Search - Luck in the Shadows (Nightrunner, Vol 1)

Solid entertaining fantasy with engaging characters, a good read, but regrettably for me, not as good as the hype I'd read. I'd expected more - more romance, more dash and derring-do, more plot twists. I expected author Flewelling to make me love these characters, this world.

She doesn't quite manage to do that, but Seregil shows promise as an interesting character and I'll continue reading this series to find out what happens to him.

Another disappointment: this book ends as a cliffhanger to encourage continuation with the series. I wish the story had been created so it could also be a stand alone story, and not left hanging as it is, forcing you to get the next volume to find out the rest of the story. I think that this could easily have accomplished the goal of getting you to read the next book without chopping out half of the story to put into the sequel, could easily have ended as a stand alone story while at the same time set up the next book.

oh, I liked this one.
The characters were engaging and the pace of the book was fast.
I'll definitely keep an eye out for the next one.

amazing! thieves, gods, love, and mystery all rolled into one great book!

An enjoyable read.

I started this series because I enjoyed the Tamir trilogy so much and I trusted Flewelling to deliver. The sideways homo-eroticism in the Tamir books is closer to the forefront here and I don't really mind, except that the romance part feels like it's much more in the forefront. If I want a romance novel, I'll just go pick one of those up. If you don't mind your fantasy fiction with a romance novel themes, you might enjoy this one.

Flewelling does a very good job with plot and building characters you grow to love. Then you discover some are gay. Gay content comes later and naturally. The Nightrunner series is a fine example of great fantasy whose characters happen to also be gay, without the drama and angst of being gay.

Sorry folks, I'm keeping the copies I own.