I've just had my first exposure to Elaine Cunningham's books in the trilogy, Counselors & Kings. I'm about 100 pages from the end of the second book -- The Floodgate -- and while the first book, Magehound, started out slowly, in no time at all I was totally hooked. The character development is superb and I thoroughly enjoy the odd nuances of the different locales -- like the clockwork castle, the underwater wizard, the different swamps, etc. She's quiet an impressive writer and her humour rocks. Anyone else experience the same?

Elaine rocks!
I've read The Magehound and The Floodgate in Turkish and her Starlight and Shadows and Evermeet.And I must say that her writing style is really good.Her books have a different taste and it's a little bit lighter than others.Yeah she rocks, I can't wait to read Songs and Swords.

I agree with you both, Elaine's books are great. She makes places and people interesting and mysterious. I've read only three Elaine's books: Elfshadow, Elfsong and Daughter of the Drow. I can't wait that I get Silver Shadows in my hands. I don't have much money to spare, so I have to use libraries (and just guess how many others want to read the same books), although Finland has good library system.

Ditto - Elaine really has a sense for character development, and her descriptions are pretty incredible too. I could go on, but the rest of you have pretty much said it.

I read the first two books in the daughter of the drow series and they were really entertaining. I like the immense culture clashes and a female character that is neither a damsel in distress nor a maternal character taking care of everyone. But neither is she a totally cold hearted ***** but a very interesting character that is having great problems rebelling from her own culture and upbringing but she is still one mean girly.