The cover of Tangled Webs. On the left, a dark elf has a ball of light floating above her hands. On the right, a mind flayer (which has breasts for some reason) is shooting lightning at the ball of light.

Tangled Webs

“I wish more of these novels would bother depicting relationships where love is something you have to work at and build, not something that just magically happens when two people are near each other for long enough.”

The cover of Murder in Cormyr. Two men are examining a body on a table in a basement. One is a young man holding a torch and a sword; the other is a fat older man holding a staff.

Murder in Cormyr

“It’s been a long time since I read a Realms novel that I found myself looking forward to picking up again each time I put it down.”

The cover of Escape from Undermountain. A burly black-haired swordsman strikes a dramatic pose in the foreground. In the background, a huge headless statue shoots lightning from its fingertips.

Escape from Undermountain

“If stripped of all the padding and reduced to only scenes which further the bare “escape from Undermountain, remove curse, get revenge on our betrayer” plot, Escape from Undermountain would be a rather short novella.”