Format: Paperback, 544 pages
Release Date: June 29, 2021
Publisher: MIRA
Source: Publisher
Genre: Fantasy / Epic
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER
A
Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal roommates if a person
wants peace and tranquility at home. The residue of three Draco-Barrani
wars can make things pretty awkward—on a good day. Kaylin Neya has run
out of good days.
In the upheaval surrounding the Academia, the
Tower in the fief of Candallar is now without its lord. The Towers were
created to protect Elantra against Shadow. Dragon Bellusdeo wants to
captain the Tower and continue a war she’ll never be able to abandon.
But Sedarias, leader of the Barrani cohort, wants the Tower for
the cohort. And Barrani and Dragons don’t negotiate, even when they’re
living under the same roof.
If there were ever a time for Shadow
to strike, it’s now, when alliances are fractured and the Tower is
vulnerable for the first time in centuries. More than ever, Kaylin needs
her friends to work together if they’re going to be able to stop the
threat to Elantra.
Cast in Conflict is the sixteenth book in the New York Times bestselling Chronicles of Elantra saga, following detective/mage Kaylin Neya as she struggles to protect the city of Elantra from the darkness that is determined to take root. As the story begins, it appears we can now get rid of the Private before Kaylin Neya, and now call her corporal. Yet, even with a promotion, Kaylin's life is not exactly different. She is still the alleged Chosen, even though nobody has any idea what that means, she still has to deal with magic lessons, which she has no choice but to suffer through.
In the upheaval surrounding the Academia, the Tower in the fief of Candallar is now without its lord. The Towers were created to protect Elantra against Shadow. Dragon Bellusdeo wants to captain the Tower and continue a war she’ll never be able to abandon. But Sedarias, leader of the Barrani cohort, wants the Tower for the cohort. And Barrani and Dragons don’t negotiate, even when they’re living under the same roof. If there were ever a time for Shadow to strike, it’s now, when alliances are fractured and the Tower is vulnerable for the first time in centuries.
Kaylin is re-assigned to escort Bellusdeo, who usually follows her around while she is doing her job along with her partner Severn Handred, while she tries to take the Tower of Candallar which means facing the test of name which Kaylin somehow managed to pass to become a Barrani Lord. More than ever, Kaylin needs her friends to work together if they’re going to be able to stop the threat to Elantra. The only problem is that halfway thought the book, and all that has happened is that Kaylin has run errands and attended several meetings where some new characters talk to each other.
It is not until the book seems to be going on, and on, and on, that any action takes place. And that action means that Kaylin once again finds herself in an unfamiliar place, Ravellon, which I do believe is the first time we as readers after visited that dark and dangerous place that was once home to Bellusdeo and her people like Maggaron who is her Ascendant. Even though the previous book spent large parts in the Academia, there are large chunks of this book that are also spent on investigating and talking to different characters who appeared in the previous installment.
Thoughts: Not one of my favorites in this series, and yes I have read this series from the beginning and am one book away from being totally caught up. The most curious aspect of this book is the relationship between Bellusdeo and Lord Emmerion as well as Mandoran. With Bellusdeo itching to get back into the war against the shadows that took her home world, it will be interesting to see if the author allows a personal relationship to develop which means a new dragon clutch in the near future. Kaylin has pretty much ignored any feeling she may have for Severn which is getting old. Kaylin is trying to grow as a character, but she still has issues with magic, she still has issues of not understanding her place in the universe, or what being chosen means.
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