Honoured Enemy - Raymond E. Feist

Advantages: Gripping and Tense situations, Great characters, Feist back at his best
Disadvantages: Errr cant think of any

Honoured Enemy - Legends of the Riftwar Raymond E Feist William Forstchen Published 2001 Voyager Books ISBN - 0-00-224718-6 323 Pages Praise for Raymond E. Feist "Tons of intrigue and action" PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Epic scope... vivid imagination...a significant contribution to the field of fantasy' WASHINGTON POST 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend' - An old Arab proverb 'Fare thee well, my sweet Kingdom lassie, Fare thee well, and I bid you goodbye, ...
...the Kingdom (taken from Honoured Enemy (c) 2001 R.A.Feist / W Forstchen) When I read Magician, the first book involving the Kingdom and the Tsurani, I thought that I had finally found a series to get my teeth into. Magician was a work of genius, great characters, great story, and it was set on such an epic scale, covering a time period measured in decades. Unfortunately, the follow on books were not quite so epic, but still enjoyable. To me, they ... Read review

Advantages: Good characters and plot
Disadvantages: Could be confusing for non-fans of the series, poor ending

The thing I enjoyed most about this was the alliance between the two sides, and the cultural differences. It was interesting seeing how they reacted to each other, warriors who had been enemies but then had to fight together. I'm not sure how understanable it would be to someone not a fan of the series. I had only read the Daughter of the Empire trilogy before this, and found certain parts quite confusing. But most of it was understandable. There ...
...too long for my taste. I also disliked the ending. I found there was little sense of dramatic build-up, a character death had almost no emotional impact, and I found it far too slow paced. There was also an epilogue. While it was good to see what had happened to the characters, it was written in a way that confused me (wasn't always clear about what character it was talking about, in I expect an attempt to surprise the reader), and was fairly predictable. ... Read review