In this short book Stevermer uses that difficult to achieve technique, the first person narrative where we see the person's character as they tell the tale - think of Browning's dramatic poetry, such as My Last Duchess.
Hail Rosamer has the artist's single minded determination and blinkered view.The obvious disparity between Hail's view of her character and her place in events, and those of the people around her can be amusing, and yet it is fairly subtly done. And the events are interesting - Stevermer has no trouble producing interesting plots.
This is the first Stevermer I ever read, the one that made me seek out other books she had written, and on re-reading I still like it best.
When the King Comes Home first published 2000
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