Shadow's Edge review
May. 18th, 2011 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearShadow's Edge is the second in Brent Weeks' Night Angel trilogy, and I read it very fast. It helped that I was on holiday last week and spent periods of several hours each morning reading (though that didn't seem to help me make much progress with Framley Parsonage, so I do think Shadow's Edge was quite compelling).
The continuing story of Kylar the assassin is consistently engaging, if rather unpleasant in places, especially during the climax. It's not very original in its main plot strand (trained assassin attempts to give up his trade and go live a normal life somewhere else, only to be drawn back into the web of violence and betrayal through obligation to a friend) but it's well written, and had more than enough depth and breadth to keep me interested.
The development of all the storylines set up in the first book was intriguing, and there were several new aspects introduced towards the end that make me eager to read the concluding part.
Stock fantasy, but well executed.
The continuing story of Kylar the assassin is consistently engaging, if rather unpleasant in places, especially during the climax. It's not very original in its main plot strand (trained assassin attempts to give up his trade and go live a normal life somewhere else, only to be drawn back into the web of violence and betrayal through obligation to a friend) but it's well written, and had more than enough depth and breadth to keep me interested.
The development of all the storylines set up in the first book was intriguing, and there were several new aspects introduced towards the end that make me eager to read the concluding part.
Stock fantasy, but well executed.
