Deryni Rising

The prose is good enough, but too much descriptions, too slow pacing, no interesting characters or plot. The king drops dead to the ground. He was poisoned, he has the time to understand that and even communicate his method of killing. He does neither, and people are left wondering why/who killed him, falsely blaming one of his most trusted generals.

The story hints at a long and drawn out master/apprentice plot between his 14 years old son and the man who is suspected of killing him, plus some intrigue regarding his real murderer.

Could be interesting if the pacing was faster, but I like my plots to be clever, and the characters engaging. Everything else is optional.

Read 1:11 / 9:08 13%

Reread..... enjoyable. Planning on reading more of the series.

2024 Re-read -My current thoughts on the book: a really simple story fluffed out by pomp and circumstance 3 stars