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Deryni Magic (A Del Rey book)

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I have read every Deryni book out there at least twice and i'll be the first to admit that this one is my least favourite. She was abviously trying to catch the readers up on her visions of the Deryni, and she did that well. It's not a book you want to read if you aren't a Fan already.

This book seems to be more of a reference and informational tool in regards to the Deryni series. It isn't a book to be read and enjoyed from cover to cover.

I really like the Deryni series and I wanted to like this book. Too bad I just couldn't. When the author refers to quotes from her own books as "(a character) entering something into the canon," you know something's not right. Though the book is helpful in compiling most of the instances of magic in the books so far, the overuse of quotes and the dull writing make this a chore to work through. Magic is classified into uses which serve as chapter headings and then doesn't keep to the subject. Not much is "revealed" either, or even clarified. I learned more just re-reading the original books. A definite miss.