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Maze of Moonlight

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This is the kind of book that (along with Gael Baudino's other elvish novels) creates it's own universe, it's own logic and it's own magic. It's one of the books I read over and over, just to go back there. The characters have believable passion and purpose, and everything really is touched with an otherworldly kind of light. I'd love to say more, but I'd hate to give anything away. It's better to just read for yourself a few times...

When I first read this book, when it was published, I was *so* excited that I would get to see more of Gael's Elves. Strands of Starlight was so haunting, so beautiful...I couldn't stand it.

So I immediately started Mazes of Moonlight and found that I wasn't going to be reading about those characters that I had fallen in love with in the first book. My disappointment tainted the reading and I came away feeling that this was the least of the Children of Elthia books.

Years later I decided to reread the series, this time really paying attention to the way they were written and to the individual stories told. Mazes of Moonlight ending up being just as powerful, just as moving and easily on par with the rest.

So for those who read Strands of Starlight and who felt some disappointment in Mazes of Moonlight...give it another chance...it's so worth it. For those of you trying to decide of the series is worth it...I cannot tell you enough that you need to read these books, all of them. They are some of my all time favorites.

I found this book,the second in a trilogy, almost impossible to put down.It is a beautifully written blend of Historical fact and (is it really) fiction. Gael Baudino exposes the hipocracy of the Church and the damage caused by the Papal schism on one hand; and the beauty and power,of unconditioal love and positive thought on the other. I found myself recalling the words of Martin Armstrongs poem "The Gage" (Man afraid to be alive shuts his soul in senses five). I believe that the thoughts and ideas evoked by this book will continue to influence my thoughts and actions for the rest of my life. Can't wait to get my hands on the third book of this trilogy.

I felt as if this book should have continued with Miriam's story, not started a whole new one with Christopher and Natil. Miriam was a wonderful, strong character that I loved reading about in Strands of Starlight. This also didn't focus on the Elves as much as Starlight did, which disappointed me. I didn't want to read about politics in Auverelle, I wanted to read about the Elves in their magical forest and their quest to help humanity and the Free Towns. While there is SOME of that, a lot of this novel is Christopher being upset with the Elves for what happened to his grandfather. It goes on so long that you begin to want to strangle him and/or tell him to get over it. Oh, and he's in love with Vanessa for some reason that I never figured out. I've read this book several times, and to this day I still don't get half of it. Christopher is an annoying psycho with daddy issues that I just couldn't like. Natil is depressing and boring. I wish the author still wrote, and that she would fill us in on Miriam's story. I really feel like it wasn't over in Strands of Starlight. So much more could have been done with her that wasn't.