Cry of the Ghost Wolf (Chosen of Nendawen #3) (Forgotten Realms)

November 14, 2015November 29, 2022 ~ Bookstooge ~ Leave a comment

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Title: Cry of the Ghost Wolf

Series: Chosen of Nendawen

Author: Mark Sehestedt

Rating: 3 of 5 Battle Axes

Genre: SFF

Pages: 311

Format: Kindle

Synopsis:

Hweilan escapes, fights, gets captured, brokers a deal, then has to deal with the demon lord and finally she has to deal with Nendawen himself. Because Nendawen literally lives to hunt, even outside of his own plane of existence.

My Thoughts:

The first 75% of this book deals with the hobgoblins and Hweilan. Not until the last bit does Hweilan face off against Jagen Ghen. That made this drag and made this feel very fluffed out.

The battle was anti-climactic, the interjection of Hweilan’s father into the overall storyline was not well handled and felt like it was tacked on so Sehestedt “could” write another series if feasible. So while I rated all 3 books the same, I enjoyed the first book the most and each successive one less. That is not a good way to end a series.

Hand of the Hunter (Chosen of Nendawen #2) (Forgotten Realms)

November 10, 2015November 29, 2022 ~ Bookstooge ~ Leave a comment

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Title: Hand of the Hunter

Series: Chosen of Nendawen

Author: Mark Sehestedt

Rating: 3 of 5 Battle Axes

Genre: SFF

Pages: 304

Format: Kindle

Synopsis:

Hweilan is Nendawen’s Chosen. But being a Hunter is about training as well as instinct.

If she can survive the training, can she survive the mountains of Highpass and the clans of hobgoblins living there?

Oh no’s!

My Thoughts:

Book One was all about the setup. Just like in all cliched Quest/Revenge stories, you have to have a Training Arc.

This was the training. First Hweilan learns all about herbs and nature and stuff from a little green’ish goblin. Yep, Yoda makes his appearance in Forgotten Realms. Then she becomes all bad ass warrior’y with a fox warrior. Next she learns magic’y things from a Spider lady. Finally, she is hunted by Nendawen himself.

Now she can hunt down Jagen Ghen the demon and his brethren. But she rescues some knights, gets captured by hobgoblins and the book ends with them all in prison while the hobgoblin queen decides whether to turn Hweilan over to Jagen Ghen or not.

With that kind of ending, I immediately started the 3rd and final book. Not sure if I approve of that or not.