Title: Dining on Ashes
Product review: Looking over the reviews for this book, there seems to be a lot of die-hard fans who are as disappointed as I am. Judging by the voting on the reviews ('did you find this review helpful') people who disliked the book are in the minority, yet the criticisms voiced are, I think, valid. Major events are thrown away, with only passing references. Frankly boring plotlines are given page after page of numbing detail and I felt that this book desperately needed a firm editorial hand. It was too long, certainly, and with judicious cutting the pacing problems inherent to the book could have been dealt with - to a degree. I have enjoyed the series up to this point, and it is this enjoyment that will keep me reading. Let's hope that the next instalment is a great deal better than this lacklustre effort.
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