{"id":271,"date":"2006-06-12T20:43:32","date_gmt":"2006-06-13T03:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=271"},"modified":"2025-05-05T20:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:08:25","slug":"diplomacy-of-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/271","title":{"rendered":"Diplomacy of Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diplomacy of Wolves<\/em> (1998) Holly Lisle<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Diplomacy<\/a><\/p>\n

Do not, I repeat do NOT start this book unless you already have the second book. If you finish this book without having the second book at hand, you’ll be sooorry! Talk about a cliff hanger ending! Jeesh.<\/p>\n

Aside from that, this is a pretty good book. I started it several months ago, and decided it wasn’t what I was in the mood for. However, Michael just read the series, and said he thought I’d like it, so I picked it back up, and forced my way through the first chapter, which I just didn’t fancy–there is a lot going on, and a lot of information, and I kept getting confused. But once I got things sorted it, I got right into the story.<\/p>\n

Kait Galweigh is a junior diplomat for her family. She has discovered that a lifetime of keeping her own secrets has honed her for diplomacy, and as long as she can manage to keep her own secrets, she might have a future in it. unfortunately, keeping her own secrets may be far more of a struggle than she imagined.<\/p>\n

As I said, I had a bit of trouble in the beginning, because a great deal of information was presented, strange terms were put forward, and a large number of characters were introduced, all in a short period of time. Being the lazy sort, I didn’t want to work to sort it all out, but I did, and things quickly resolved themselves, and they weren’t nearly as confusing as I thought they were at first.<\/p>\n

The story starts out at a pretty fast pace, and then pretty much doesn’t slow down. Even the slow traveling bits are compressed and interspersed with what is happening elsewhere. As far as the characters, I like Kait, but I think I like her Uncle Dughall better–I certainly kept wanting to read more about him, even though we got only a few tantalizing bits. The dialog is also pretty solid. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it kept the story moving–although I have to admit that Kait’s inner dialogs were somewhat frustrating. We’re supposed to have noticed the spirit slipping up, but Kait managed to ignore it? I don’t like it, and I don’t believe it. <\/p>\n

But I really HATE cliffhanger endings. Luckily I have the next to books sitting right here waiting for me.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, good fast paced story, interesting characters, and now you’ll have to excuse me, because I really<\/em> have to start reading the second book in this series right NOW.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diplomacy of Wolves (1998) Holly Lisle Do not, I repeat do NOT start this book unless you already have the second book. If you finish this book without having the second book at hand, you’ll be sooorry! Talk about a cliff hanger ending! Jeesh. Aside from that, this is a pretty good book. 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