Nightrunner: Luck in the Shadows (Audiobook)

from Kiddboyblue

This felt like a strong beginning to a fantasy series. Despite its formulaic fantasy premise of random stranger is swept up in an epic quest for no forsseable reason, it seemed to work to some degree with this book. I found that despite getting into the action literally right away, Flewelling was...

from ConnieJo

I just finished Lies of Locke Lamora, and since this is another fantasy story about a thief and a thief's apprentice, it was hard for me not to compare the two while I was reading this. Locke Lamora is a better book, but Luck in the Shadows was still a great read. I liked the slow education of Al...

from flemmily

Pretty good, although to be honest I'm more of a fan of the Tamir series. I like these sorts of epic/quest fantasy books, but they get a little seen one seen 'em all. That being said, I think Flewelling is a good author, she writes interesting characters and interesting situations. The tension be...

from extrajoker

first line (of the prologue): "Mouldering bone crumbled beneath their boots as Lord Mardus and Vargul Ashnazai lowered themselves down into the tiny chamber beneath the earthen mound." first line (of the first chapter): "Asengai's torturers were regular in their habits--they always left off at su...

from salimbol

A very solid early book from Flewelling, which I enjoyed very much after a bit of trouble getting into it. It's relatively simple stuff compared to her Tamir Triad, lacking the underlying darkness of that series (so far, at any rate), but it was very interesting to visit the world of those books ...