Spellbound : Thay, Rashemen and Aglarond Book

My rating is 1.5 stars.

This takes place in the world of Dragonlance. This tells the story of how some members of the Ogre race become Irda and live on a remote island.

Let me first say I liked the concept of this novel. The idea of ogres being favored by the gods and them falling out of favor intrigued me. The problem with this novel was its execution. I felt like I was dropped in the middle of a book where I should know what is going on (I have read many, many Dragonlance books and I still felt this way). I did not like the exposition in this book at all as it gave no background information and it seemed like it was thrown together hastily. Also, there were passages of time that were never explained. A character could be in one place and in the following paragraph he/she could be in a total different setting. This gets back to the exposition. The ending really irked me too. It was a big disappointment and did not resolve some storylines as it was rushed.

My advice would be to skip this book. It failed mightily on an interesting concept and it is a shame too because this could have been an interesting read.