Rangers Apprentice: Icebound Land.
The Icebound land is a great book through and through!!!!! As Horace and Halt go on their search and rescue mission (Will was captured in the previous book) they create a close bond and Horace learns that Halt will do anything (no matter how shady) to save Will.
Meanwhile Will and Evanlyn become closer on the voyage to their new home. At this point a little bit of romance enters the scene. I always felt like hitting Will across the head (You like Alyss you….you…. Apprentice!) But, it plays a minor roll and it doesn’t really affect the book.
Horace creates a laugh throughout the book as he and Halt give/ return friendly banter. I think that this adds to the book, giving what could have been a very slow, sad and boring book the pick-me-up that it needed. Halt surprises Horace, especially in their encounter with the dark warlord Deparnieux.
Meanwhile life continues as slaves for Will and Evanlyn. Will succumbs to a highly addicting drug (No!!!!!!) but Evanlyn still looks for a means of escape to save herself and Will (score one for the girl!) She finds it in one of the most of unlikely of places. (It still surprises me after the third and fourth readings anyway)
I thought that this book was good , so I would give it 7.5 out of 10 because it can get pretty slow in the middle. All in all I think that John Flanagan did an excellent job with this continuation of a fabulous series. Tune in next time for a snatching review of the next installment in the series, “The Battle for Skandia”
-Kristina
What would you have suggested to author to keep the book moving along in the middle?
ReplyDeleteI guess that he really couldn't do much, but he could have talked a little bit more about Will and Evanlyn living the life of slaves, since in later books it is mentioned and impacts the story.
ReplyDelete-Kristina