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The High Lord (Black Magician Trilogy) by Trudi Canavan (view source)
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And yet, despite my moaning, I still finished the book quickly and managed to enjoy it, although I can't help feeling that, with a bit more attention to characters, and a slightly less bland writing style - at times, passages that should have been exiting and adrenaline-filled: battle, and a particularly tense trial being two examples, ended up reading like a dusty history book - what is merely a decent book could have ended up being a very, very good one. The learning curve throughout the books is, however, obvious, and as these are re-issues, perhaps her more recent work has improved again.
I can't finish without mentioning the ending, which is less of an ending than a sputtering, juddering halt that leaves all kinds of loose ends; I would expect better of a trilogy. It's all good harmless fun however, and a perfectly reasonable read; just don't expect very much from it. Having finished this trilogy you might like to try one of Canavan's [[The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan|stand-alone novels]].
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