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Title: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
Title: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
Series: Riyria Chronicles #4
Author:
Michael Sullivan
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Fantasy
Pages: 344
Format: Digital
Edition
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Synopsis:
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Royce and Hadrian are hired to avenger the death of Genevieve Hargrave who is the daughter of Gabriel Winter, a rich merchant. She married Leopold Hargrave, the Duke of Rochelle and Winter is convinced that Leopold married her for her dowry and then murdered her. But no body has been recovered. So Winter wants the duo to find out what happened to her and then avenge her death with a fountain of blood, a fountain he is willing to pay for with everything from his coffers.
Once
the duo reaches Rochelle, things don't quite add up. At the same time
the head of the Church of Novron is calling for a new King and every
noble must be present to be in the running. This leads into Church
politic'ing and a desire for revenge by a Mir, a half-human, half-elf
named Villar.
Villar
wants to murder all the nobles, take over the city of Rochelle and
make it the capital of a new Mir city-state. What looks impossible
isn't so when it is revealed that he has the help of dwarves who can
bring stone golems to life.
All
this time Genny is alive and held captive by a faction of the Mir who
just want equal rights in the town and a peaceful resolution to
everything.
Everybody
collides in a finale of bloody death but thankfully Hadrian and Royce
rescue Genny, she is reunited with her husband who really does love
her and events are set in motion that will have repercussions in the
Riyria Revelations series.
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My
Thoughts:
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Most Important!
This ebook says it
has an ISBN of 978194336317 but if you can count, that is only 12
numbers. The
hardcover I got through the Kickstarter has the correct isbn
listed as 9781943363117. Goodreads still has it wrong. Business as
usual for that place!
/End Important!
I really enjoyed
this read. The banter, the danger, the mystery. It all came together
just like every other Riyria book has. There is a flavor, a
tone, to the these books and Sullivan keeps it unique and never
strays from it. I like that.
I also liked that
we didn't have to wait until the end to know if Genny was alive or
dead. She had her POV almost from the beginning and while it lessened
that particular mystery, it simply increased the tension on other
parts as I tried to figure out WHAT was going on and who was
motivated by what.
I tore through this
in about a day and a half. Kind of sad since I had been waiting 2
years since Death of Dulgath but hey, I'm not going to waste
time artificially stretching my read out. I paid my money and I'm
going to get my enjoyment Right Now!
Now that I've read
this, I kind of want to re-read all 6 Riyria Revelations books
and the previous 3 Riyria Chronicles books. Just to get a
fuller picture. Also, to see how Sullivan's writing has progressed.
Well, maybe in a year or two. Honestly, I'd really like to wait until
there are 6 Chronicles books to balance the Revelations
books and then have a go. But since Sullivan is independently
releasing these through Kickstarters and he has contractual
obligations for other books, I doubt that will happen any time soon.
★★★★☆
