Lisa C. (tarheelcoin) reviewed The Grand Crusade (DragonCrown War Cycle, Bk 3) on + 84 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This review is for the quadrilogy (a prequel and then the three in the DragonCrown War Cycle) as a whole, not just this one book. It's grand entertainment! There's magic, elves, kings, queens (good and evil), dragons, other unique races, action, warfare, a smidgen of romance (but not too much) and a big ole' prophecy that's central to all the action. The characters were well fleshed out. One thing that makes a book good (for me, at least) is when you care about what happens to the characters, whether you want them to prevail or you want them to die, and that was definitely the case here. The viewpoint would switch back and forth between all the main characters, something that be bothersome if not done well. Not the case here. The one criticism I do have (and it's a small one) is the battle scenes. There were a lot of them and after a while, they got a bit tiresome. That was not a deal-breaker, however. This was just wonderful, enjoyable, well-written entertainment.
