A Fun Reminiscence of My Childhood

I picked up this book hoping to relive the feeling of when I first got into fantasy. Some of these stories were fun, with one hidden gem, but mostly they were okay. The Forgotten Realms is darker than I remember, with open references to prostitution and some pretty gory scenes.

The Patriarch, The Burning Chalice – 1 Star
A boring Ed Greenwood story about a lord whose long-lost elder brother might be alive. The constant jumping between past and present made it difficult to follow. Narrator Jeremy Arthur needed to take a long pause between time skips to allow the reader to realize what was happening.

The Matriarch, Song of Chaos – 4 Stars
This story took the cake. A woman who has a secretive past trying to connect with her daughter. Unlike the previous story, the time skips here were really well done, the narrator paused between them. The story ends with the main character getting an interesting glimpse of her future. I want to read this story’s sequel!

The Heir, Night School – 2 Stars
The best part about this story were the characters. While the characters were interesting, the plot was straightforward. A lordling messed up a business deal and he has to fix it. Along the way he and his friends fight dogs with wings, several times.

The Daughter, The Price – 2 Stars
The most gruesome story yet, but I didn’t love it, it was just okay. There was too much left unsaid for me to really enjoy this one. I might be interested in the sequel.

The Second Son, Thirty Days – 2 Stars
A werewolf story. Pretty straight forward.

The Butler, Resurrection – 1 Star
My least favourite story of the bunch. It was just throwing everything at the reader. The butler is really an assassin, who works for the thieves’ guild, but there are also Zhentarim, and Harpers! The butler is really smart, except he doesn’t ask obvious questions and think things through, so he gets caught, but it all works out. In the end, the villain from the start of the story, who the reader was led to believe was dead, is alive. They have a drink together and get back to plotting against one another. Ugh!

The Maid, Skin Deep – 3 Stars
A maid whose parentage is unknown. Unfortunately, the first story revealed who her father was, so the mystery is already half solved, but played out like the reader doesn’t know who her father is. There are some questions that I still want answers from this story, so I could see myself reading the sequel.

The narrator was great. My only complaint was stories that had time skips became confusing because he continued reading as if he was just starting a new sentence. These jarring jumps made some stories difficult to follow.

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