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Title: A book to judge by the title
Review: After having read the previous novel, Knight of the Black Rose, this was really disappointing. Nothing describes this book better than the title. Lord Soth (the black rose in the title) really is a "spectre" in this book, his role in the novel is so small he's almost a minor character. Large sections of this book focus exclusively on new characters that are neither interesting nor believable. It's a shame that instead of developing a novel that revolves around an interesting character, like Lord Soth, the authors instead chose to write a novel where he's stuck in the background.
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