Creo que hay pocas autoras que me enganchen tanto como Margaret Weis: siempre que cojo un libro suyo sé que es una apuesta segura y su imaginación no deja de tener límites. Además, vuelvo a enamorarme de sus personajes (Rhys, Mina, Beleño <3). Creo que esta trilogía va a durarme poco...

I have never made a secret of the fact that I am a huge fan of Margaret Weis. However, I find this book a bit subpar when compared to her other works.

Putting things in perspective, it is still a good book, way better than a lot by other authors that I happen to read. However, I enjoyed this one less than other books, such as the War of Souls trilogy.

First off, I think the gods are excessively humanized here. The various gods appearing in this book are essentially overpowered humans, but apart from their power they behave exactly like a human, and theytend to interact with people on a mostly human level, not the way one would generally expect from a god. In itself, the concept of human-like gods would not be a bad thing, but Dragonlance gods have never been depicted like this.

I found particularly unpleasant the behavior of Chemosh, when he goes to the bottom of the sea bringing Mina along. In fact, there appears to be no significant reason to being Mina along, which actually turns out to be a big problem for Chemosh.

Furthermore, Mina's character is greatly downgraded from what we read in the War of Souls. To some extent, this is understandable, as she suffered a big setback with the demise of Takhisis, but there is an overwhelming contrast between the old Mina and the new one, so that she doesn't even seem to be the same character.

The other characters as well are not particularly interesting. Rhys, in particular, is some sort of a weak pawn, buffeted about by the will of the gods, unable to express any real personality.

Nightshade is an exception for being an unusual kender (although I hope there will be some explanation of his powers in subsequent books). Maybe also Ausric Krell is quite intriguing, although he is rather minor in the story.

Conversely, what is very good, and something that characterizes Margaret Weis, is the plot. The author, as always, is capable of creating an original and enticing story, making the reader always want to go on with the reading and never getting bored.

Purtroppo l'eccezionalità della trilogia precedente sembra completamente persa.

La storia ha un sapore di riciclato e procede a un ritmo abbastanza blando, si riescono quasi a vedere chiaramente le statistiche dei personaggi in una partita di D&D (e alla fine del libro ci sono davvero...), non ci sono colpi di scena rilevanti, e a volte la personalità dei personaggi secondari è poco coerente.

E le parentesi... Il mio odio per le parentesi in mezzo al testo di un romanzo è pari a quello per le note a piè pagina, e questo libro ne è pieno. Quasi una ogni capitolo, e spesso per cose per cui una frase secondaria ci stava benissimo.

La storia ha comunque del potenziale, quindi speriamo nel secondo libro.

Anyone who knows my taste in books, knows that I love the Dragonlance series. The main author being Tracey. However she sells out in this one. It seems she take the world of Dragonlance then drops it into a bad teenage girl's fantasy book of lust and desire. This seems like a complete sell out book and was a complete let down. For as big of a fan as I am of her work, I couldnt even finish it. Sometimes it is a bit challenging to get through small sections of her books, but this one just seemed to get worse and worse. I found my self just to prove to myself that it woould be worth it skiping chapeters and chapters just to find a good part so I know all the drama would be worth it. I couldnt find it. At all. Comic book guy says "Tracey's biggest disapointment ever."

ugh. maybe i need the context of other dragonlance books, but this didn't do much for me. finished it + the sequel because i borrowed them from a friend, and eeeeeeeh. seduction from a god, blah blah blah. at least the second one gets a bit better.

Good book

Do not read this book. My apprehensions have been confirmed. This book is, sadly, inappropriate. There are extreme amounts of sexual scenes, mostly committed by Mina and her new 'god', Chemosh. I hadn't even got halfway through when I had to put it down. This book is a severe letdown in comparison with the other Dragonlance books I have on my shelf. I will repeat myself- do not read this book. It is not worth the disappointment.

An amazing book called Amber and Ashes by Margaret Weis and also the writer for the entire dragonlance series with the help of Tracy Hickman. In Amber and Ashes the main character Mina along with a god by the name of Chemosh, try to take over a continent called aKrynn. As the story continues a new character is met named Rhys Mason (a monk) whose’ mom, dad, and entire group of monks were killed, he later meets a kender named Nightshade who becomes his companion. Even later in the book Rhys and Nightshade come across large muddy city called solace and meet the sheriff named Gerard, wh was in the other books of Dragonlance, and Gerard discovers the Beloved of Chemosh. This book made me very excited for the most intense parts like all of the fights and who the would be found next in the book and would progress the story. The book also made me confused in a good way like how I wanted to find out why the had to kill the people to make them a beloved of Chemosh. The book was also very intense by whenever the characters had to do something that could get them killed by an enemy. I think that the theme could be that you shouldn’t trust everyone no matter how they look or act and they might not be who they say they are. All in all the book was the best book I have ever read and should definitely be read by more people no matter what they think of the cover and should just start reading anyway.

Good book on it's on but not the same as the originals

I liked the book although I did expect more.. maybe I was hoping for more of the original series..

The book stands well on its own although some knowledge of the previous books is required to fully understand it.

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Seeing as I haven’t picked up a Dragonlance book in over 15 years, this felt like a random read. But I was looking at my collection of the main series by both Weis & Hickman, remembering how much fun I had with it and how awesome I thought the ending of War of Souls (the final trilogy) when inspiration struck to see how the remnant pieces fell in the aftermath.

That’s a lot of history to carry into a spinoff trilogy, and I went in with a weird hodgepodge of high hopes because of how much I loved the main series, and low expectations given my poor experience with Weis’ Mistress of Dragons.

Amber and Ashes was just okay.

A mediocre story spritzed with the a couple of really good scenes – ones that were enough to keep me reading when I’d been considering a DNF. Let’s face it, Mina wasn’t a character I particularly liked to begin with, yet the way she was written here made me like her even less. She came across hollow and one-dimensional with a proclivity for meekness and subservience. More of a figurehead than an actual person. The monk, by contrast, was a bit better. More well-rounded and thoughtful. But it was the dog who ultimately stole the show. No jest.

Overall, I don’t mind that I read it, but I’m in no hurry to pick up the next book. The plot and character lineup were simple enough that I’m sure I can dive in again months, even years later without missing a beat. Those few good scenes were enough to raise my overall rating to 3 stars.

Recommendations: Read this only if you’ve already tackled the main Weis/Hickman series ending with the War of Souls trilogy. If, like me, you thought the conclusion to that saga was superb, this might feel like a letdown of an extended epilogue. If you’re a Dragonlance superfan who plans to read ALL THE THINGS, then not only do I admire your dedication, I’d also say this is likely one of the better ones.

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It was interesting and I felt for it but it kinda took away the mystery that was Mina. I liked her just being a badass.

The general problem with Weis and Hickman works are that these girls trying to put whatever dreds of philosophy found in their blond heads.

For Tracy, it was some kind of Manichean Christianity...
For Margaret that is now some kind of Buddhism apparently.

No one wants to read poor-written pamphlets from not-so-great 'thinkers'.