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kalinaraSo plot twist!
You may notice that the title of this review is NOT "Eagle and the Nightingales". That's because I did some checking and learned that it's the FOURTH book in the series, not the third!
A Cast of Corbies is a weirdly situated book. It appears to be the start of an aborted spinoff series called "Bardic Choices", but what differentiates that from a Bardic VOICES book is unclear. It doesn't help, I suppose, that there was never a #2 in this side series. And since A Cast of Corbies takes place in the same setting - featuring Raven, by the way, it seems appropriate to slot it in here.
I WILL be doing Eagle and the Nightingales eventually, if only for lots of bird-fucking jokes, but not yet.
As for this book, I think I actually DID read this one. But the only thing I remember from it is a running joke. So it should be interesting to read it now.
One interesting note is that this book is co-written by Josepha Sherman. Sherman's collaborated on a number of Lackey books, including some of her Bard's Tale books (which feature a renegade dark elf in a very different style from Drizzt) and other urban fantasy elf books. I vaguely remember that she'd written an elf-in-historical Britain series as well (the elf was assumed to come from Cathay/China, because of his dark hair and elf eyes. It's funny what sticks with you.)
( So anyway let's get started! )
You may notice that the title of this review is NOT "Eagle and the Nightingales". That's because I did some checking and learned that it's the FOURTH book in the series, not the third!
A Cast of Corbies is a weirdly situated book. It appears to be the start of an aborted spinoff series called "Bardic Choices", but what differentiates that from a Bardic VOICES book is unclear. It doesn't help, I suppose, that there was never a #2 in this side series. And since A Cast of Corbies takes place in the same setting - featuring Raven, by the way, it seems appropriate to slot it in here.
I WILL be doing Eagle and the Nightingales eventually, if only for lots of bird-fucking jokes, but not yet.
As for this book, I think I actually DID read this one. But the only thing I remember from it is a running joke. So it should be interesting to read it now.
One interesting note is that this book is co-written by Josepha Sherman. Sherman's collaborated on a number of Lackey books, including some of her Bard's Tale books (which feature a renegade dark elf in a very different style from Drizzt) and other urban fantasy elf books. I vaguely remember that she'd written an elf-in-historical Britain series as well (the elf was assumed to come from Cathay/China, because of his dark hair and elf eyes. It's funny what sticks with you.)
( So anyway let's get started! )