From the back cover: Flora Fyrdraaca knows taking shortcuts in Crackpot Hall can be risky. After all, when a House has eleven thousand decaying rooms that shift about at random, there's no telling where a person might end up. But it's not just household confusion that vexes Flora, what with Mamma always away being Commanding General of the Army, Poppy drowning his sorrows in … [Read more...] about Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce: A-
Triple Take
The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold: B+
From the front flap: Young Fawn Bluefield and soldier-sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory have survived magical dangers and found, in each other, love and loyalty. But even their strength and passion cannot overcome the bigotry of their own kin, and so, leaving behind all they have known, the couple sets off to find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples. But … [Read more...] about The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold: B+
The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold: B+
From the front flap: Fawn Bluefield, the clever young farmer girl, and Dag Redwing Hickory, the seasoned Lakewalker soldier-sorcerer, have been married all of two hours when they depart her family's farm for Dag's home at Hickory Lake Camp. Alas, their unlikely marriage is met with prejudice and suspicion, setting many in the camp against them. A faction of the camp even goes … [Read more...] about The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold: B+
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold: B
From the front flap: Young Fawn Bluefield has fled her family's farm hoping to find work in the city of Glassforge. Uncertain about her future and the troubles she carries, Fawn stops for a drink of water at a roadside inn, where she counters a patrol of Lakewalkers, enigmatic soldier-sorcerers from the woodland culture to the north. Though Fawn has heard stories about the … [Read more...] about The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold: B
Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine: B
From the front flap: Ben Tanaka has problems. In addition to being rampantly critical, sarcastic, and insensitive, his long-term relationship is awash in turmoil. His girlfriend, Miko Hayashi, suspects that Ben has a wandering eye, and more to the point, it's wandering in the direction of white women. This accusation (and its various implications) becomes the subject of heated, … [Read more...] about Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine: B