it usually turns out badly, like the Regal assassination plot.

Can we say Major Fuck Up? I couldn't remember if I was wincing or screaming at the cruelty of it all.

The nonambitious aspect I can take, and even respect, but the boy need some major work on his self esttem (not that you can really blame him). It's just that I can see him do such great and wonderful things if he was just bit more ruthless, or a bit more confident. Then again, if he was more everything I probably would've really disliked him. It's jsut so hard to satisfy me *sighs*

Janny Wurts is good despite Amei's association of Lysear's name with 'Lychee' not that I blame her, although most of the time I just think of him as 'justice boy'. Moving on, I find Wurts' style to be quite poetic at times (which I hate in certain novels), but I'm so obsessed with Arithorn (the guy is a master bard, prince, pirate, magician, and angst monkey, I love him to bits ^__^) that I just devour everything she writes in relation to him.