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Book Review of The Dark River (Fourth Realm, Bk 2)

The Dark River (Fourth Realm, Bk 2)
LMM avatar reviewed Slow Start, But Good Sequel on + 155 more book reviews


I absolutely loved "The Traveler" and was excited to read this sequel, the plot of which picks up almost immediately following the action of the first book. However, I had a hard time getting into it, and was worried for the first 50 pages that "The Traveler" was a fluke, or that my father's rule that the middle book of a trilogy isn't worth reading was going to be true here. BUT--after the catch-up, retelling of the "story thus far" and (for me) repetitive character identification and development was out of the way, this book came through. Some unexpected twists, continued development of the mythos of the Brethren/Tabula, Travelers and Harlequins and enough authentic near future electronic truth to really make the reader wonder what the future holds!