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Storm Riders (2013)

by Margaret Weis(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

076533349X (ISBN13: 9780765333490)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

series

The Dragon Brigade

review 1: Lots of fun. I love that the main characters all have their strengths and weaknesses and quite often they just barely manage to get out of trouble so their successes are a combination of skill, luck and good friends and allies.I don't remember if I noted this about the first book but there are several points of view in this series and I know some people really get annoyed by it. For me, it was handled well, there weren't too many and they weren't placed 'just because' but gave a good idea of what was going on elsewhere while the mains were busy being stranded or saving a merchant ship or training dragons, etc.Oh, and the dragons here were quite interesting - not evil and not necessarily allies either, they are their own entities with worries and families and problems of ... moretheir own.For action junkies, this one is pretty full of goings on, with ship attacks, desperate measures, famous privateers, rescues, secret plots - but there is also quite a bit of setup for the next book as well so there is a nice balance.Completists might want to wait for the next book to come out before starting though because the story is definitely not over even though there isn't a cliffhanger ending.
review 2: Margaret Weis is nothing new to me. I always expect great things from anything with her name attached and once again, she delivered. I first met her work through 'The Death Gate Cycle' some, goodness, maybe twenty years ago. This book started off with a humorous twist catching my attention from the start. Afterwards, there were a few chapters that tested my patience. This is book two in the series and I had to learn the characters I was supposed to already know. Once aquainted with and by the realization that the great Doctor Ellington was not a doctor at all, but rather, a cat, I really began to enjoy the story. Through thoughts and ideas of the magical constructs, the idea of contramagic, the imagination of the airships and the ruthlessness of the Bottom Dwellers, I am allowed to see a wonderful tapestry of words. I get to know Miri, Glythe, Dag, Stephano and Rodrigo and come to love them in their own little ways. I also get glimpses into why they each have the particular personality traits, good or bad, that they possess. This book also leaves you in a cliffhanger. I can't wait to read book three. Thank you Goodreads Giveaways and the authors who put these books out there. Keep writing and I'll keep reading. :D less

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