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A review by kynan
Warrior: Riposte by Michael A. Stackpole
3.0
Riposte (an attack made immediately after a parry of the opponent's attack) is book two of the Warrior trilogy, and there's no point in reading it if you've not read [b:Warrior: En Garde|1163127|Warrior En Garde (The Warrior Trilogy, #1)|Michael A. Stackpole|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388187140s/1163127.jpg|1150787] (warn the participants to take a defensive position) and you don't intend to read [b:Warrior: Coupé|594255|Warrior Coupé (The Warrior Trilogy, #3)|Michael A. Stackpole|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1329806186s/594255.jpg|1654977] (an attack or deception that passes around the opponent's foil tip).
As far as the story is concerned, things are pretty awesome here! The plot that was setup in Riposte tumbles along at a rapid pace, the long-awaited wedding finally rolls around and is full of surprise, the Kell Hound story is fleshed out, the big names take their positions for the grand finale and, of course, the Justin Xiang story not only continues but there's what appeared to be some "big twist" foreshadowing toward the end of the book that I'm deadly curious to see if I'm misreading between the lines on!
The chapter chronology isn't jumping around anymore and I felt that this book was a little tighter than the previous one, certainly with regard to magic plot point pivots.
As far as the story is concerned, things are pretty awesome here! The plot that was setup in Riposte tumbles along at a rapid pace, the long-awaited wedding finally rolls around and is full of surprise, the Kell Hound story is fleshed out, the big names take their positions for the grand finale and, of course, the Justin Xiang story not only continues but there's what appeared to be some "big twist" foreshadowing toward the end of the book that I'm deadly curious to see if I'm misreading between the lines on!
The chapter chronology isn't jumping around anymore and I felt that this book was a little tighter than the previous one, certainly with regard to magic plot point pivots.