I received a free copy of The Companions to review from Netgalley. The premise of the story is that several of the characters from the Forgotten Realms series, Bruenor Battlehammer, Wulfgar and Regis the halfling, choose to be reborn and meet again in twenty years in order to protect Drizzt Do’Urden from an unspecified threat. It is a tale of love and friendship rather than good vs evil. At first, I felt at a distinct disadvantage not being familiar with R.A. Salvatore’s work. The most noticeable example of that was near the beginning when the character Ruqiah suddenly declared her name was “Catti-brie.” From the context it was clear that this was supposed to be a shocking revelation, but my reaction was more along the lines of “oh, OK. Who the heck is Catti-brie, and why should I care about her?” Fortunately, Salvatore made a point of answering those questions clearly and effectively. It took me a little longer to get my head around the various races who live in this world, and their relations to each other, but that didn’t impact on my enjoyment of the book. What I liked Salvatore’s writing style. His writing style is noticeably more…
I received a free copy of The Companions to review from Netgalley. The premise of the story is that several of the characters from the Forgotten Realms series, Bruenor Battlehammer, Wulfgar and Regis the halfling, choose to be reborn and meet again in twenty years in order to protect Drizzt Do’Urden from an unspecified threat. It is a tale of love and friendship rather than good vs evil. At first, I felt at a distinct disadvantage not being familiar with R.A. Salvatore’s work. The most noticeable example of that was near the beginning when the character Ruqiah suddenly declared her name was “Catti-brie.” From the context it was clear that this was supposed to be a shocking revelation, but my reaction was more along the lines of “oh, OK. Who the heck is Catti-brie, and why should I care about her?” Fortunately, Salvatore made a point of answering those questions clearly and effectively. It took me a little longer to get my head around the various races who live in this world, and their relations to each other, but that didn’t impact on my enjoyment of the book. What I liked Salvatore’s writing style. His writing style is noticeably more “epic”…