This 3rd entry in the Heritage of Shanara series was actually pretty good and I enjoyed it much more than the previous 2 books. This one entirely ignores the very tedious plot of the second novel,and instead focuses on Wren, a minor character from the previous books.Wren is a relative of our other main characters, and has been charged with the task of bringing elves back to the land. This is a bit of a questing novel, and much of the novel is taken up with Wren traveling to a distant land, and h...

2020 reread: Part three out of four that follows the Ohmsfords Par and Wren and their uncle Walker Boh. This book focuses on Wren's struggle to come to grips with their heritage and magic. It follows her quest to find the elves and return them to the Four Lands. I really love this book because this has some great side characters. My favourite is still Stresa the Splinterscat, some sort of mix between a cat and a hedgehog. The world is so beautifully described in this volume! I often wanted to re...

The Elf Queen of Shannara, book three of The Heritage of Shannara, is the story of Wren Ohmsford, and her journey to find the Elves and restore them to the Four Lands. This journey is a perilous one, and not just due to the physical dangers she must face to rescue the Elves. She is about to discover facts and truths about herself and the Elves. Truths that will temper her in such a way that either she will emerge stronger than ever before, or she will be emotionally and psychologically destroyed...

As derivative as it was, I really enjoyed The Sword of Shannara, and its less clichéd sequel The Elfstones of Shannara was also great. Kind of kept me reading at that stage of my life. Maybe I had outgrown Brooks by the time I read this one as it didn't resonate nearly as strongly with me. The other reviews here are quite celebratory, I was more at the other end of the spectrum. I didn't loathe it, but I certainly felt it was just an 'OK' read.

Terry Brooks's Shannara books are usually of the highest quality as far as fantasy novels are concerned, and the Elf Queen is no different. The third novel in the Heritage of Shannara series features Wren Ohmsford as the feature character. Wren has been tasked to return the elves back to the four lands after they fled for some time. She is aided by Stresa, the splinterscat and her companion Garth.The plot in this novel is very well developed and thought it. It moves at a strong pace and is fille...

Yes, I am reading this book #3 of the series before the first two. Why? Because my friend Jacques highly, highly recommended it to me, reassuring it works as a standalone, too.But I still have books #1 & 2 in the wings to go back to read. Then it'll just be a matter of tracking down #4...Review time!   Wren has been charged by the shade of Allanon to bring the Elves, missing these last 100 years, back to the Four Lands. Garth, her ever-present mentor and friend, journeys with her through forests...

My first re-read of this book since 1992. Third book (of four) in the Heritage of Shannara series.99% of the book is focused on Wren and the task given her by the Shade of Allanon to find the Elves and bring them back to the four lands.Probably 3.5 stars but I'm rounding down because I never really felt like "I got" Wren - it was described to me, her history, growing up, parents, heritage, etc. but I never felt any of it, it felt like I was reading a history paper when learning of her background...

I love fantasy fiction, and have for most of my life. For this reason, when my father was given a used copy of this book, he passed it on to me. Over the years, I had often seen books by Terry Brooks in bookstores, which told me that he must be popular, if nothing else. So I was happy to take one of his books for a spin. My happiness vanished very quickly, replaced by simple astonishment that this person ever managed to get published, never mind popular; there is not a single worthy or redeeming...

The Elf Queen of Shannara is the 17th story chronologically in the series. 5 stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟The setting on the island of Morrowindl makes this story for me. Such a tough environment to traverse - all kinds of creatures and pitfalls that Wren and her companions have to deal with, it’s almost overwhelming while reading it. I don’t know why Terry Brooks had to give Wren such a hard road to travel. I thought to myself, geez couldn’t he have given her a little bit of a break? Her journey through the isl...

I really wanted to like this one, since I liked the first three books very much. However, the second set started out weak and by the time I got to Elf Queen, I had the distinct impression that Terry Brooks was as eager to get it over with as I was. I saw none of the care he took in Sword, Elfstones, or Wishsong, and felt he took too much time with trivial details and not enough time in making me believe the characters. A huge disappointment for me.

This book primarily focuses on Wren's charge of finding and returning the elves. This is a hard one to stop and do stuff like go to sleep. This is reread. Last read when it first came out in the 1990s.

Best in the cycle up to this point, probably my favorite Shannara book yet. Lots of continuous action, good dramatic tension, nice character development. And Wren is cool.

Wren Oldsman is sent on a quest to find the missing elves who have disappeared from the Four Lands. Accompanied on her quest by her faithful mentor, Wren encounters many dangers and monsters. Along the way she will learn much about the magic of the elfstones.

Just so, so good!!! The best in the Shannara series up to this point. I read it too quickly, but I could not put it down.

I enjoyed this one, but its still rough around the edges. One of the better books so far of this series that I've read.

A well written book. Enjoyed reading it.

A cool idea for a novel (The Elves are living on a tropical island beset by demons on all sites and need to be brought back to the Four Lands)...but this novel confirms the trend that has become apparent to me. Terry Brooks' earliest novels were great, full of action with lots of different interesting characters and interesting events intertwining. As time goes on, he tends to drag out one storyline, and spend alot of time on the characters chastising themselves and worrying about other characte...

I've been looking forward to Wren's story for awhile now. I love her character and I love elves - so it was a great combo. Her quest to find the long lost elves takes quite a few twists and turns until she finds her lucky break - the hag that finally has many of the answers she's looking for, but it only gets more dangerous and exciting from there. When she finds the island the elves have retreated to, it isn't anything she expected. Taken over by demons, she is forced to discover some very hard...

This is the 3rd book in the second series set in Shannara! Wren Ohmsford has been tasked with finding the Elves, who disappeared generatiosn ago, and bringing them back to the present world. Although reluctant to do so, she finds the puzzle curious, and soon she is travelling to the coast on the words of an old Seer. With her friend, Garth, she makes the perrilous journey to the island of Morrowindl, which is a nightmare of deep jungle, barren wasteland and rocky shores. The whole is haunted by

SUMMARY:"Find the Elves and return them to the world of Men!" the shade of the Druid Allanon had ordered Wren.It was clearly an impossible task. The Elves had been gone from the Westland for more than a hundred years. There was not even a trace of their former city of Arborlon left to mark their passing. No one in the Esterland knew of them -- except, finally, the Addershag.The blind old woman had given instructions to find a place on the coast of the Blue Divide, build a fire, and keep it burni...

Once again Terry Brooks comes up with a unique storyline, for a unique world, but ends up boring the reader to death with minutia. The previous book, The Druid of Shannara, had the same issue as this one. The fourth book cannot happen, unless Wren succeeds on her quest. So this entire book has basically been rendered useless with the way Brooks has set the series up. There are small surprises here and there, and there is actually quite a death toll in this one, but every death that could mean so...

Book #16/29 on my Epic Shannara Quest.This is one of those books that tells a similar story that has already been told (though to be fair, this one was published first). The story of the Loden Elfstone and how it once saved the Elves was also related in The Elves of Cintra, which was book #5 in my quest due to it's chronological placement in the Shannara series. For me, the best parts of this book dealt with Par Ohmsford and Walker Boh (and they came in the last quarter of the book.) The main st...

I've been very impressed with the direction of the series and even though I've enjoyed the fact that each book before followed a different set of Ohmsford's it was nice to have this run follow the same set of characters. I love each of them equally and Wren is a great addition to the Ohmsford's as well as a much needed strong female character. Excited for the conclusion of this part of the books and to see where Brooks takes the next set.

Easily the best book of the second Shannara series, with Wren being sent on a journey to bring the elves back to Shannara, from wherever they vanished to. This contains a tight plot and some very harrowing scenes, the scariest since Elfstones. Unfortunately, it breaks off every now and then to tell the stories of the other characters on their separate quests. Unless you're reading the whole series, just skip those parts altogether. This would have made a very good stand-alone novel, instead of a...

A refreshingly decent book in the series. The action turns to Wren and Garth, and their "charge" to bring the Elves back to the world of men. As in his previous books, things seem to happen a little too conveniently and quickly for my liking in this series, and at times it feels like I am reading an abridged version. This book also plays host to a plethora of characters, and it works. Even to the point of slowly killing them all off toward the end. Overall I enjoyed Wren's decent into the jaws o...

Okay, I'm finally punting on this series. Re-reading it as an adult (after reading it for the first time in my late teens). It's just awful. So awful that I made it through 3 books in a 4-book series and I'm giving up. I don't care what happens anymore. It's all so boring, so needlessly drawn out. I can't stand Brooks' writing style anymore (recapping everything constantly, withholding information just to create suspense when it serves no narrative purpose, etc.). I'm done. I might be selling my...

It looks like TB has something going on here as this book was full of captivating adventure and kept up the pace. I have to point out that characters are too insecure and book has same repeating patterns used previously in series, but plot twists compensated if quite nicely.

Seemingly in every trilogy or quartet in Terry Brook’s books, there is one book sacrificed to tie up loose ends and point the various subplots to a natural conclusion. I’m afraid this is that book in The Heritage Of Shannara books.

Fun and interesting story. Great imagery and visualization. A bit predictable in many parts, but overall a fun read which is what the Shannara books are all about.

So much filler, so many run-on sentences. This book felt like it was rushed to print. Also, the elves are basically just people with pointy ears. Boring.