Robin Hobb Collection I bought the first book in the trilogy as my "christmas read" purely on the strength of the user reviews on Amazon. I don't normally read fantasy or whatever this genre is. Within the first half hour I was completely hooked. I flew through it enjoying every page.I live in an out-of-the-way place in an out-of-the-way country (NZ). Thanks to the wonders of the Kindle I could buy the second and third books and keep on reading. All up around 2000(?) pages.I found the characters believable and the settings credible. The constantly interwoven threads all hung together to make a riveting read. The introduction of "fantasy concepts" was smooth and not laboured and done in a way that made the whole thing more multilayered and at the same time simple enough to be able to follow.I didn't need a geneological(?) tree to know who was who and I also didn't need a map to work out where things were.I won't rehash the plot as I couldn't do it enough credit.If you are not a fantasy reader (like me) and you fancy a gamble then get the first book and give it a go. ( )

What a trilogy.... One of the best series I've ever read. I can't even write a review. It's just well written, expertly crafted story. Highly recommended. ( )

This Farseer trilogy is fabulous! Action, intrigue, deceit, mystery, magic, THE WORKS! This one was even more suspenseful than the Soldier's Son Trilogy - I can't wait for the next one in the series......? ( )

Here we meet Fitz fore the first time, the bastard son of prince Chivalry. Fitz is raised in the stables by the grumphy stablemaster and later on by a mystic scarred man that lives in the shadow of the royal court. Fitz has a secrets, he has the royal magic running in his blood and also an older and darker forbidden magic. ( )

All three novels reviewed separately at FanLit:
http://www.fantasyliterature.com/fantasy-author/hobbrobin ( )