The Elves of Cintra (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 2)

Brooks’ writing formula takes a pretty mundane turn in The Elves of Cintra, the second book of his Genesis of Shannara trilogy. As I said before, I found the characters introduced in the first book to be just interesting enough to warrant continuing on in the series, but The Elves of Cintra does its very best to strain my resolve to learn the fate of these tragic characters. There are a couple of bright spots in the novel, such as Logan’s conflict with the renegade Knight of the Word, but overall, it was anticlimatic at best. The story never unfolds, it just goes from point A, to point B, and so on. Ultimately, it was no more than a bridge to the third book and couldn’t stand on its own if you gave it crutches.

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars