The Healer's Keep

Once upon a time, I told you about The Seer and the Sword, by Victoria Hanley; that super awesome and fantastic book has two companion novels.

One of them is The Healer's Keep, and one of the protagonists is Torina and Landen's daughter, whose name I forget. Although this book takes place after the events of The Seer and the Sword, this book can be read separately.

Honestly, I wish I had not read it at all. As amazing as The Seer and the Sword was, this book was on the opposite extreme for me.

I only read this book once a few years ago, and I didn't like it because it confused me. The first part of the book was okay; Hanley set up the background of healers at the Healer's Keep nicely. I also seem to recall a scene that took place in another continent with the half-sister of the male protagonist.

However, once different abilities from the expected began to show themselves, once some eye-candy boy ditched the princess after using her, once the adventurers set out from the Healer's Keep - that was when Hanley lost me.

I can remember bits and pieces of the events they participated in in the other continent. However, there were also drastic and important scenes that took place in some kind of dream world. I didn't get it.

I'm not sure how Hanley could have produced both The Seer and the Sword and The Healer's Keep; they seem like books of completely different qualities. The Seer and the Sword was wonderful; The Healer's Keep was dark and confusing.