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Casket of Souls (Nightrunner #6)
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Lynn Flewelling (Goodreads Author)
The Nightrunners are back in this gripping novel full of Lynn Flewelling’s trademark action, intrigue, and richly imagined characters.
More than the dissolute noblemen they appear to be, Alec and Seregil are skillful spies, dedicated to serving queen and country. But when they stumble across evidence of a plot pitting Queen Phoria against Princess Klia, the two Nightrunners...more
More than the dissolute noblemen they appear to be, Alec and Seregil are skillful spies, dedicated to serving queen and country. But when they stumble across evidence of a plot pitting Queen Phoria against Princess Klia, the two Nightrunners...more
Paperback, 476 pages
Published
May 29th 2012
by Spectra
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It was sooo nice to return to some of my favorite characters of the entire genre. Ach. I just really love S...more
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It was sooo nice to return to some of my favorite characters of the entire genre. Ach. I just really love S...more
It was better than "Shadows Return" and "The White Road", but that isn't necessarily saying much. If "Luck in the Shadows", "Stalking Darkness" and "Traitor's Moon" were filet mignon, then in comparison "Casket of Souls" is a marshmallow.
"Casket" has a better plot than the two books that preceded it. I was relieved to discover that the majority of the action takes place in Rhíminee and centers around the court and all of its intrigue. That said, the cabal plot was incredibly confusing, and for m...more
"Casket" has a better plot than the two books that preceded it. I was relieved to discover that the majority of the action takes place in Rhíminee and centers around the court and all of its intrigue. That said, the cabal plot was incredibly confusing, and for m...more
I literally just finished this book and I'm still reeling from it. This book was a constant adrenalin rush of not only fear, but frustrated tears and raw and open fear of what might happen to the characters I love so much. Finally, the spider web of inner court politics is back with aplomb. There is so much to this book that it just ripped my soul apart. My favorite thing about this series is the characters, and how every single one has their own personal drive and it shines through. Flewelling...more
This is book 6 in the Nightrunner series so there are only two conceivable reasons for you to be reading this review. The first is that you LOVE everything EVER written by Lynn Flewelling and you want to know how AWESOME this book is. Or, you really liked the first two or three books in this series, but were kind of disappointed with the last two, and you don't know if that is because you are decade older now yourself or if it's the books. And you are hoping to find out whether you should even b...more
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I knew that I was plunging into the middle of a series with Lynn Flewelling’s “Casket of Souls” (Spectra, $7.99, 476 pages), which is always risky, but I had read one of the previous five, and I like Flewelling’s work (The Tamir Triad is highly recommended) so I took a chance.
As it turned out, “Casket of Souls” was a bit of a disappointment. It was about 100 pages too long, and most of those extras involved the heroes trying to unravel a mystery that the readers already had the answer to. And in...more
As it turned out, “Casket of Souls” was a bit of a disappointment. It was about 100 pages too long, and most of those extras involved the heroes trying to unravel a mystery that the readers already had the answer to. And in...more
This book returned Alec and Seregil to Rhiminee and focused on their noble life there, and I really liked it. I liked how the focus was on them doing what they do without needing to deal with slavery or traveling/being chased across the countryside or things like that. Instead this plot more or less involved their normal life and I really liked reading about that.
Early in the story the new character Atre was introduced and right from the beginning I didn't like him, but I couldn't think of any p...more
Early in the story the new character Atre was introduced and right from the beginning I didn't like him, but I couldn't think of any p...more
This is a writer who I think is under-appreciated by fans of fantasy. This is the sixth book in a series that is set in the kingdom of Skala. The two main characters are Lord Seregil, who is an elf-like character from a far off land, and his partner Alec, a low-born from the far west. The war between Skala and its northern neighber Plenimar has continued.
The tide is turning as Queen Phoria and her sister Klia are leading the Skalans deep into Plenimarian territory. The war started when Plenima...more
The tide is turning as Queen Phoria and her sister Klia are leading the Skalans deep into Plenimarian territory. The war started when Plenima...more
If you've enjoyed the Nightrunner series, you will more than likely enjoy this book, a solid, if not earthshaking entry. Sergil and Alec are reestablishing themselves in Rhiminee, spying on nobles in hopes of uncovering a plot against the Queen, Phoria, her heir and/or possibly Klia. The plot thickens when it becomes apparent there are opposing factions with clashing agendas. Meanwhile on the Plenimarian front, Klia, Beka and the rest of the army is in the midst of finally, perhaps, ending the w...more
Alec and Seregil are back, and waist-deep in the intrigue that they seem so adept at untangling. But this will be no easy knot to work with. In the middle of the usual unrest caused by a war that keeps dragging on,the higher classes have become restless as well. Cabals scrabble through treason and treachery in support of their chosen royal's claim to a throne that still has someone sitting in it. And Alec and Seregil find themselves scrambling to sort it all out before they become the victims of...more
I liked this much better than the last couple books about Alec's creepy child. I am not a fan of the creepy elements in Flewelling's works (I hated the Tamir books, for instance), so I was quite pleased that this book was primarily about Nightrunning. The politics were really hard to follow at first, and I'm still not sure I sorted out all the characters, and I found the POV shifts ridiculously annoying (I also don't care about any of the characters who aren't Alec or Seregil -- especially Beka)...more
I enjoyed this much more than the previous two books. The story of Seregil and Alec shines best when they are up to their ears in Skalan intrigue. I am definitely a fan of their hijinks in town.
The pace of the story is faster here now that Seregil and Alec are back on familiar ground. Finally, we are back at the part that first drew me into their story which is the court intrigue and the spying adventures around the city.
The romance between Seregil and Alec is nicely sidelined to focus more on t...more
The pace of the story is faster here now that Seregil and Alec are back on familiar ground. Finally, we are back at the part that first drew me into their story which is the court intrigue and the spying adventures around the city.
The romance between Seregil and Alec is nicely sidelined to focus more on t...more
Okay, so before I get into this, I just want to say I am relieved.
Now, an explanation: I loved the first two books and really liked the third one. Four and five, however, were... I don't know how to describe it. Lacklustre, certainly. But more than that, some of the writing felt stilted and forced, the characters did not act like themselves, and half the time, it seemed Flewelling had forgotten the things she had written previously (from Alec forgetting the dog charm to the name of the new inn t...more
Now, an explanation: I loved the first two books and really liked the third one. Four and five, however, were... I don't know how to describe it. Lacklustre, certainly. But more than that, some of the writing felt stilted and forced, the characters did not act like themselves, and half the time, it seemed Flewelling had forgotten the things she had written previously (from Alec forgetting the dog charm to the name of the new inn t...more
I was really happily surprised to learn a while ago that there would be another nightrunner book. I pre-ordered it of course and then forgot about it and THEN was so happy to have found it in my mailbox yesterday.
Of course i started reading it asap! I've been following the Nightrunner books from the beginning and the i have re-read the first three a lot of times. I did enjoy book 4 and 5 though somehow not as much as the first ones.
Which gets me to book #6. It's a 'Nightrunner' book again. A LOT...more
Of course i started reading it asap! I've been following the Nightrunner books from the beginning and the i have re-read the first three a lot of times. I did enjoy book 4 and 5 though somehow not as much as the first ones.
Which gets me to book #6. It's a 'Nightrunner' book again. A LOT...more
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I must admit to being a fan of the Nightrunner series ever since I stumbled across the first book. I fell madly in love with Alec and Seregil even though I did have trouble with book four, Shadows Return. To me it really seemed to drag. However they are back in fine form in CASKET OF SOULS.
With the exception of the very first book, Luck in the Shadows, CASKET OF SOULS has to be my favorite. It is set in Rhíminee and we get to watch two masters of the shadows ply their craft as they work to disco...more
I'm going to die when this series is over. As usual, this book was amazing. Life without these characters is not worth living.
Thero and Klia: I'm so maddeningly happy! I can't wait for Klia to get pregnant so Thero can finally understand what that dragon bite did to him.
Mika: I can't wait to see more of him! Thero has an apprentice, yay! And he seems really awesome!
Elani: She will definitely make a better queen than Phoria. I have a feeling Seregil and Alec are going to be a bit more welcome aro...more
Thero and Klia: I'm so maddeningly happy! I can't wait for Klia to get pregnant so Thero can finally understand what that dragon bite did to him.
Mika: I can't wait to see more of him! Thero has an apprentice, yay! And he seems really awesome!
Elani: She will definitely make a better queen than Phoria. I have a feeling Seregil and Alec are going to be a bit more welcome aro...more
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Read Casket of Souls in two days and it felt like I had gorged on a box of chocolates, satisfying and somewhat dizzying at the same time.
The story line is telegraphed miles ahead, but that is not really why I read her Nightrunner books. I read them because I love her main characters and their sense of humour and self deprecation. In addition it is always a relief to read a book where the gay characters don't all die.
If I had one niggle it is that although Alec, Seregil and Thero are well develop...more
The story line is telegraphed miles ahead, but that is not really why I read her Nightrunner books. I read them because I love her main characters and their sense of humour and self deprecation. In addition it is always a relief to read a book where the gay characters don't all die.
If I had one niggle it is that although Alec, Seregil and Thero are well develop...more
Tak tady uz autorce opravdu hrablo. Sice vitam navrat do mesta, ale kniha nema pribehove temer nic spolecneho s predchozim knizkama, navic kde driv popisovala 99% veci jen z pohledu dvou hrdinu-bukvic (musim to opet zminit!) tak tu od pulky knihy dost pridava i pohled "zaporaka", cimz prozrazuje celou zahadu (ktera teda nebyla prilis zahadna uz od pocatku, hintzu by to shrnul "behem peti minut jsem vedel kdo je vrah a kdo opicha princeznu"). Zacina to slibne, konspirace, do toho zahada... pak al...more
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I admit I didn't finish this- I had to return it and didn't have the energy to power through it. It was better than many of the more recent Nightrunner books, featuring actual nightrunning, for one thing, and returning focus to Alec and Seregil and Rhiminee, but it just seems like the snap has gone out of this series. Is this still fun for the author? Sometimes I wonder if it wasn't a mistake to have them get together so early in the series, because it seems like their relationship doesn't devel...more
While it doesn't quite approach the first two Nightrunner books in quality, book 6 is, in my opinion, much better than the last two, if only because Sebrahn isn't in it. And in this book Alec and Seregil finally get to do some more nightrunning, which is good. I enjoyed the political maneuvering (minus all the scenes from Beka's POV; she has never really grown on me). I just wish the "mysterious plague" plot had actually been a mystery, instead of having the answer handed over by the author. It...more
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We're back to the roots of this series, lots of night running, conspiracies, and a dose of magic to keep things fresh.
The book started slow, in my opinion, but after the last few books, there was a need to reestablish our original setting. Especially for people who may have had to wait years between books. Still, for someone who got the entire series read within a couple of months of discovering it, the book...more
OR
Never Trade Your Hair to Creepy Old People, Why Would You Even Do That?
We're back to the roots of this series, lots of night running, conspiracies, and a dose of magic to keep things fresh.
The book started slow, in my opinion, but after the last few books, there was a need to reestablish our original setting. Especially for people who may have had to wait years between books. Still, for someone who got the entire series read within a couple of months of discovering it, the book...more
This book is what the Nightrunner series is about! Burgling nobles' houses, royal intrigues, new mysterious magic to deal with. Usually I don't care much for battlefield scenes and was really tempted to skip 'em in previous books. That was changed this time around. Fights were engaging, not over complicated, and I perhaps it's just my impression but they seemed shorter than in previous books, which I appreciate 'cause I was dying to get back to Alec and Seregil's adventures. The one thing I wasn...more
So now it's over. Now I must wait for the next one. How will I live?
As always, I'm completely smitten. I very much liked that this story was written in the same spirit as the first two instalments in the Nightrunner series, as they are my favourites. It was exciting for Alec, Seregil, Micum and Thero to get back to Watcher business while Klia and Beka are out beating the shit out of the Plenimarans. I found it very refreshing to have the female leads out at war away from the male leads - Flewel...more
As always, I'm completely smitten. I very much liked that this story was written in the same spirit as the first two instalments in the Nightrunner series, as they are my favourites. It was exciting for Alec, Seregil, Micum and Thero to get back to Watcher business while Klia and Beka are out beating the shit out of the Plenimarans. I found it very refreshing to have the female leads out at war away from the male leads - Flewel...more
I loved this book, once it got going. It was intriguing and kept my interest as much as any of the others. That said, I didn't find it quite as easy to connect with the characters as I have in all the others. The usual glimpses of Alec and Seregil's relationship were glossed over much more than usual to make room for their nightrunning, which was fine...but still left me missing something. To be perfectly honest, my very favorite part of this book was Thero, which I did not see coming, regardles...more
White Road is my all time favorite, because I enjoyed the more 'adult' deeper psychological aspects. I'm a sucker for angst and the hero of the story going through trails and tribulations. That being said, I think Casket of Souls goes back to the style of the first book in the Nightrunner series. Perfectly safe for teens to read and not descriptive at all when it comes to more intimate scenes. A good solid fantasy with a mystery plot that, while resolved rather abruptly, still delivered an enjoy...more
The latest Nightrunner book, Casket of Souls, by Lynn Flewelling is one of my favorites of the series so far. For one, and the biggest, neither main character got kidnapped. That was getting so old. I loved how we got to see them work in the city, in their actual environment. It was great seeing a new contact/nigthrunner get coutred, even if it didn't work out. And seeing some of the suplimental characters developed more was well done, Thero really came into his role. And she had no problem kill...more
Wonderful! Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner books are always a pleasure to read; she has a great way of hooking you into the plot, and her two protagonists - lovers Seregil and Alex - are the best gay adventurers and mystery-solvers I know of. Their sexuality is not the main focus though, and it's always nice to see gay guys portrayed just as ordinary people going about their business, even if it is way more exciting than your average life! I also love the universe she's created in this fantasy wor...more
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