Starting book 2 I had a lot of high expectations about this book. Lasgol is on a break from his training as a Ranger at the beginning and you get to see a new and more powerful lasgol.
It has such a great premise and now that he has officially cleared his family name he has regained all of his families money as well as home.
It made you feel great that you get to see how Lasgol has gained more confidence as well as gained some new found inner peace.
The second year seems to be just as fraught with peril and adventure as the first year. It had so much in it to offer and you can see the team still as dysfunctional as normal.
I love the friendship between Egil and Lasgol. All issues they had seemed to be fixed which is great as it shows that friendship really does surpass issues.
I love the training idea as it shows a steady chance for the characters to grow. It also shows the rivalries between people and can easily make more out of it once they go on to working for the Rangers.
It has been a trend in recent years that you have younger characters go through official training at something like an academy. It makes things interesting but in most fantasy setting not great either as many times they would be apprenticed to a master to learn there skills. You wouldn’t see larger groups especially with the Rangers as this book makes them out like they aren’t the best group.
The character I dislike the most is Isgord who just annoys me as he seems to be the bully. The first book was bad but the second book he seems to have become worse and wants to make others look bad.
Astrid to me was an interesting friend to Lasgol but in this book I have found that her personality is just grating on me and I find that the friendship she threw it away or was friends only because she needed something from Lasgol.
This felt almost like an ending in some ways to the innocence of the Lasgol and Egil his best friend. It made me sad but at the same time they are two of the best characters who are learning to be Rangers.
So far this series has been great. I haven’t been enthralled by a fantasy series in quite some time
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