The Temptation of Elminster

Forgotten Realms: Elminster, Book 3

By: Ed Greenwood

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

How do you tempt an archmage who has everything?

From a dark and dusty tomb, Elminster emerges, seeking the guidance of Mystra, and finds only silence. He is drawn into the clutches of the mysterious and sinister Lady of Shadows. The path he takes will lead to a Realms-shaking confrontation where Elminster has to make the most important choice of his long life.

Whatever he decides, the Realms will be forever changed…

©1998 TSR, Inc., c. 2003 Wizards of the Coast LLC (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

The mighty Mage of shadowdale

God I love these books helminster is probably my all-time favorite forgotten Realms character! these books are the perfect thing to listen to when you're working out or at work or extremely entertaining and they're just good they're just really good I love them

Amazeing.

The story was epic, the narration by John Pruden was perfect it brought the story to life. His voice was perfect like he was meant to Narrate this story.

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It’s a good listen with some good forgotten realms lore. It can be a bit tough to keep track of all the side tangent characters.

Awesome

The story is awesome. I like learning more about how Elminster evolves and where he has been.

Good book

it was a little scattered but overall a great story highly recommend for those who love the Forgotten Realms Universe.

Another great story about the One Who Walks

This book is less action oriented than the previous novels, but what it lacks in combat it makes up in lore. Don’t get me wrong, the fights that are in the book are great, but the history about Faerun is by far its greatest gift.

LOST

Would you try another book from Ed Greenwood and/or John Pruden?

I would absolutely.

Would you be willing to try another book from Ed Greenwood? Why or why not?

Based upon other books from them I generally enjoy the story.

Have you listened to any of John Pruden’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Good performance on this one.

Did The Temptation of Elminster inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

The story was just everywhere on this book for me. I might be a bit ADD and missed some of the bits linking the fragmented stories in this book or it could be the core story was just diluted by the meaningless noise around it. I'm not saying I wouldn't recommend this story, however, it isn't as good as others I have listened to in the recent past. Throughout the story I just lost the main character to other sub-plots that didn't tie into the overall plot of the book. This book could have been short and sweet without the confusion.

Too Disjointed

What made the experience of listening to The Temptation of Elminster the most enjoyable?

John Pruden does an excellent job as always. It's really why I went to this series after Erevis Cale.

What was most disappointing about Ed Greenwood’s story?

People say Greenwood's work can get messy. I thought the first two books were great; tightly wound stories that were easy to follow. I get it... this book was suppose to be about how others were effected by Elminster and forces. But, it was just a mess. Characters are all over the place. Not know who is with who and why people are doing what they are doing. Just a real killer. There are huge gaps with no Elminster.

Which scene was your favorite?

Sadly, it was the very very end of the book. Literally, the last few pages.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

C'mon. This would not be the book to make a movie. Period.

Any additional comments?

I would still recommend the novel but perhaps do so with a little preparation. Be prepared to look-up names online and take your time. Sometimes, I literally write down names and who they are so I can understand.

Great book and perfect narrator.

Can't go wrong with the Elminister series! Narrator does a great job of bringing back the nostalgia I remember reading this book in highschool! 11/10 across the board!

I love audio books

I love listening audio books. I just don't have the time to be reading books. That I've been putting off for awhile now. Thanks to audio books I get too catch up on some books that I've been putting off for awhile now