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"Reader and Ralynx" brings the focus of the Twelve Houses series back to it's roots: political manuevering, religious fanatacism, magic, romance, and the battle to preserve the kingdom. The original six main characters are in abundance, as well as the key supporters who have appeared throughout the series. In short, this book is a good finale to the series, but not a good choice to read independently.

Each book in this series has focused on one character of the original six more than the others. This book lets us see into Cammon; finally, Cammon develops into more than just the 'tag along little brother.' His growth in this book is fun and engaging. Cammon is the obvious choice as the focus character because his magical powers links him to his friends in a powerful, vivid, and emotional way. This allows the reader to feel more involved with all the characters despite the emphasis on Cammon's viewpoint.

The beginning of the book is a little slow for the reader familiar with the Twelve Housees series, as it reintroduces characters and plot points. I recognize that this is necessary background for the new reader but it was also a way to move back into the series after the sidelines of the last book, "Dark Moon Defender." Once the foundation is laid, however, the plot progresses at a reasonable pace for most of the book. The background offered in the book is not enough for the new reader to understand the intricacies of the characters and plot points, however.

My biggest criticism is that the ending of the book feels truncated and rushed compared to the rest of the series. That problem is why I've rated the book 4 stars. As a reader, I strongly dislike feeling rushed through the end of a book. Shinn does take great effort to tie up all the loose ends, though, even bringing in memorable but minor characters from the previous books.

As always, Shinn does a wonderful job working within the world of Gillengaria as laid out in the previous books. There are no crucial yet previously unknown facts about the world introduced to advance the plot. Her characters are endearing and entertaining, if a bit predictable. Overall, this book is a good ending to a very enjoyable series.

SPOILER ALERT

Aside from the rushed ending, I was disappointed by Shinn's approach to King Baryn. In previous novels, we have been able to read dialogue between the characters and the King. In this book the best offered is references to the king. Characters still meet and discuss problems with King Baryn but we don't get to experience this 'firsthand'. Making King Baryn more visible in this text would have gone a long way to further understanding several characters, their motives, and plot points surrounding King Baryn's death.


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Reader and Raelynx The Twelve Houses Book 4 Sharon Shinn 9780441014699 Books Reviews

Didn't enjoy this as much as the earlier ones. Perhaps I read them too close together, but the characters didn't seem as well drawn in this edition of her series. Because I read this series of books close together, I found the beginning boring as the characters were reintroduced and the plot discussed. It just moved very slowly and this is a danger for authors who write a series of books where the plot lines are interconnected. Cammon is the youngest and most immature of the six companions. It almost felt like this was supposed to be a teen book and I don't think that was the intent.
Liked this series- really love the characters. There were definitely some odd choices/problem solving in this book. I paused more than once thinking they should have done something much different for a better more confident result.
Loved the series and was happy with the ending.
Wished it would go on and on!
This is the concluding novel in Sharon Shinn's Twelve Houses / Gillengaria series. I've rather enjoyed the series until this point, and have to admit that I am sorry to see it ended.

I used to rant about my dislike of serializations, so this may come across as a bit hypocritical. It's not that I have a problem with multiple books in the same world, or even with the same characters. What I have a problem with are works that cannot stand on their own, and Ms. Shinn has been quite good at avoiding this trap. There have been overarching developments in the previous books, and now they finally come to life and start to shake things in a dramatic fashion. Yet the impending war and plotting of nobles was always merely a backdrop for books that concentrated on an individual or two of the group of friends that are at the center of this series, and the undercurrents weren't really that important on their own; consequently each work really does tell of an adventure with a proper beginning, middle and end within its covers.

The setting is an idealized feudal medieval society with scattered, limited magic that comes to some people innately. There is friction between those who have powers and those who do not, and obviously romance and plots to seize the crown and all that. The main characters, regardless of their background, end up quickly in a rather cozy position of power, and are thoroughly positive and decent people, to the extent that allegations of Mary Sue syndrome are well founded. Not only that, but in the vein of the Sharon Lee and Steve Miller in their Liaden series, the main characters really never get into the kind of horrible situations that would make the reader squirm in discomfort or pain. And yet, I don't care. The characters are just too nice, and since by this book you know them rather well you really do care about them, and all the things they stand for and are willing to sacrifice their lives for. It's an idealistic fairy tale with noble knights, unexpectedly spunky princesses, evil villains and villainesses, and it's just overall brilliant escapist entertainment.

This volume concentrates on Cammon, a street urchin with the ability to read people's emotions and occasionally even minds. Starting in earlier novels and culminating here, the personality of someone who is incapable of acting according to social norms and mores regarding status and such because he sees people for who they really are, and hears what they really think, is done really well. The idea that someone who senses people beyond what they willing present and acts in his own version of the world is, I think, fairly neat. I'd almost argue that all of all the six (or seven) central characters, Cammon ends up being to most multifaceted and well done, even if he lacks any spectacular power or personality.

I'm not entirely sure what genre one would say these books are, any more than Shinn's Archangel series. They're very similar in feel in that there is a bit of romance, and the emotional lives and social interactions are paramount over the analytical, logical plot progression -- I suppose one could argue that they're clearly written by a woman, but at the same token they are distinctly not romance based at all. Also, the characters never become frustrating the way that so many female characters in television and books these days do, substituting random behavior for somehow "female" logic.

While I wish the plot was a bit bolder and the world perhaps a bit more edgy, the series is generally quite well written, certainly head and shoulders above most other fantasy out there these days, and to me, immensely enjoyable.
"Reader and Ralynx" brings the focus of the Twelve Houses series back to it's roots political manuevering, religious fanatacism, magic, romance, and the battle to preserve the kingdom. The original six main characters are in abundance, as well as the key supporters who have appeared throughout the series. In short, this book is a good finale to the series, but not a good choice to read independently.

Each book in this series has focused on one character of the original six more than the others. This book lets us see into Cammon; finally, Cammon develops into more than just the 'tag along little brother.' His growth in this book is fun and engaging. Cammon is the obvious choice as the focus character because his magical powers links him to his friends in a powerful, vivid, and emotional way. This allows the reader to feel more involved with all the characters despite the emphasis on Cammon's viewpoint.

The beginning of the book is a little slow for the reader familiar with the Twelve Housees series, as it reintroduces characters and plot points. I recognize that this is necessary background for the new reader but it was also a way to move back into the series after the sidelines of the last book, "Dark Moon Defender." Once the foundation is laid, however, the plot progresses at a reasonable pace for most of the book. The background offered in the book is not enough for the new reader to understand the intricacies of the characters and plot points, however.

My biggest criticism is that the ending of the book feels truncated and rushed compared to the rest of the series. That problem is why I've rated the book 4 stars. As a reader, I strongly dislike feeling rushed through the end of a book. Shinn does take great effort to tie up all the loose ends, though, even bringing in memorable but minor characters from the previous books.

As always, Shinn does a wonderful job working within the world of Gillengaria as laid out in the previous books. There are no crucial yet previously unknown facts about the world introduced to advance the plot. Her characters are endearing and entertaining, if a bit predictable. Overall, this book is a good ending to a very enjoyable series.

SPOILER ALERT

Aside from the rushed ending, I was disappointed by Shinn's approach to King Baryn. In previous novels, we have been able to read dialogue between the characters and the King. In this book the best offered is references to the king. Characters still meet and discuss problems with King Baryn but we don't get to experience this 'firsthand'. Making King Baryn more visible in this text would have gone a long way to further understanding several characters, their motives, and plot points surrounding King Baryn's death.