


Even Goodkind, which had some pretty satisfying (no laughing!) romance. I think you'd be better off reading Martin (a song of ice and fire) or Hobb (farseer trilogy). I have (like many of you) been waiting for the long awaited final installment of Melanie Rawns Exiles series The Capitals Tower. The Golden Key ( 1996) (with Kate Elliott and Jennifer Roberson) 2.

I just got bored.Īnyhow, thats just my opinion, and I'm not trying to bash the author or anything, I'm just saying why I didnt like it. The Captals Tower ( 2009) Golden Key Universe 1. Plus, aside from a brief dragon-fight at the beginning (which is what held my interest to start with) this book contains very little action or heart pounding moments. Her system of magic is constantly referred to but is never explained (at least within the first 600 pages, after which I lost interest and stopped reading) - leaving you to ask "what the hell is this sun-runner person doing?" Imagine reading Jordan's books, with constant references to Saidin and Saidar, only never being told what they are and how they're used - and you'll get a good idea of how frustrating Rawn's system of magic is. Rohan and Sioned have a cool sort of "bonding" at the beginning which gets built up with marriage plans and different suitors for Rohan, but when it comes time for Rohan and Sioned to finally be able to actually have one another with an expected romantic catharsis, the author just elects to skip over the next couple of years (and the details of their marriage). While her characters seem to have fairly interesting personalities, nothing of interest really happens to them. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a teacher and an. Before writing fantasy, Melanie Rawn wrote a romance novel titled The. She has a degree in historysomething, I believe, that has had a great effect on her fantasy works with the world building and seeing how the societies function. MILD spoiler alert.(nothing major, trust me) It wasn’t the only book to remain incomplete: All On A Golden Afternoon, Dial Double Zero, Farewell Summer, Interval in Sunlight, Nemoand Where Ignorant Armies Clash By Night are other partial novels left unfinished. Science fiction and fantasy novelist Melanie Rawn was born in 1954. Before getting her start in fiction she worked as a teacher and also an editor.
