Traitor's Moon

by Lynn Flewelling

Reviewed by Ruby

Beka has a message for Seregil, one he's been hoping for and dreading for years. Now all she has to do is get him and Alec to leave their self-imposed exiled. The queen has asked for their help with the Aurënfaie. The war is going badly and help from the Faie is needed. Unfortunately most of them don't want to give it. Now Seregil must travel back to the homeland he was banished from to work with people who hate him.

Caught between two different people, both of whom Seregil has ties to, he and Alec must contend with betrayal, bigotry, murder and politics to reach their goal.

Seregil and Alec are lovers in this book. The proper word is 'talìmenios' or soul bonded. I was a little depressed to see that this book was set two years after the end of the second book. I was hoping to read the first few tentative steps in Alec and Seregil's relationship. Nothing elaborate, maybe just a few paragraphs. But it wasn't to be.

Oh well. This was still a great book. It brings us into a new world so unlike the first two books and yet just as real and memorable. There are many more characters introduced in this book, some you love, some you hate and some that could go either way. It leaves you itching to have a fourth book.

Grade: A