Author: Robin Hobb
Type: Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Yes. Volume Two of The Rain Wilds Chronicles
Copyright: 2010
Publisher: Eos trademark of HarperCollins Publishers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Summary: from Good Reads.
Fifteen dragons have set off on a dangerous trek up the Rain Wild River, in hopes of rediscovering their lost haven, the ancient city of Kelsingra. Accompanying them are a disparate group of rejects from Rain Wild society, including strong and defiant young Thymara; wealthy dragon scholar and Trader's wife Alise; and her companion, the urbane Sedric. These human keepers yearn also to create a new home where they can decide their own fate. But is Kelsingra real or merely a fragment of a glorified past buried deep in the dragons' shared memories?
As they forge ever-deeper into uncharted wilderness, starvation, flashfloods, and predators imperil them all. But as dragons and humans alike soon learn, the most savage threats come from within their own company . . .
Feelings:
I enjoyed reading this book and thought it did a really good job continuing the story. The first book didn't really have an ending as most books would even in a series but it felt more like the end of a chapter. This book did the same thing.
In this book as in the other book there were letters between the Keepers of Birds Detozi and Erek written on messages sent between the cities of Bringtown and Trehaug. At first I found them almost an annoyance but I really enjoyed them in this book. They are a second story in the story of getting the dragons to Kelsingra.
The development of characters in this made the keepers and the dragons into individual characters that seemed fuller than in the first book. Most of the keepers of the dragons began changing from proximity to the dragons as well as the dragons shaping them to become Elderlings. This creates tensions both among the keepers and the dragons. Do the dragons remember what to do? Do the keepers want to become Elderlings? The connects between the keepers and the dragons has grown stronger but both will be changed as a result.
Dangers environmental and within must be face if the journey is to be successful.
I really enjoyed reading this book and will be reading the next in the series. I expected Robin Hobb to be more of a pop them out as fast as possible at the detriment to the story kind of fantasy writer but these have been really enjoyable to read and the characters and story are well developed. I would recommend this series to those that enjoy fantasy with strong women characters.
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