Fool’s Quest (Fitz and the Fool, Book 2)

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Fitz, haven’t you learnt by now that leaving the Fool behind against his will NEVER goes according to plan? While I still think Fool's Assassin is my favorite installment in this trilogy so far, Fool's Quest was a complex, multilayered journey that I really appreciated and that successfully set the stage for everything that is to come in the final book in the series. For those who are not fans of jumping points of view, this book might at times irk, as we continue to jump primarily from Fitz’s point of view, to that of his daughter, Bee.

Imagine nobody in your life remembering you right after a truly traumatic event in which you lost half of your family… Fitz knowing his name nearly has me bawling! This book ends in a cliffhanger that is dramatic and has me dying to grab Assassin's Fate off the shelf and start reading it, which I'm sure I will do extremely soon. We can put them away in a chest and lock it tight, but whenever it is opened, even a crack, the aroma of lost sweetness will rise to fill our lungs to heaviness. Add the misery in Fitz’s scenes, to the sexual assaults in Bee’s scenes, to the graphic torture and recovery of the Fool and you have one huge mess of depression.He is no longer capable of what he once was, and it takes the advice of his old mentor, and trusted friend, Chade, to make him realise that the only way to get Bee back is through the cold and calculated approach of an assassin. As is so often the case for Fitz the story is often driven by misunderstandings that the reader can see through and missed opportunities that we yell at him to take.

I found the first book of any of her trilogies/quartet to always be the best one—Assassin’s Fate have the chance to change this notion one last time—and that’s still true here.

Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?

Of course Fente and Sintara would be squabbling over who gets to shape Thymara and Tats’ child rather than helping her. The younger characters, Dutiful, Elliania, Nettle, Riddle, and a host of new ones, show true evolution.

I think if this is the case this trilogy will end in a bizarrely spectacular way, like the two trilogies before it.