Luck in the Shadows turned out to be a stunning disappointment.
After reading 300 pages into the novel, I just can't read anymore.
The tale lures you in with a quick beginning only to lead you on
from there at a just-too-slow-for-comfort pace. 300 pages into an
almost 500-page novel, the romance has only been thought about
briefly, and the enemy has only been alluded to and never seen.
Flewelling throws plot into the wind to prioritize character
development which also goes nowhere fast. The story is an airid
wasteland which leaves one choking for some sort of interesting
character. Seregil, our main character's mentor, is sometimes that
character, but is usually just as boring as everyone else.
I feel terrible being so negative about this novel when it is very
popular with other gay/lesbian fiction fans. Yet the truth is, I
have no idea what anyone saw in it to begin with. Maybe it would
have been decent if it was 2 or 300 pages shorter, because the
turtle pacing is simply unbearable.