Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time S.)

If people have read this far in the series they are undoubtedly already hooked, and not surprising given the oh - so - enticing world Robert Jordan has created. His characters enthrall and plot writhes as opposed to twists. The only negative is that certain plots become slightly dragged out to the point of being nearly tedious. Nonetheless, I Loved it (them).

If you've read the other nine books then this is more of the same brilliant writing. This book features a lot of Mat and Rand while dropping in on the other characters from Emonds Field just enough to keep up to date.

I won't write a review on all the Robert Jordan, Crossroads of Twilight. The Wheel of Time started out wonderfully and for six books showed great promise. They were well written, absorbing, and moved the story along without draging or rushing. After that the became a sort of soap opera with the same events being related to us over and over from several points of view. The laborous battle of the sexes finally became so overwhelming and silly as to be more than can be born. I don't know for sure what happened, but it seems to me that the story ground to a glacial pace purposely. I sold the entire collection I'd ought at my favorite used book store. I find this very sad. This series had the potintial to be one of the best fantasy series around, and instead is now simply an over long soap opera.