What do You think about A Time Of Omens (1993)?
A Time of Omens, the second book of the second DEVERRY quartet, is no more than a competent entry. Despite the easy reading, it took me days to get through and I really struggled at times to muster much interest in the doings of Rhodry.Rhodry spends a number of years wandering in the Westlands, integrating himself into the lives of the Elcyion Lacar. Jill has gone seeking the remnant of the Elven race that fled south when the Hordes destroyed their homelands. We spend a lot of time in Evandar's dreamlike world, but because he doesn’t feel compassion or understand human emotions, I don’t find him endearing and can’t enjoy his storyline. We get the obligatory visit to a past incarnation of Rhodry (this time a continuation of the timeline where Maryn is become High King of all Deverry), and the book finishes off with a quick cante... Read More:http://www.fantasyliterature.com/revi...
—Fantasy Literature
Many years have passed since Rhodry rode as a silver dagger. However he is forced to fake his own death, lest someone discover his elven heritage. For that reason, Rhodry heads west to ride with the bright fey. Unfortunately, wyrd has a nasty habit of catching up with you.Kerr uses flashbacks to previous lives to break up the flow of the novel. This use of syntax can create massive cliffhangers at times forcing you to put the time period you're invested in on hold. It leaves you hanging until the very end. I would recommend this book only to the people who have read the previous books, otherwise the story will make no sense.
—Andrew Reinke
This is the 6th book in the overall Deverry series but also the second book in the "Westlands" sub series. As always, it is well written with excellent plotting, settings, themes, etc. And, as is typical with a Deverry novel, we jump through time occasionally to see many of our favorite characters in reincarnated forms of themselves in different points in Deverry's history. And no doubt, several of the key plot points in this volume will be instrumental in the coming installments. I remain amazed at how well it all fits together. I also like how the places we visit change through time, villages growing to towns, towns growing larger, even the very landscape changes. And the magic system slowly reveals itself as well so that the entire series of novels becomes more epic in scope. And yet, we never lose sight of the individual characters and their stories, both valiant and tragic. I'm also convinced the author has to be one of the leading authorities on Celtic history and linguistics to be able to develop the proper names used throughout these books in such detail. Sometimes, long fantasy series grow stale after a while but as I move through these novels, I get the feeling that I've only scratched the surface of the larger complexity of the overall series. Each book adds more to the plot and this one keeps right on building on what came before. I'll definitely be continuing this series.
—Benjamin Thomas
