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Title: Lowered Standard
Review: T.A. Barron's Lost Years of Merlin epic is among my favorite series of books, a series that I consider to be up there with my other favorite series, The Belgariad/Mallorean cycle (by David Eddings), The Wheel of Time Series (by Robert Jordan), the Shannara books (by Terry Brooks), and Lord of the Rings (by the great J.R.R. Tolkien). When i heard of a sequel series to LYoM I was extremely excited, then severly let down. This isn't up to standard with the old Merlin series. There are many pieces of the two series that just don't fit. Maybe its my sentimentality for the old characters, but I just can't seem to connect to them. For any new readers, this would be a good book, but for returning Merlin fans, a big letdown.
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