The Mageborn Traitor (Exiles, Vol. 2)
by Melanie Rawn
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Author: Melanie RawnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-01
ISBN: 0886777313
Number of pages: 784
Publisher: DAW
Book Reviews of The Mageborn Traitor (Exiles, Vol. 2)
Book Review: Not up to Rawn's usual standards
Summary: 3 Stars
Having acquired The Mageborn Traitor, Volume II of Melanie Rawn's new series, Exiles, through Amazon's web page, I am reluctant to admit that I am disappointed with Ms. Rawn's new book. Not usually a fan of Fantasy, I own 8 books by Ms. Rawn - the Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies and now the first two books in the Exiles series. I looked forward (eagerly) to obtaining The Mageborn Traitor. Unfortunately, this book, to Rawn fans, may be eerily familiar; it invokes many of the plot devices and mechanisms of the first two trilogies, even to the point of killing similar, well-liked characters off unexpectedly; magical fights between siblings; the ever-present twin children, etc. Moreover, I found it very difficult to "engage" with the new characters introduced in "Traitor." I am simply unable to care about the fate of Sarra and Collan's children; their characters are either inadequately developed by the author, or are created in such a fashion as to fail to invoke sympathy or liking. I believe that Ms. Rawn, as she did in Dragon Star, expects the reader to transfer his/her "affections" to the children of her main characters as they would their own children, (in other words, simply because they are born), and this is not the case. Lastly, I am becoming increasingly intolerant of Ms. Rawn's (and other authors') quite deliberate device of leaving the reader hanging at the end of each book to ensure the sales of the next. This is egregious behavior. Each book in a series should stand on its own; the reader should not be left to wait four years - as is the case with the time span between "Ruins" and "Traitor" to achieve a sense of satisfaction with the plot line. In any event, this series is, again, very, very similar to her first two (especially Dragon Star); in the first book, the "good" side or sibling wins; in the second, they are bested or besieged by the "bad" side or sibling; much-loved characters are quite suddenly killed off; the children of the "good" side "might" be possessed of evil, and almost none of the questions raised in the first book are answered in the second, thereby ensuring the sales of the third. Again, I'm sorry to say it was a disappointment to me; I do not think I will err again in purchasing her next book in hardcover, which I've done with the last few.
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