a good extension to the series
919479
a good extension to the series, doesn't clearly follow the way the story was told initially but has amazing imagery and creates an amazing sense of scale. i felt very small in reading this, and that's amazing. overall a good read that i would recommend to my friends
3349364
It's another of the series, but several of the stories advance the plots and characters of the previous books, and all of t he stories seem to have an order to them, so if you have read the previous books, this is a good one to get.
2957005
Though this was not my favorite of the series--so far.  It was a good addition.  I like the way the author gives updates to the previous characters while introducing new ones.  I am not the type to give away the story but it was very tender and sexy.
2838021
Great addition to the series.
Not really a stand alone book, I highly recommend you read the first three books in the series first, but this dovetails nicely into the ongoing adventures of the lead character and her family and associates.
4481394
A nice little fill-in for in between series books. It will be nice to see these new characters in the next book.
2906392
The story is a great add-on to the series, it wraps up the ending a bit tighter than the book before this one. I enjoyed the plot, the characters were fleshed out, and predictable in the way you want them to be, so that the "story" is the focus.
4563103
I liked this book a lot. It ties a lot of loose ends, but also leaves some. I would've liked to know more about what happened during their travel from their home to the safe town, (the gap between the last book and this one) but still pretty good all in all. Pretty action filled, especially near the end. I like the story telling from multiple perspectives as well. I don't want to give any the book away, so I'll stop here. But the series is definitely worth reading!
3789172
I'm back to reading this series after a long time away (reading epic rather than urban fantasy for a change of pace).  The first thing I would suggest is to read the bonus novella at the end prior to reading the main novel.  Because some key hints are dropped in the novella about an event that occurs in the book (fairly early on), and some background storyline issues are resolved.  (There's something regarding Odin in Hunted that didn't make a lot of sense to me until after I read the novella.)

If you like the previous books in this series, and the characters, you will probably like this one as well.  It is a little different in some regards in that there are pretty much no breaks for the characters.  They are on the run, nonstop, until nearly the very end.  It's exciting, for sure, but it leaves you wanting to take a deep breath.  It was maybe a little too packet with action, as it didn't have any of the fun world-building and character development of past novels (no anti-British old neighbor lady, no running a bookshop/tea shop in Arizona, etc.).  Then again, by the sixth novel in a series, with recurring characters, it can be difficult to shed new light on their natures.

If you are not familiar with this series, it is fun (perhaps not quite the same as the Dresden Files, but if you liked Harry Dresden and company, there is a good chance you will also like this series), but I'd suggest starting back at the first book.  Because new characters are added in nearly every book, and subsequent books (like this one) refer back to past events from the other books of the series.

As with other volumes in the series, there is a goal to this volume (reach safety in England, despite pursuit and many obstacles), but also overall development of the series arc.  I think a nice balance is struck, with each aspect feeding off the other.

I feel like this book does a better job of making us afraid for the characters than some of the past books in the series.  Really bad things happen to them and they do not dominate every conflict.  Things happen where we're not sure they can recover.

Once again, there are a lot of jokes about popular culture.  I'm not sure that I caught all of them.  In fact, I probably didn't.  But it's fun to spot the references.  In general, language was about what you'd expect -- modern (appropriate due to the setting) with some profanity and sexual references and a lot of one-liners and other jokes.

The primary POV character is again Atticus, the druid from the series title.  We do get a few POV chapters from Granuaile's point of view (she is now a full druid after what happens in a previous book), as well.  Their voices are distinctly different, which is nice.  There were no cues as to whose chapter was which in the chapter headings, but it turned out that I didn't need them -- I could figure out after the first paragraph, who was doing the talking (or thinking, as the case may be).

There was some discussion of how one's idealism is lost after centuries of life.  I think this was an interesting theme to explore, and something that lent seriousness and believability to the story.  It's nice to have a theme like this, without being beaten over the head by it.  I think the author does a good job here.

I feel like I haven't been too specific at this point.  it's hard to do so without spoiling everything, which I've been trying to avoid doing.  But if you're happy with the first few books, you will probably like this one as well.

Overall, a solid volume in the series.  I'm glad the next one is already available.
3047525
This is a great addition to the series.  It fills in some of the background characters extremely well.  It really adds to the complexity of the realm our heroes inhabit.
4282202
Not my favorite of the series, but still a good read.
940363
This is a good series, although at times the plot seems a bit stretched, but if you accelerate through the unlikely bits it is pretty much fun.
199267
The book was a nice (almost predictable) wrap up to the series.  I like Card's story telling so I'm not disappointed but, it may seem a bit overpriced to those folks new to his work.  Also, to really enjoy the book you may need to skim over all the speculative descriptions of time shifting, the paradoxes it can seemingly cause, and the results.  Time shifting by a human being was a neat idea, an enjoyable plot device and the characters (teenage kids) in the adventure were well crafted (not unusual for Mr. Card)  That said, I think the last book is okay, I enjoyed it overall.

I'm not going to spoil the plot for you, the reader, rather, just don't expect a lot.  Just read and enjoy a master story teller at work.
3405949
The latest in the Chronicles of Elantra picks up with Kaylin looking for a new place to live, and finding that the search is complicated due to roommate issues. As with most books in this series, a few innocent-seeming events turn into catastrophic chaos.

No new significant characters are introduced in this book, but we do get to see further development of characters introduced in the last book.

This book is solid, but it does bring up an issue that I've had with the series as a whole - Kaylin ends up dashing from one disaster to the next at a speed that is unrealistically sustained. The entire in-world duration of the series to this point is measured in months, and most of the books involve a world-threatening event with Kaylin in the middle.

In the end, I look forward to reading the next installment in this series, but I don't find myself desperately craving it. Which is probably a good thing, since it will be another year, and I get tired of reading series that leave me on the edge for multiple years at a time.
1494716
A great read even if you haven't read the other books in the series.
4176618
In all respects, this was a substantial improvement over the previous book in this series (Some Golden Harbor). The plotting seemed tighter, the characterization more sophisticated, and the action more intense.

In particular, Adele Mundy seemed less like a whiner and more like the interesting person she could be. (Daniel Leary also comes off as more adult, which is long since overdue.) The new character, Cazelet, is something of a McGuffin, serving more to advance the character development of the others than as a real character in his own right. But he does do that job well, and it brings Adele out of the stagnation her character has been suffering from.

The book is more action-oriented than some of the others, which is probably a good thing. Drake doesn't need a lot of action to write a good book, but I think Leary and Mundy demand it. So in this series, a healthy amount of action is a plus.

Fans of Tovara and Hogg may feel a bit shorted, but fans of Leary and Mundy will be more happy. And the rest of the Sissies get their screen time as well, which is an important aspect of what makes these books continue to be worth reading.

There is no end in sight for this series, but this book (in contrast to the last one) makes that once again seem like a good thing.
2141322
A pretty good continuation of the series  - I really like the characters and the plots/subplots
4154649
I loved the first book in the series and was expecting similar treatment  of the protagonists.  However, this book took a slightly different approach. The stakes are not as high as in the first book, the mystery does not take primacy, but rather the story is all-important. The resolution to the murder seems almost incidental rather than central. All that means is that is the focus is a little different, but I found I liked that. Likewise, the book comes to us primarily from Halfdan's view, and we see him grow in leaps and bounds as a sleuth. Winston's role is more limited in this book. We also see Alfilda join the group and start to contribute, but for the most part she was an appendage. It seems like the author is using this book to set up the future roles of the characters.  The historic details are again wonderful, the writing puts us in the time, and the characters well-drawn. I do agree with one reviewers comments that some language choice seems unauthentic but I think that is a translation problem.