The Shining City by Kate Forsyth
October 11th 2006 05:25
The Shining City by Kate Forsyth
In the second part, Lucescere is the shining city of the title. Contrary to Lewen's expectations, Rhiannon is not received well in the city. She is treated as a witch and then thrown into a horrible prison. Lewen, though a knight, is helpless in the matter. His own friend Olwynne, is in love with him and brews a love-potion so that he falls in love with her and forgets Rhiannon.
Kate Forsyth Source: Berkley Jove Authors
The matter with the freaky tower of ravens has not been cleared yet and the ruling clan of the shining city has plenty on their hands and they couldn't care less about this wild satyricon girl in their prison. A centuries-old conspiracy is brewing against the kingdom and there is plenty of intrigue but unexpected by everybody, it falls to Rhiannon to save the day.
This book is much better than the first one because, the plot is more interesting. I didn't like the whole Tower of Ravens thing in the first novel which consumes up the entire climax. Here though, Forsyth pulls out many unsuspected plot threads and makes the novel more entertaining. Rhiannon is a gutsy heroine which is another plus point for the series because the other characters are strictly cardboard.
I haven't read the third installment in this series yet nor the other fantasy works of Kate Forsyth. So I can't say for sure how good she actually is. But this series works mainly because of one thing: we watch so much injustice piled up against a beautiful woman and we can't control ourselves, we read on. It's a bit like the old formula of TV soaps. Come to think of it , it's being used even today. Think of Bree in Desperate Housewives. All in all, a good day's fun
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