The Liar's Key follows on with Prince Jalan of the Red March and Snorri Van Snagson's journey as they managed to defeat the dead things at the Black Keep and find a special key that unlocks all doors. Now Snorri is determined to use that key to bring his family back to him, and Jalan knows that he may probably have to stop him before he gets everyone killed.

I liked this sequel to The Prince's Fool but I don't think I liked it as much as its prequel. There was a strange tension between Jal and Snorri for a lot of the book and it made me feel a bit uneasy as I was so used to their easy camaraderie from the first book which was full of stories and banter. I did like that Tuttugu came along as he was a character I instantly warmed to in the previous book. I wasn't too mad about Kara's addition to the group as I just felt Jalan acted, well like Jalan, too much around her. I felt like Jal took some steps back in this book too. His character had come on a little bit in the first book, he grew up a bit from the stupid Prince he was, but it seemed like he fell back into his old self so quickly from bedding so many women at the same time to being so obsessed with getting into Kara's pants. Come on man.

I think this book was lacking in some of the action scenes I had really enjoyed in the first as well, and there just seemed to be a lot of travelling and a lot of dream sleeping on Jal\s part too. I did really enjoy some of the flashbacks though. Does the Red Queen and her fat, gluttonous father remind anyone else of Queen Elizabeth I and King Henry VIII?

I like how the showdown with Kelem ended up though and i'm looking forward to reading the final part of Jal and Snorri's adventure!