This book is fun to read, Shinn does people you care about and a decent plot line. Her conception of the sidhe/elves was unusual and interesting. There were a few plot holes however - only three days journey from Corrie's home to the castle and yet a useful medical drug is rarely used in the castle? And another is practically unknown in Corrie's home? Hasn't any travelling merchant heard that healers want these drugs? Why doesn't Corrie start bartering the two every summer as she travels back and forth?
However Corrie's growth in understanding and changes in perception as she grows are handled well; she is reluctant to see the imperfections in people she loves, as most of us are. Shinn is not afraid to have large imperfections and the problems of hereditary rulers with power is also shown. Some parts of the ending were a little over the top (not who the murderer was, however). Recommended if you like fantasy romances.
However Corrie's growth in understanding and changes in perception as she grows are handled well; she is reluctant to see the imperfections in people she loves, as most of us are. Shinn is not afraid to have large imperfections and the problems of hereditary rulers with power is also shown. Some parts of the ending were a little over the top (not who the murderer was, however). Recommended if you like fantasy romances.
Summers at Castle Auburn first published 2001
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