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Faragon Fairingay: The Circle of Light, Book 2

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After I picked up Faragon Fairingay up at the bookstore, I was very happy to find how well it picked up right where the mayhem in the previous book (Greyfax Grimwald) left off. This book doesn't let up the awesome plot and story line that the series began with in the first book. Now, in Faragon Fairingay, the main trio, the Bear, Dwarf, and Otter, set off once again. They leave the safe confines of the enchanted palace of Cypher on Atlanton Earth under the guidance of a young wizard named Faragon Fairingay. Their goal is to protect the Arkenchest, which has the power to defeat the destructive Dark Queen, Dorini. The three companions must cross the boundary River between Atlanton Earth and the Meadows of the Sun called Calix Stay to bring the Arkenchest to safety from the evils of Dorini. However, along the way through treacherous plains and forests long before they can consider themselves safe. With the aid of Faragon Fairingay's magical workings, the three companions attempt to brave Dorini's dark armies and fearsome creatures to protect the Arkenchest. The odds are growing against the good guys and their time is running short. In conclusion, the book was awesome and it left me in suspense for the third follow-up in the series (Calix Stay), and it gave me a greater appreciation for the struggles that the trio had to endure in their quest to protect the fate of Atlanton Earth. My only beef with it was the fact that this book (like the rest in the series) seem underappreciated and they're out of print too, so they're probably hard to come by. Though, the search for them is totally worth it :)

This book touches upon the inner youth of adults, and the imagination of children. To go on a grand epic with talking animals! This is the second book in the series where the stage is set to curl up beside a fire place and just enjoy a tale of high imagination and heartfelt wishes.

When I picked this up, I thought the focus of the book would be about Faragon Fairingay. It wasn't. It was still about a Bear named Bear, an Otter named Otter, and a Dwarf named Broco wandering around lost while everyone else picks up rifles and shoots at each other.

It wasn't good fantasy and it wasn't enjoyable.

Volume two of this series carries the heroes past the ordeals of Volume one, and through a battle and the battle lines to a reunion with friends. Great book.

Excellent way to begin a new! If you read the first one you will not be disappointed by the second! Once again Dwarf, Otter, and Bear unite and begin yet another journey! An absolute must have and a definite love to any fantasy lovers heart!

I read the first book of this series, and I'll never read anything by this author again. His writing is terrible!
I don't know what kind of crap he writes, but it is absolutely unreadable! The sentence structure is appalling, and every decent rule of good writing is broken on every page. Apparently, this writer has never even heard of stuff that every writer learns (or should have learned) in 5th grade, like that you shouldn't use too many adjectives, and you shouldn't use the same adjective over and over.

"The delightful, soft, glowing movements of the sun..."
Three adjectives were necessary here?

"Leaving all that world frozen by the cold ice night..."
Argh! The redundancy!

"The cold snow"
Do you really need to say that snow is cold? Really?

The characters are inconsistent in their behaviour and their dialogue is boring in the extreme.
The styles are mixed in too. It's supposed to be set in olden times, but the expressions used are decidedly modern day.

The plot falters along with lots of pompous talk about things being "important" but nothing ever happens.
Another rule of writing: Don't TELL me it's "important." Show me. Make me FEEL that it is important without telling me so.

The awfulness of this book is beyond words. It amazes me that this worthless stuff was ever published for actual human beings to read.
My brain feels violated.
This author obviously has no education and no training in writing.
I need to read some Dickens or something to wash out my mind and remind me what real English and good grammar looks like.

Whoever this author's editor was, he's an idiot, and has inflicted a monstrousity on the world.

The author's stodgy narrative style takes
all the magic out of this fantasy.