From Amazon:
In Elizabeth Haydon's
Rhapsody, a fellowship was forged--three companions who, through great adversity, became a force to be reckoned with: Rhapsody the Singer; Achmed the assassin-king; and Grunthor, the giant Sergeant-Major.Driven by a prophetic vision, Rhapsody races to rescue a religious leader while Achmed and Grunthor seek the F'dor--an ancient and powerful demon. These companions may be destined to fulfill The Prophecy of the Three, but their time is running short. They must find their elusive enemy before his darkness consumes them all.
My Thoughts:
Oh geez, I do so love this series! It just keeps getting better and better with each book. I do have some teeeny tiny little grumps though, at least about this part, but I'll get into that after I tell you the good bits. This was a very long book ya'll!
So the good: Rhapsody has really come into her own. She's learned more about her skills as a fighter, trained with the OG fighter-lady herself, and has become a badass. Her love interest/mystery dude is developed more. He's complicated ya'll, and I did like him for the most part. The mainline story itself was awesome. I loved that bit. (There's a few threads of story weaved into one main plot line). We got more backstory for Rhapsody, we learned who she really is. We learned what happened to her in her youth that made her who she is now. We learned about that damned Prophecy and now it makes sense.
The not so good: We didn't get much time with Achmed and Gunthor, yes they were in it, but they didn't get the same treatment as Rhapsody. I really wanna know more about these dudes. I kinda feel like they are much more interesting that she is (though she is interesting don't get me wrong!). And Rhapsody, she's starting to get the vibes of a "Mary-Sue" though I hate that term. She's good at everything. Everyone loves her. She's the "chosen one" sometimes. She's so beautiful but she doesn't know it. etc.
I will preface this by saying I am in no way a prude, HOWEVER, this book went heavy on the "love making" scenes. No they weren't explicit but it was pages and pages and pages....and I'm not reading a fantasy story for heaving bosoms ya'll! I'm after the swords and the magic!
My final thoughts on Prophecy are that it was a good read, a very intriguing set up to the next book Destiny. I did have some issues with it in some ways but all in all I had a great time!
