Book Review: Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis
My 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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Book Review: Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dragonlance has been around for a long time, and now reading the first book made me so happy to read it, but I realize that some of the characters kinda tick me the hell off. I’ll get into more later, but for now, let’s talk about my thoughts.

Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a fantasy novel split into two books-one is meeting the characters and them going on an adventure to help a barbarian chieftain named Goldmoon and her lover Riverwind, to return a staff that’s blue and also find the disks of the goddess Mishakal. The second half of the group has them pick up a couple people to go to Pax Thakas so they can stop the Dragon Lord Verminaard and his dragon, Ember, from attacking the eleven city and also in the process save the miners and their families that Verminaard has kept far away from the workers, hiring draconians and gully dwarves. Book one was kinda slow for me and it irritated me, mostly because of Raistlin rushing everyone to get to Xak Tsarsoth, but then when I read book two, that’s when things started to pick up, and I started to like it even more.

The whole relationship thing was good, though the one I just felt like it was forced was Tanis and Laurana, even though they have been friends/lovers since they were children. Laurana annoyed me, mostly because she acts like Tanis still wants her, when I don’t think he does. When he tells her that he fell for Kitiara, Caramon and Raistlin’s half-sister, she got angry enough to get the ring back, then turned around and followed him to Pax Thakas. Like girl, really?? You love him that much?? Calm down.

And Raistlin??? Even though he annoyed me about his rushing people to get someplace, I actually like the mage-to a fault. I’m suspecting him for some reason, like I don’t really trust him that much. But I’m gonna keep a close eye on him. Caramon, he’s cool, honestly. He and Raistlin reminds me SO MUCH of Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry-Vergil wanting to be alone, Dante chasing after him.

Strum is the least likeable one I liked. He just annoyed me for some reason, and I kind of wanted him to stop, tbh. Yes, he’s a Knight of Solamina, but he takes it too far in some parts of the book that I silently wanted him to shut up and either let Tanis lead or quit suspecting Raistlin because you don’t like him, my guy.

Sheesh.

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