Wizard of the Grove

by Tanya Huff

Paperback, 2016

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Huff

Publication

DAW (2016), 544 pages

Description

Now available in one volume, the novels which began Tanya Huff's career. Child of the Grove and The Last Wizard form a powerful fantasy duology about the last wizard ever to be born into the world. It is the saga of Crystal, a daughter of Power whose destiny is to put an end to the war between wizards and the mortal world. Now this magical tale is collected in one volume as Wizard of the Grove, featuring new cover art by Yvonne Gilbert.

User reviews

LibraryThing member wyvernfriend

An interesting pair of stories about Gods interfering with the world and trying to defeat a Wizard who is immortal and trying to take over the world.

It's a great read. It has interesting use of Gods and magic.

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LibraryThing member sapphire--stars

This book is a definite buy for myself. The two novel compilation felt extremely long as I stretched it out to make it last. The first novel Child of the Grove was absolutely fantastic and The Last Wizard was also very, very good. It had almost everything that I was looking for in a fantasy novel.

My only complaint would be that it seems to have hasty conclusions, with aspects introduced in the novels that never become important or are mentioned again and endings that leave you wishing there was just a bit more resolution.

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LibraryThing member JeremyPreacher

While I adore Tanya Huff, I definitely like her later stuff better. Both halves of this were perfectly serviceable with strong female characters and one of the more unexpected love triangles I've seen, but I didn't find it particularly memorable.

LibraryThing member juniperSun

Well written--the action carries the book. Altho there is political intrigue, we are not bogged down in those details but learn just enough to understand why things are the way they are. Crystal's parentage is uniquely designed to give her the powers she'll need to overcome the evil wizard who bent

on taking over the countries--with help from a centaur, dwarf, a reluctant dragon (briefly) and Lord Death. Her open heart brings her heartaches as she learns about love, but necessarily ties her to the humans she lives among. Some of the scenes are not-very-well-developed action interludes (probably some editors suggestion of what "the readership" is looking for) but overall I'd read this again.

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