[Edit: I want to mention that I was very sleep deprived when I wrote this review. So it's really not up to par, I am disappointed by my writing and I feel that I didn't portray these books correctly. So I jsut wanted to say that despite the poor writing I really and truly love this triology and I recommend them with all of my heart. They are some of the best books I've read.]
Tonight I think I am going to break from the norm a bit. It's 10pm and I am tired so I wanted to make this quick. I was looking through my book list trying to find a book that I knew well and could review quickly. I found a few that I made a note to review but I was running out of hope that I would find one that I felt I knew well enough to quickly review while still doing it justice. And then I found them. Yes I mean THEM because there are three of them hence the breaking from the norm.
I honestly don't remember when I first read "The Fionavar Tapestry" by Guy Gavriel Kay and published by ROC, but I remember that I somehow got ahold of the first one. I was a little skeptical at first because it wasn't really my type of book, I wasn't really into sci fi/fantasy but I thought I would give it a try. I ended up being unable to put it down and I made my mom go get me the next two the day I finished. Ever since the first time I read "The Summer Tree," "The Wandering Fire," and "The Darkest Road" I've been hooked. I have read the triology almost every year since.
The books begin with a lecture at a university where five friends join together to listen to the renowned lecturer and Professor Lorenzo Marcus. By a great twist of fate the five get invited by Lorenzo's 'assisstant' Matt to meet with the Professor after the lecture. The five agree and after the lecture the five find themselves in the hotel room of Loren Silvercloak a mage from another world called Fionavar. What he tells them, that he is a mage and that he comes to Earth occasionally and poses as Lorenzo Marcus and that he would like to take the five of them back to his world to celebrate the fifth decade of his king's reign, leaves the group stunned. And even a little frightened but thoughtful. All of them, Kevin Laine, Paul Schafer, Dave Martyniuk, Kimberly Ford and Jennifer Lowell, end up deciding to travel with the mage and his source. What happens when they get there is just the beginning of the greatest and most important adventure of their lives.
Each of the five have their own adventures and their own trials to endure. The things they see and the things they experience start changing them all in different ways. In each book the five find out new things about each other and about themselves. Along the way they meet all types of people with traditions that began when time did, they meet gods and goddesses and watch as evil fights itself free of the powers that bind it. Starting a war that puts all of them in danger. And that's just the beginning.
These books are some of my favorites and they are filled with magic and adventure. This is a fantastic triology that I read over and over again and it never gets old. I have been told that this is a pretty typical fantasy story, and the person who told me this reads a lot of fantasy and said that it wasn't great and kind of boring and played out. But I love it over and over again and my other friend that I lent it to loved it so I feel pretty good recommending it with everything I have. If you are look for a triology that has a little bit of everything then go grab the first book of the "Fionavar Tapestry," it's not something you will ever forget. And Guy Gavriel Kay creates a world that you won't want to miss.
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