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Review title: Disappointing after Arthur & Aeron
Product review: My 1st experience with Ms. Kennealy's writing was the "Aeron" trilogy, starting with The Copper Crown - truly excellent in my opinion, as was The "Arthur" trilogy. Suffice to say that Blackmantle was a severe disappointment. Athyn's development was disjointed, the obsession with revenge & torture unappealing and plot meandering. Morric appeared as a paper thin entity not a consort; the other characters also lacked depth enough to be anything but pale scenery. I found myself scanning, not reading, hoping vainly that the plot would improve. This book doesn't have much in common with its predecessors or the Keltia previously described /created. Skip this book and read Copper Crown or The Hawk's Gray Feather as an introduction to Keltia. Hopefully Ms. Kennealy will regain her previous focus in future "Keltia" installments and put aside the disappointing diatribe shown in Blackmantle.
