The spirits whisper at them and still try to induce suspicion of the other’s motives.As we rejoin Jalan, he is holed up in the northern town of Trond with Snorri and Tuttugu. Snorri is now haunted by the light spirit, Baraqel. Jalan is now haunted by the dark spirit, Aslaug. Thanks for enlightening me Mark!The twist at the end of the first book left Jalan and Snorri bound together under the Silent Sister’s spell, however they have exchanged light and dark spirits now. I have to say that I feel really stupid, but not once reading the first book did I grasp this. I fully understood that Snorri, being a Viking and all, was from Norway, but for some unknown reason I did not cop on that Jalan’s home in Red March was in Northern Italy. It did bring something new to light for me. Kudos to Mark Lawrence for beginning this book with a nice refresher on the first book of this series in a short yet concise manner. The Liar’s Key is second book in The Red Queen’s War series by Mark Lawrence. Wonderful fantasy with terrific worldbuilding and characters, I can't wait to read the next book in the series. And that ending - well, no spoilers but I laughed, convinced that Jalan was totally headed in the opposite direction. It's a good way to find out about the Red Queen and her siblings and the greater world politics, just as Jalan does. I like how the backstory is integrated through flashbacks due to Kara's spell. The only section I found a bit slow was when the two separated for a while, but it wasn't for long. Although Snorri and Jalan pick up (and lose) companions along the way, this is still a buddy story, a really good story about friendship. He has the knack for keeping the storyline moving along without bloat or aimless roaming around. And when I saw that The Liar's Key was over 600 pages, I was actually dreading the read despite loving the other books by Mr. There's seldom a real need in the story that couldn't be put into two books. In my opinion, most second books of a fantasy trilogy are padded with repetition and fluff while the characters wander around.
I can't say enough about how much I love this story and Mark Lawrence's writing. Jalan and Snorri have Loki's key and are headed south, Jal to Vermillion where wine, women, and wagering await while Snorri wants to open the gates to Hel to find his dead family.
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