Stone of Tears Book Review

If you haven't read the first book then don't go any further because there are spoilers ahead. Read my review for the first book, Wizards First Rule

The Stone of Tears starts off right where Wizard's First Rule ended. Richard and Kahlan return to the Mud People to get married but Richard begins to have very intense headaches. Then three Sisters of Light show up to tell him that he is having these headaches because he is a wizard. They tell him that the headaches will kill him if he doesn't go with them to the Old World. The sisters say they will train him to use his powers which will cure the headaches. They must put a collar around his neck so they can control him which Richard has experienced before with the Mord Sith. Richard must now decide whether to believe the Sisters and become a slave again or stay with Kahlan and hope the headaches don't kill him.

I thought this book was phenomenal and just about as good as the first one. The author details the world a lot more and digs deeper into the magic. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, reading and wondering how Richard was going to get out of every situation. My only problem is that I wish Goodkind didn't use Darken Rahl as the villain again. I feel like recycling the same villains doesn't make them much of a threat anymore. Luckily he is barely in the book because most of it deals with the Sisters of the Light.

If you liked the first book then I definitely recommend reading this. The good thing about the Sword of Truth series is that each book is a complete story so if you don't want to continue then you don't have to worry about any cliffhangers. In this case, after you read the first book you need to read the second one because it's just as good.


9/10