Sharon Shinn is always interesting to read, though sometimes I don't like her endings. She does very interesting societies and characters, and her villains are real people too. But in spite of there nearly always being a political plot line, she writes the climax of the novel as the climax of the romance plot line, which is occasionally not strong enough for the book as a whole. (I'm thinking of Wrapt in Crystal here)
So I read this one and was fascinated as usual by her story, but a bit apprehensive about the ending. However, it was quite satisfactory, as this is part of a series, so the romance bit ended this book nicely with the political plot line obviously to be continued in next volume. This was a good strong fantasy novel, as in enjoyable and well thought out rather than anything strikingly new, highly recommended if you like fantasy or romance.
Mystic and Rider first published 2005
So I read this one and was fascinated as usual by her story, but a bit apprehensive about the ending. However, it was quite satisfactory, as this is part of a series, so the romance bit ended this book nicely with the political plot line obviously to be continued in next volume. This was a good strong fantasy novel, as in enjoyable and well thought out rather than anything strikingly new, highly recommended if you like fantasy or romance.
Mystic and Rider first published 2005
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