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This is a story about a spoiled, self-centered brat, who grows up to be a spoiled, self-centered, whiny man, and in the end gets everything he doesn't deserve.

*Spoilers below*

Kellin, the main character, is the second-to-last in the Cheysuli prophecy of the firstborn which threads through the entire series. He carries the blood of all the necessary races in his veins, except for the Ihlini.

Through most of the book, he uses the fact that his father is a prophet off somewhere, instead there with him, to act out in the most egregious ways... and no one stops him. As a man, he acts like a spoiled child, and everyone lets him, because he is a prince! He kills a few people... whines about his father never being there... whines some more... decides that no one loves him because his father wasn't there, and that he hates the world...

But it's the last book in the series! Somehow he must acquire the tainted Ihlini blood... but how? Through the most incredible, unbelieveable series of coincidences I have ever labored through in a fantasy book, that's how. So, 1) He happens to be making his way kind of toward the stronghold of the evil Ihlini, Lochiel. 2) Lochiel's daughter, Ginevra, miraculously happens to be mostly normal, despite growing up isolated in a tower with servants who are too cowed to speak, an insane demon-worshipper father, an insecure, jealous mother, and frequent contact with the equally insane Sekar. 3) Kellin comes across some nice guy near the stronghold who offers him food and drink. Coincidentally, it's an Ihlini who is on his way to marry Lochiel's daughter, Ginevra. Kellin realizes suddenly that the guy is Ihlini, they engage in a cheesy epic battle, and Kellin kills Ihlini guy but sustains grave injuries and topples into a nearby river which 4) washes him up into Lochiel's stronghold, where it turns out he has 5) amnesia, which luckily enables him to 6) completely change personality so that 7) Ginevra can fall in love with him, and he with her, because 8) she thinks he's the guy she's supposed to marry and with whom she will thwart the prophecy due to the fact that 9) no one in the stronghold has ever met Ihlini guy and 10) despite the statement that Lochiel "carefully researched his pedigree", he apparently never thought to get a physical description of any kind, nor send any messenger sorts to actually meet the guy. Oh, and Lochiel does perform a test to make sure Kellin is really the Ihlini fiance, using the guy's lifestone, but 11) Kellin passes because of the power of his blood. So, Kellin and Ginevra make a baby, kill evil father, and hie back to Homana. Meanwhile, the author (I mean, "the gods") has been killing off every male with royal blood under the age of 40 throughout the entire book. So at the end we get a cameo from Kellin's great aunt and uncles (Hart, Colin, Keely, Sean) who all come in and say, "Well, most of our children are dead, so why don't you just rule all our lands when we die." The End.

It also really bothered me that there are some gaping holes that never get explained. First of all, why exactly can't Aiden ever see Kellin? Because he would want to be with him? So? Does this mean that if Aiden had at least had contact with Kellin at some point over the years, Kellin wouldn't have been traipsing around close to Lochiel's stronghold to start this remarkable chain of coincidences that fulfill the prophecy? Very unclear. Second, what killed Blaise's lir, after all? Lochiel's minion who tried to capture Kellin later? The lion throne?


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A Tapestry of Lions Chronicles of the Cheysuli Bk 8 Jennifer Roberson Jody A Lee 9780886775247 Books Reviews

And so concludes the last volume of the Chronicles of the Cheysuli series... It is a bittersweet ending - all the more so since in the author's note, Roberson hints that maybe some day she will return to writing about this land and these terrific characters. But, it has been over twenty years since that note, so a return hardly seems likely. Still, I will be keeping my fingers crossed that some day she will add perhaps Cynric's story to the canon.

Killon's - and Ginevra's - story does make for a fulfilling conclusion though. Like so many of the other novels, it is fast-paced and quite thrilling. Killon is not my favorite character of the series, but he is relatively sympathetic and Ginevra is definitely likable. The pages literally fly by - though this is the longest installment in the series.

I have really enjoyed re-reading this series. There are more complex and detailed fantasy worlds out there, but this one makes me quite nostalgic. Roberson has a skill in creating likable characters and convincing relationships between them. The writing itself improves with each novel, and the series contains some of my favorite characters in fiction. I'm sad to see it end...
Great book loved the series
Read these years ago. Still enjoy.
An amazing series cannot love it enough though I would love to see women in these fantasies as MZB does.
This is one of my favorites. Got the entire series back in the 70s and have read them several times.
Love this book so I bought the audiobook. Arrived on time.
i bought five books at a garage sale and couldn't. put them down. i. found the last of the series on my kindle. these books are stimulating, entertaining and well written.
This is a story about a spoiled, self-centered brat, who grows up to be a spoiled, self-centered, whiny man, and in the end gets everything he doesn't deserve.

*Spoilers below*

Kellin, the main character, is the second-to-last in the Cheysuli prophecy of the firstborn which threads through the entire series. He carries the blood of all the necessary races in his veins, except for the Ihlini.

Through most of the book, he uses the fact that his father is a prophet off somewhere, instead there with him, to act out in the most egregious ways... and no one stops him. As a man, he acts like a spoiled child, and everyone lets him, because he is a prince! He kills a few people... whines about his father never being there... whines some more... decides that no one loves him because his father wasn't there, and that he hates the world...

But it's the last book in the series! Somehow he must acquire the tainted Ihlini blood... but how? Through the most incredible, unbelieveable series of coincidences I have ever labored through in a fantasy book, that's how. So, 1) He happens to be making his way kind of toward the stronghold of the evil Ihlini, Lochiel. 2) Lochiel's daughter, Ginevra, miraculously happens to be mostly normal, despite growing up isolated in a tower with servants who are too cowed to speak, an insane demon-worshipper father, an insecure, jealous mother, and frequent contact with the equally insane Sekar. 3) Kellin comes across some nice guy near the stronghold who offers him food and drink. Coincidentally, it's an Ihlini who is on his way to marry Lochiel's daughter, Ginevra. Kellin realizes suddenly that the guy is Ihlini, they engage in a cheesy epic battle, and Kellin kills Ihlini guy but sustains grave injuries and topples into a nearby river which 4) washes him up into Lochiel's stronghold, where it turns out he has 5) amnesia, which luckily enables him to 6) completely change personality so that 7) Ginevra can fall in love with him, and he with her, because 8) she thinks he's the guy she's supposed to marry and with whom she will thwart the prophecy due to the fact that 9) no one in the stronghold has ever met Ihlini guy and 10) despite the statement that Lochiel "carefully researched his pedigree", he apparently never thought to get a physical description of any kind, nor send any messenger sorts to actually meet the guy. Oh, and Lochiel does perform a test to make sure Kellin is really the Ihlini fiance, using the guy's lifestone, but 11) Kellin passes because of the power of his blood. So, Kellin and Ginevra make a baby, kill evil father, and hie back to Homana. Meanwhile, the author (I mean, "the gods") has been killing off every male with royal blood under the age of 40 throughout the entire book. So at the end we get a cameo from Kellin's great aunt and uncles (Hart, Colin, Keely, Sean) who all come in and say, "Well, most of our children are dead, so why don't you just rule all our lands when we die." The End.

It also really bothered me that there are some gaping holes that never get explained. First of all, why exactly can't Aiden ever see Kellin? Because he would want to be with him? So? Does this mean that if Aiden had at least had contact with Kellin at some point over the years, Kellin wouldn't have been traipsing around close to Lochiel's stronghold to start this remarkable chain of coincidences that fulfill the prophecy? Very unclear. Second, what killed Blaise's lir, after all? Lochiel's minion who tried to capture Kellin later? The lion throne?