Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret WeisMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sooo...this book was fun, painful, and also shocking. The ending was so painful that I was gasping and had to reread it repeatedly to ensure I was reading it correctly. Once I realized that I was, I also screamed into the void because it was just...so painful. Even though I didn't like the character that died, I still felt so bad about it. The splitting up the party thing was something I wasn't even expecting but at the same time it worked out for them, mostly because it became really funny, and reading about Raistlin becoming a show magician and Goldmoon singing that beautiful song...it was a fun time.
The first half of the book was about the dragon orb and taking it back to Sancrist so some order can look at it and discuss it. But when they go into a forest they meet this wilder elf named Silvara and she takes them through the forest, where the Qualinsti and the Kaganesti elves live and Gilthanas and Laurana reunited with their family again, which was kind of cute but at the same time stupid because the father was like, "The orb belongs to the elves, the humans don't need it, the humans don't need any help with what's going on," and all that good stuff. Laurana, even though split up from Tanis to go to Sancrist so they could meet up and see each other again, really didn't want to stay and be treated as if she was a child again, having no say and do what her elders and her father wanted her to do. So after talking about it with everyone, she left her people, along with her brother, who was in love with Silvara, not even knowing that she was a dragon.
Tanis and the others took the Dragon Orb from Silvara and took it far away from the forest and everyone else, and before they went to the forest and followed Silvara, they were attacked by a Dragon Highlord and they were fleeing and tried to run, but they did meet Alhana Starbreeze, and yes, Strum fell in love with her but they couldn't be together, which sucked but at the same time it's okay, because something TERRIBLE AND REALLY BAD HAPPENS TO STRUM. But before I get into that, Strum had to face the Knights of Solamnia all thanks to frickin' Lord Derek Crownguard slandering him one thousand times in front of the Knights, and it took almost a long time to come up with a punishment for Strum.
The punishment?
-Strip him of his titles and such
-Make sure he doesn't borrow any money from the Knights' fund
-He can't wear his father's armor anymore
The reparations because of Lord Derek Crowguard slandering him?
-He's the commander of the Knights of the Crown
Which I'm happy about, and Strum took it all in grace. But I think the funniest part of the book, even though I'm giving Raistlin the BIGGEST side eye ever, is Tasslefoot and Fizban trying to figure out the second dragon's orb and how to use it and all that good stuff. It is a fun time, and going to see the gnomes and how they operate was a fun time and I really enjoyed myself reading that.
Then the whole...dream thing was confusing, Tanis and Kitiara was the most oddest couple pairing I've read because even though they knew each other, Tanis was trying very hard not to fall for her, but then a moment later they're smashing and she's bringing up her brothers, Raistlin interacting with the dragon orb and starts to act VERY weird, Gilthanas falling in love, and at the same time once he realizes that she's a dragon, he starts to spiral and doesn't know what he wants, and Tika and Caramon...I...I have no thoughts on them. Honestly. I really don't.
I really did enjoy it, I am very glad to read this book and to also finally go to the last and final book in this series so I can finally read the next one, which is War of the Twins...yay.
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