Tamir Triad, I was trying to remember if there is a Guardian in that series as well, I thought so but can’t recall the specifics. The woman who has a wizardess who passed the burden to a younger wizard?

This book reminded me of a good D and D story!!! Traps traps traps