HaW: Part 3 We are the Shield

[Suzanne]

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[Sky]

Now we're talking! RIP King Uthil. I think Raith's POV is my favorite in this book. Can't wait to see the elf weapons in action.

Wonder how those anti-radiation pills survived hundreds and hundreds of years passed their shelf life?

Some good quotes in this book. I particularly liked Raith's -

"Life's a queue of small irritations with the Last Door at the end." (talking about his itching beard during battle

"That's the problem with making yourself hard. Once you crack, there's no putting yourself back together."

[Christina]

Raith still irritates me, but a little less so now. I'm glad to finally see him show some emotion about the respect for human life even though it took the death of his brother for him to finally come to this point. And I'm wondering how it's going to go down when Skara finds out Raith slept with Rin.

My favorite part of this section was when they were poking about the ruins of Strokom. Still wondering what the elf bangles were.

Also still waiting to read about the battle between Thorn and Yilling because you know that has to happen.

Oh, and I'm predicting Grom will die, too, because Skara just can't marry him. Yuck!

[Suzanne]

I suspect Grom will die too - but I'm wondering who will kill him. It was projected so heavily in the last book that he cannot be killed by any man (indicating he'd be killed by Thorn, which I'm glad didn't happen because that would have been too predictable). So now I'm curious to see how that will play out.

I am still very curious about the "elf" ruins, but I'm glad we've gotten at least a LITTLE more information.

[Christina]

Somehow I have a feeling we're not going to get a lot more details about the "elves." Pretty sure I'll be left feeling disappointed. That's my only big complaint about this series. It had the potential to have such great world building.

Also, I'm about the read the last section but wanted to make a prediction first. I have a feeling Mother Scaer will go crazy with the elf weapons and kill Grom.

[Scott]

Anti radiation pills...nice! I didn't even think of that. It was cool to see them walking in those ruins. And I agree that we're probably not going to see much revelation with that, which I don't mind so much. The story is engaging enough and I'm ok with a little mystery

Also agree that Gorm will die, just not sure how. Scaer killing him would be fairly interesting; I thought it was going to be when they went to blow up the mine but Rakki ate it instead

Blue Jenner and Raith have formed a nice little friendship, I like reading those parts. He's probably my favorite POV so far but, really, they've all been interesting. Haven't felt bored at all and am just zooming through this

I'm really hoping Yarvi has some kind of plan other than kill everyone with these "relics." Seems he's been a step behind in this book rather than a step ahead like the last one

Another section, another RIP. Sleep well, Uthil. Poor weaponluck indeed

[Suzanne]

You really are zooming through it Scott! I liked the touch of the pills too. And I liked seeing all the weapon/city stuff from a "magic" point of view.

[Scott]

Haha, yeah, I've pretty much read all day today. Nothing to do and the book really hooked me

[Rob, Mayor of Ghost Town]

I really want to know more about the elf ruins. It sure seems like is post apocalyptic earth. I was hoping for some more hints when they were walking through them.