![]() ![]() Lawhead doesn’t reach the level of sharpness and poetry of someone like Guy Gavriel Kay, nor the mythic resonance of J.R.R. It’s straightforward, detail-driven in most of the right ways, and fairly textured and colorful. But since it seems that a lot of little things are being set up that will have huge payoffs later on, maybe when I’m done with the series it would be neat to reread Taliesin and understand more of them.Īuthor Re-readability: Yeah, I like Lawhead’s style, for the most part. I’m more interested in getting to the other books in the series than in rereading this. Story Re-readability: Maybe a couple years from now. ![]() Reason for Beginning: Arthurian fiction! Plus I’d heard of it before and just wanted to try it out. It is the story of an incomparable love that joined two worlds amid the fires of chaos, and spawned the miracles of Merlin…and Arthur the king.” (Back cover) Spoiler-free Synopsis: “ Taliesin is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the Atlantean princess who escaped the terrible devastation of her homeland, and of the fabled seer and druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age. ![]()
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