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mzkat1026's review against another edition
3.0
The age range between Fawn and Dag is creepy. If it wasn’t for that and the weirdly shitty family this would be a 5 star book.
zobeet's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed it, but it's definitely for people who like invented worlds fantasy.
mr_houses's review against another edition
1.0
Puf. Si por lo menos en la portada hubiese salido un fornido guerrero con el torso desnudo, hubiese sabido a que atenerme. Uno lo coge pensando que si es de Bujold tiene que ser bueno. Encuentra una premisa prometedora con unas malicias insidiosas, una tribu dedicada a su exterminio
y una damisela en apuros... y 20 paginas después esta leyendo una novela romántica que además se queda a medias.
y una damisela en apuros... y 20 paginas después esta leyendo una novela romántica que además se queda a medias.
mortalnexus's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
roundmoss's review against another edition
5.0
A lot of people hate this book for perfectly sensible reasons, but I couldn't help but be charmed by it. Yes, there is an extremely young ingenue... who is magically pretty great at everything she tries... and yes, she falls for a fellow old enough to be her father... but I enjoy the world Bujold creates in this story, and the interactions between the Lakewalkers and the farmer folk; plus I'll admit the Sharing Knife series isn't as good as the Vorkosigan saga or the Chalion books, but I found it well worth the read.
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I have been turned off of consent as sexy in fiction by zines with lines like "ze asked hir 'is it ok if I touch your butt?'" (if that's to your taste that fine.. but to me, no thanks)... but the first sex scene in this book involves a blatant insistence on consent, and manages to still be pretty sexy in my opinion.fantasyfanatic_1's review against another edition
5.0
So good!! This is the first novel I've read by this author and will not be the last. I absolutely loved it. The romance was so beautiful!
writerethink's review against another edition
3.0
Since I'd read all of the Vorkosigan books (twice, even) and LOVED them, I figured I should try Bujold's other stuff. This book was ok. I think Bujold's an amazing writer. But I didn't love the story anywhere near as much as I'd hoped to - it was pretty much a straight-up romance, which just isn't my usual thing. Neither is fantasy, for that matter. But I'll still read the next book in the series, which means I liked it well enough.
madimattei's review against another edition
3.0
A pretty story with great world building. I was hoping it would be another Curse of Chalion, but it served as a nice story. I probably won't be reading the rest of the series, but only because it's not as interesting to me as Bujold's other works.