
I’m looking forward to watching the main characters come into their own and seeing if they can do what we all want them to do. Overall, I enjoyed the book and will follow the series to its culmination. I think the author handled the insertion of some passion between the characters in a few scenes when she wanted to show higher levels of emotion. Lights dimming as couples make their way to bed, that kind of thing. I’ve always been a fan of implied sex in art. The relationships were, I suppose, meant to appeal to modern audiences. I enjoyed the interplay between the characters but again, for me it was just a big weird family, like many are. Can’t argue with “it takes all kinds” so for me, it worked out. For people who like giving everything a modern meaning I suppose there was a political bent to the plot. It got a little old after a while but culminated in a really nice ending which made the process worth it. It was a slower read than Fire Logic due to the inner turmoil experienced by most of the characters. New people introduced in Earth Logic continued excellent development and provided interesting reading during a more introspective portion of the storyline. The highlights of Earth Logic, for me, were definitely the characters.

Having read Fire Logic, I knew I loved the characters, plot, and “magic” system already. Marks Logic series and follows the main characters from Fire Logic along the same plot line, albeit, years later. Now, by water logic, the logic of patterns repeated, of laughter and music, the lost must be found-or the found may forever be lost.Earth Logic is the second of Laurie J. Zanja na’Tarwein, the crosser of boundaries, born in fire and wedded to earth, has fallen under the ice. Before memory, before recorded history, something happened that now must be remembered. But some cannot forget their losses, and some cannot imagine a place for themselves in an enemy land. Readers will discover inside Water Logic that amid assassinations, rebellions, and the pyres of too many dead, a new government has formed in Shaftal-a government of soldiers and farmers, scholars and elemental talents, all weary of war and longing for peace. Laurie Marks’ Elemental Logic series introduced readers in Fire Logic to the realm of Shaftal, an intricately imagined land whose people operate within the boundaries of their basic natures-here defined as logics-which sometimes bequeath them with access to magical, elemental powers and sometimes embroil them in unsolvable internal conflicts. The Elemental Logic series continues with its third novel in the series, Water Logic, where the patterns of history are made and unmade.
