Max's Reviews > The Elf Queen of Shannara

2020 reread: Part three out of four that follows the Ohmsfords Par and Wren and their uncle Walker Boh. This book focuses on Wren's struggle to come to grips with their heritage and magic. It follows her quest to find the elves and return them to the Four Lands. I really love this book because this has some great side characters. My favourite is still Stresa the Splinterscat, some sort of mix between a cat and a hedgehog. The world is so beautifully described in this volume! I often wanted to read back just to reread Terry's descriptions of the lands and try to imagine them in my head. This is a little less eventful than the previous two, so probably the least eventful of the Heritage of Shannara series but it's by no means boring. Only the end was pretty intense, unexpected and for me such a good ending. I almost cried. On to the last book of the series!

2017 read: I love Terry Brooks's books and read every one in the Shannara series. (About 30? I think) Most books aren't really original compared to the other ones in the series, and Brooks tends to recycle story arcs but I don't find that very annoying or troublesome. I just made sure to not read them all without breaks.

This book has some fun characters. I loved the cat Stresa and the main character Wren. Worth checking out!