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Wanderlust: The Meetings Sextet, Volume II

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I was surprised that this book held my interest because I have never been a big fan of Kenders. The story is pretty good. It relates the events whereby Tasslehoff Burrfoot joins Flint Fireforge and Tanis Half-Elven in their travels. Flint gets pretty frustrated and nearly kills Tas on many occasions (and rightfully so). Read this book if you enjoyed the Chronicles stories.

I found this book funny, which is more then I can say for most Dragonlance books. So why didn't I rate it 5 stars? Let's just say I've read better. I rate most books 4 stars, with an exceptional few getting 5 stars.
This was about a kender, Tas (again), who stole a bracelet from a dwarf. Oh, Tasï¿s excuse was that Flint had just left the bracelet ï¿laying aroundï¿ so Tas was inclined to pick it up and keep it in his care until he saw the dwarf. Anyway, Flint gets the bracelet back, but then the two of them and Tanis half-elven go to the Inn of the Last Home to have a drink, and when the Dwarf and elf leave, Tas finds out that the bracelet just ï¿happenedï¿ to ï¿fallï¿ into his pocket. He then goes to sleep, and in the morning remembers nothing about the bracelet. He leaves town, and when heï¿s miles away, puts the bracelet on. He then finds it shows the future. Bad things, that is. Tas saves a man from hobgoblins, and then gives the bracelet to him to return to Flint, for the man was going in that direction. Tas then goes on. The farmer, in town, gets robbed, the bracelet included. Then the woman who had Flint make the bracelet comes up and wants her bracelet, and Flint is forced to tell the whole embarrassing story. And then they have to go on a journey; just a little one, to solve a few mysteries, save a squire, castle, and almost the world- nothing much.

This volume of the DL saga has tas, Flint, and Tanis meeting for the first time... and what stories they will have afterwards!

Flint is approached by a mysterious woman who would like him to craft a bracelet for her. She has very specific instructions (we find out later) as to how this is to be crafted. Needless to say that Tas enters the picture and winds up beginning the quest of a lifetime for Flint and Tanis.

"Creatures" that (to my knowledge) haven't shown up before in DL novels come into play here... especially the firey-winged humanoids, there's an appearance of a hill giant, golems in the form of minotaurs, and we get to know a little of the Sea Elves.
Magic is abundant in this novel, but the action in no way seems hampered by the lack of hack and slash (apparent in most DL). Tas is however more 'crafty' and 'take charge' than I'm used to, though... but he's still portrayed quite well.

All in all, if you like the Heroes of the Lance, or if you're interested in starting Dragonlance (heck, if you're in the mood for a good fantasy)then pick this one up... but remember to get Part 1 of Meetings too.

I found this book to be a very good read. Being and avid fantasy reader, i try to explore a wide variety of books in the genre. So far, the best world i have found, is the world of Dragonlance. The books are to the point, and without the common "fillers" like a lot of authors are using now days. By this, i mean the chapters upon chapters were nothing happens to move the story forward. I have yet to find a dragonlance book that has done this. they are usually all full of excitement, humor, and intrigue. This book is no exception. I found it very funny, thanks to Tas, and full of action and adventure. It also shows the growth between Tanis and Flint, showing you their life before the chronicles series. All in all, i recommend this book if you love fantasy. Buy it, Read it, Love it.

I know dragonlance because i have read alot of them and this on is one of the best. I love the way the authors did with having it tie into the other books. I do think that if you are a new reader then you do not start with this one because you wand a good background to understand everything that goes on.

I like this book a lot. It introduced me to three new races, the Draganisti, the Satres, and the Phaethons. It does, however, have some creepy parts like the time when a zombie attacked the companions.

one of Mary Kirchoff's "better" works. Not being much of a Burrfoot fan , and after having to read a very disappointing "Kendermore" ; I wasn't expecting much when i began reading the book. Ending it didn't prove to be hard too. The plot was well enough written (Mary finally veers off from being a Weis/Hickman clone) . The characters , or should i say ; sub characters to the overall DL saga , were easy to process. The half elf , hill dwarf and kender characterisation remained faithful to the original Weis/Hickman. Not a lot of discrepancies to "Kindred Spirits" not to make it an indirect tie in. All in all "Wanderlust" wasn't bad . Wasn't bad at all.

Out of a very boring book of Kindred Spirits Wanderlust turned around and slapped me in the face and called me fruity! It was very good and the characters Tanis, Flint and Tas had pretty much the same personality Margret Weis or Tracy Hickman would give them. The book was pretty exciting too with few minor contradictions. If you read Kindred Spirits go for this one to complete the trio's adventures!

This, my reader, was a really bad book, although of course it had it's better parts. Not only that, but it was almost as bad as III Legends. Some of the ways some of the characters acted was just stupid. Tanis, however, is pretty "intelligent" (as he should be) in this book, which was good, although Tasselholf was way to smart and not as gullible and naive as Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman usually made him out to be, nor as funny, and I really expected to laugh while reading this book, but I can't remember laughing more than three times. It's not *terrible*, but just totally boring. . .

Mary Kirchoff, love your books...all of them! This book, Defenders Of Magic Trilody and all the other DL books you wrote! Keep on writing them...