The Daylight War

, #3

paperback, 560 pages

Published Feb. 1, 2013 by Harper Collings Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-00-727621-9
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reviewed The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett (The Demon Cycle, #3)

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The Daylight War is not the book I was expecting. Renna and Inevera are now the main characters, while Arlen has done little since the first book other than wander around the countryside punching things. Jardir was elevated from sidekick to main character in the second novel, and while it was annoying to stop reading about Arlen, I was willing to give it a pass given their opposing roles in a possible epic battle.

The back of the book would have you think this is about the ongoing struggle between Arlen and Jardir. It's not. The reality is that The Daylight War is about Inevera growing up and becoming the woman you already know in The Desert Spear. Worse, it retells the events of the last book, but now you get to see what Inevera was doing. Unbelievable. I don't want to spend 50% of every new book learning …

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The second book started with the childhood of the most hated character of the first book. It stands to reason that the third book should then start with the childhood of the most hated character of the second book. It does!

It is as if Brett started out writing each book thinking about "what do my readers not want to read about?" and then writing just that. But it works out, just as it did in the second book. Better, I would say.

The first three books take us deeper and deeper into demon lore. The hamlets in the north know nothing but a few basic wards, and lock themselves in for the night. The dal'sharum have dedicated their lives to fighting demons each and every night. They take down hundreds of demons over their lives. Then there are the dama'ting, who almost never spoke until now and nobody seems …

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I enjoyed this one ... for all those who haven't read this yet: stop with the second book, the cliffhanger on this one is just prove of the evilness of the author.

However there were a couple of passages I found rather annoying (aka boring) in the beginning: too much Arlen & ...

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