Book 18: Soul of the Fire.

So it's been a while my lovelys and I'm sorry. Soul of the Fire was a rather long book and I've been quite busy. With what? link.

Soul of the fire was an absolutely brilliant book that I hated for the first 400 pages (I always finish my books no matter how bad or how much I hate them). Unlike all of the other books in The Sword of Truth series instead of following Richard and Kahlans journey it focuses on a corrupt nation in the midlands called Anderith. Also, instead of having Richard discover Wizards Fifth rule "Mind what people do not only what they say for deeds will betray a lie" (page 309) as he does in all the other books but rather he simply quotes it from Kolos Journal.

If Terry Goodkind wasn't as good as weaving stories I would say this book is a bust, but the way he ties everything together in the end was pure art. The twists he wove into it made the book most enjoyable to read because just when you thought you had the ending figured out it changed dramatically.

I give this book a seven scalps out of ten. If you're on the fence about reading this book you defs should because the next one is even better.