


In some books, she manages to just make Essie sound young and chirpy. I've had issues with the pace this narrator sets from the beginning. It really, really should have been a male narrator. But if you have read the series and want more Farendell, this does offer some original scenes including his thoughts while he's away fighting, and stuff he did while Essie was shopping for shampoo. Darcy he is (seriously socially awkward? Just say nothing and scowl. By the end of the book we mostly just know how deeply scarred by the fighting he is (pretty clear in the original and in further books with dual POV) and how deeply Mr. So, it reads a little like fan fiction, and at times feels redundant. It doesn't have the cohesiveness or originality of the main books in the series-it's quite literally just his POV. This is an enjoyable story if you've already completed the series.
