Book Review: Shadowplay

As I mentioned before, it had been too long since I finished Shadowmarch. Not only did I have difficulty piecing together everyone's situation at the start of the sequel, but I now have trouble comparing the two books in terms of quality. For this and other reasons, I suspect that my memory for trivia is fading, which may or may not be a good sign.

( Cut for length )

If I read another sequel to a downer fantasy, it'll be The Wise Man's Fear, continuing from The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. In the meantime, I've picked up Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel -- the first time I'll have read two volumes of an adult series out of order.