The third book in a possible four book series, The Blue Eye, again features Arian a strong female protagonist who is facing implacable misogynist foes. Arian’s has a manipulative vocal power she uses to escape a series of problems.
Arian seems to find herself on one quest after another. The Silver Mage finds himself betrayed by the Black Khan.
As I said upon reading the second book, the problem with reading series one book at a time is continuity. The first fifty pages of this book were taxing my memory as to who these people were and what were they trying to do. There are a lot of characters and subplots. After I got into the book, I was able to sort them out but with some difficulty.
The book was interesting but not captivating. Some of the deprivations and behavior could have been pulled from headlines regarding religious zealots across the world. That sadly provided some gritty reality to the story.
The book never grabbed me and I found it a struggle to read it.
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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