Rise of the King (Companions Codex, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #26)

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In the second book of the Companions Codex, the latest series in the New York Times best selling saga of dark elf Drizzt Do Urden, R.A Salvatore picks up with the fan favorite storyline of dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer and his bloody feud with the orc kingdom of Many Arrows. Read Rise of the King (Companions Codex, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #26) – kino-fada.fr no need for SPOILER tags since nothing new was presented in this bookWhat are the prime ingredients for a newer Salvatore Realms book 1 Salvatore reminding the reader that Guenhwyvar weighs 600 pounds.2 Salvatore providing the reader with detailed mechanical descriptions of Catti Brie Ruqiah, the cleric wizard archer seer fire elementalist blessed by Mystra high and mighty Chosen of Mielikki, casting Flaming Hands repeatedly.3 Regis Spider Parrafin wax wondrously producing a potion salve o no need for SPOILER tags since nothing new was presented in this bookWhat are the prime ingredients for a newer Salvatore Realms book 1 Salvatore reminding the reader that Guenhwyvar weighs 600 pounds.2 Salvatore providing the reader with detailed mechanical descriptions of Catti Brie Ruqiah, the cleric wizard archer seer fire elementalist blessed by Mystra high and mighty Chosen of Mielikki, casting Flaming Hands repeatedly.3 Regis Spider Parrafin wax wondrously prod...Another solid installment of the new old adventures of Drizzt and Companions.The battles and skirmishes are always nice and choreographed, Salvatore has a real knack for describing swashbuckling adventures and I never get tired of his storytelling However, the overall feeling is the same I once experienced after the nth played hour of a very complex RPG game, when my characters abilities had already reached the highest level and I simply wandered around and around completing the secondary quest Another solid installment of the new old adventures of Drizzt and Companions.The battles and skirmishes are always nice and choreographed, Salvatore has a real knack for describing swashbuckling adventures and I never get tired of his storytelling However, the overall feeling is the same I once experienced after the nth played hour of a very complex RPG game, when my characters abilities had already reached the highest level and I simply wandered around and around completing the secondary quests.There was nothingto prove and little to discover I was simply content by being with my characters, even if all I got was a pale echo of past excitement.On the other hand, after the forgettable Neverwinter books, I was very happy about this resurrection dom comeback whatever this literary device is called The Dark Elf trilogy, Legacy of the Drow and even the original Icewind Dale books were total mas...I received a copy of this novel from Netgalley in an exchange for an honest review.Rating 2.5 stars.I always look forward to the newest Drizzt novels After all, I love the world and the characters, especially Jarlaxle I ve read them since I was a girl, and they ve always been something I looked forward to every year But the latest novels in the saga have really been a mixed bag for me I get that there were changes in the Forgotten Realms setting that Salvatore had no control over, but I can I received a copy of this novel from Netgalley in an exchange for an honest review.Rating 2.5 stars.I always look forward to the newest Drizzt novels After all, I love the world and the characters, especially Jarlaxle I ve read them since I was a girl, and they ve always been something I looked forward to every year But the latest novels in the saga have really been a mixed bag for me I get that there were changes in the Forgotten Realms setting that Salvatore had no control over, but I can t say that I am totally happy with how he chose to handle them I was not overly thrilled with bringing back the dead Companions of the Hall I honestly wanted Drizzt to move on and find other friends to have adventures with The reincarnation plot just seemed a little too far fetched Another issue is t...ARC provided by Netgalley and Wizards for an honest review Anyone who has read any of my previous reviews knows that I have been involved with DD for 24 years and reading the novels for about the same amount of time I love fantasy novels and I count R A Salvatore as one of my top three authors of all time I grew up reading the Drizzt novels and I have read every book Bob has written except Echoes which I am working on so I think that I have what might be considered an educated opin ARC provided by Netgalley and Wizards for an honest review Anyone who has read any of my previous reviews knows that I have been involved with DD for 24 years and reading the novels for about the same amount of time I love fantasy novels and I count R A Salvatore as one of my top three authors of all time I grew up reading the Drizzt novels and I have read every book Bob has written except Echoes which I am working on so I think that I have what might be considered an educated opinion on the current novels Let s just get this out of the way The Sundering Novels for the most part were very meh the plot line was inconsistent and there was no real threads to link the novels so I am happy to move past them Night of the Hunter the prequel to this book was beyond Amazing, read my review of it to get how much I enjoyed it but it made me onc... More reviews and no fluff on the blog In this second book of the Companions Codex, we continue the story with the reincarnated Companions of the Hall, with a large war looming with Orcs again instigated by the Drow again.Honestly while reading the first part of the book, I was pretty sure I had read this book before, so similar is the plot theme to the Thousand Orcs right down to the bickering of the goodly folk While in Realm time a century has passeMore reviews and no fluff on the blog In this second book of the Companions Codex, we continue the story with the reincarnated Companions of the Hall, with a large war looming with Orcs again instigated by the Drow again.Honestly while reading the first part of the book, I was pretty sure I had read this book before, so similar is the plot theme to the Thousand Orcs right down to the bickering of the goodly folk While in Realm time a century has passed, in real time it s only been some years since the previous Orc war and it feels like an old hat Personally, I also find it very irritating that given all the effort given in the previous saga into Orcs ...The first Drizzt novel came out in 1988, so I m only two years older than Drizzt I read my first Drizzt novel much later than that, somewhere around middle school or maybe my freshman year of high school At the time, it was the most high octane, intensely satisfying series I d ever read and I would literally read one late into the night until I couldn t keep my eyes open More than once, I woke up with a book over my face and I d pick up right where I ...Rise of the King is the second in the Companion Codex This book was obviously meant to be the dark middle chapter of the series so I m assuming that this is a trilogy The book continues the story began in book one which was begun in the much longer series thator less ended with the first book of the Sundering All this taken into account, I can certainly understand why this book didn t quite meet the standard that the author, himself set The book has some high points, butor less Rise of the King is the second in the Companion Codex This book was obviously meant to be the dark middle chapter of the series so I m assuming that this is a trilogy The book continues the story began in book one which was begun in the much longer series thator less ended with the first book of the Sundering All this taken into account, I can certainly understand why this book didn t quite meet the standard that the author, himself set The book has some high points, butor less the work which ends very much too soon Makes the reader harshly aware that there is a lot of story left to be told And while Mr.Salvatore has his standard measure of exciting fight scenes and intrigue It is hard to say anything other than this middle book, was a good middle But taken only in the view of the entire w...Salvatore s best since The Pirate King If, by some chance, you ve been bored enough to read all of my reviews of Salvatore novels, you know I ve been bothered by view spoiler the whole storyline involving the reincarnation of the Companions of the Hall hide spoiler But, now that I ve come to accept it, I am much better able to appreciate all of the storylines that had been started in other novels Multiple characters who had been introduced before the Spellplague, even, have re emerged Salvatore s best since The Pirate King If, by some chance, you ve been bored enough to read all of my reviews of Salvatore novels, you know I ve been bothered by view spoiler the whole storyline involving the reincarnation of the Companions of the Hall hide spoiler But, now that I ve come to accept i...The following review is based on the ARC received from NetGalley.I am a big fan of Salvatore, unfortunately, this book brought a sense of deja vu to me that was hard to shake The universe has changed, the characters are the same with some improvements due to this being their second go round , but the story itself feels like it s been told before Regis isinteresting, but almost in a cliched way The way the drow have started and been successful is almost too simplistic and it seems like The following review is based on the ARC received from NetGalley.I am a big fan of Salvatore, unfortunately, this book brought a sense of deja vu to me that was hard to shake The univer...When bob is writing about Drow, I find him in top form I am interested and absolutely hinging on outcomes When writing about Drizzt and company, I am getting bored by this point I liked Drizzt s change in personali...

Rise of the King (Companions Codex, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #26)
  • English
  • 02 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 0786965150
  • R.A. Salvatore
  • Rise of the King (Companions Codex, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #26)