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Read these books if you like, as I do: Celtic mythology; high fantasy; believable fictional characters; writing that is at once both poetic and gritty; anything written by Tolkien; well-written fantasy with Christian values...I could go on, actually--let's just say READ THESE BOOKS.
For those people who thought that the Celtic mythology setting of these books was not accurate and rather forced, I beg to disagree. Having studied Celtic mythology informally quite a lot for the past couple of years, I happen to know that these books are VERY well researched. The more that I learn about Celtic mythology, the more I am impressed by the accuracy of the Song of Albion setting. You will have learned more than you know, as you will find if these books inspire you to look further into this fascinating genre of mythology! And the Otherworld setting is, to me, very believable. I could almost believe it is real. It was a mysterious experience to visit a full-sized model of Stonehenge at sunset, during the time-between-times.
Another great thing about these books is that musicians Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning have written music to go with them. I originally heard of these books through this music. I have all the "Songs from Albion" CDs and highly recommend them, especially if you like contemporary Celtic-style music that is original composition, with a touch of New Age, rock, and medieval styles.
That is my review of the series. About this book in particular--I do not need to go over the plot since that has already been done here, and I would not want to ruin it for you anyway. This is the best of the three books, imo. It is poignantly beautiful. The ending nearly made me cry for joy! (For someone who commented that the magical events have no explanation, when did magical events ever have an explanation in fantasy? They just are.) When I finished this book I did not want to start the third one, because the ending was so wonderful I just wanted it to stay that way forever. As for everything else in the book, it is all really good too. :-)
Well, I'm done raving now. READ THESE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!
This second volume is equally as gripping and well told as the first volume. The only difference is the perspective of the story. Tegid takes over the narration - which is a bit of a jolt and takes 2 or 3 chapters to get used to - but it never really detracts from the ongoing story.
Without giving away too much it is almost impossible to say too much about the book. Suffice it to say that Mr Lawhead reaches more heights of excellence in his writing. Things follow on in an ordered fashion with the odd surprise to keep you on your toes.
All in all the urge to start on the next one long before you finish this one is almost overwhelming. This is a good thing(!)
Brilliant stuff . . . :o)
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