Name: Rhapsody
ISBN: 9780812570816

Elizabeth Haydon

Child of Blood

Rhapsody 

Alexandra Mellas

Elizabeth Haydon's début novel, Rhapsody (1999) is not the kind of book to take up lightly. It is a tightly woven maelstrom of complicated world building and magic the likes of which compares only to Lord of the Rings in creating a compounding mythos for her story.
When Dad bought home Destiny (Book two) by mistake one day (my fourteen year old soul craved Traci Harding's Masters of Reality) I had a vague interest and kept my eyes peeled for Rhapsody on book store shelves. It took a few months but it finally appeared under the Christmas tree and I didn't stop reading until I finished the six book series.

What I Liked: Grunthor and Achmed are the kinds of bas ass good guys that even Batman envies their cool. Grunthor, a relative ugly giant with a heart of gold, is taller than most trees and bristles with an assort of weapons he has named as his friends. Achmed, the Brother, the Snake, acts down right cold hearted and despite his moments of social conscience where he, all in a mornings work, stops the world from being destroyed by a giant rampaging wyrm. A deadly assassin he has plans that become a militarily efficient reality under his finally honed determination.
The plot is engaging and keeps you interested, though it takes a few tries before you can appreciate (and then filter out) the masses of background content.

What I Didn't Like: At first read the novel is overly complicated and somewhat tedious. I'm a big reader, who doesn't mind a few extras because I read fast anyway but this will turn away a lot of people who could appreciate the plot.

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Rhapsody Child of Blood

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