Demon Lord of Karanda (The Malloreon, Book 3) (edition 1989)

Amusing in places, quite readable, jogs along nicely. It does have another example of that annoying brogue that Eddings seems to like to have at least one or two characters speak in per book, unless that's just my bad luck in recent reads. ( )

Belgarion and company continue their quest to rescue Geran from Zandramas. However, prophecy is forcing the group to complete very specific tasks before the final encounter between Belgarion and Zandramas can occur.

This book fell kind of flat fore me. A majority of the novel is spent "wandering" the country side to fulfill elements of prophecy, There are some great battles and the characters continue to be interesting, but I am ready to fast forward to the final confrontation. ( )

MALLOREON

See my review for Guardians of the West. ( )

The banter is starting to wear thin, the tension is beginning to sag and the sense of tension inherent in the story is dissipating fast in the face of a great deal of unnecessary padding. More than half this book could easily disappear with no impact whatsoever on the plot or characterisation. ( )