It is very rare for me to wax lyrical about a book. Hmm... I'm not sure this review would be described as such. ========== I've discussed the four so called fantasy books John wrote with him. He felt he'd used the wrong company, I thought the books were crap - well written, but meeting John's needs and no-one else's. I didn't think John could write fantasy. Then came Princess of Wands. There was a little too much use of other people's memes, but let face it, its not 1900 and of course all stories reflect prior usages. Reread several times, always with pleasure. ========= Like others, I've been eagerly awaiting the successor book with teeth grinding at the beat of the years passing by. ========= Then at last comes Queen of Wands. John's a tricky bugger, the clues in novella 1 led to expectations blown totally out of the water in novella two. Which gives no clues to novella 3. ========== The last paragraph was sort of expected, the last sentence so unexpected I think one of his gun toting mates may just blow him away. ========= I've read all of this year's eArcs. This beats all the others hands down ========= Compliments to the Chef. A most delicious meal. My eyes are (so briefly) satisfied. ... Now, what's Mike up to John, no time for a rest, your greedy readers know you must have had a weekend off by now. Get Back To work. ========= Congratulations {fireworks highlighting the sky} ========== I'm hopeless at identifying let alone solving puns. I identified 29 external references and about 20 others I couldn't solve but were obviously references. In the first book I thought you were sending up Dave Drake. In this book you appear to be sending up every famous person in history, and I hope at some date you will tell us who they all were. ========== Regards indeed for a job done far better than well. Ian Clark, Gladstone QLD, Australia. ========== Well, back to rereading When The Devil Dances.
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