Well, I liked the book but it was very, very, very slow to get going (at least it seemed like that to me). Hiresha's having a hell of a time with her self-confidence, believed shortcomings and a whole city of women all pregnant at the same time. I'm not sure if I'll read the other "adventures" ...
It burned away her numbness, spreading outward from her chest in a blissful wave of awakening. A bowl was pressed to her lips, and a hand tilted back her head. She swallowed, tasting a broth of spice and vigor. She spluttered and gasped. A man held her. Not the swordsman, not the lord. The crippl...
Celaise swallowed black wine, and the world rippled outward from her, ready to change, waiting, urging her to spin new wonders for the lady. She hadn’t moved toward the dressing room. A scent of ripe plums told Celaise the lady was leery of leaving the guests. Celaise would have to change her in ...
An arrow whistled by, splintering on the bridge where she would have been had her direction not changed to groundward. Hiresha swung her body around to reach upward, but the bridge had left her far behind. A shock of coldness ripped below her shift. She caught hold of the fennec, misery crushing ...
It marked the passage of hours with lines circling its bowl. Between the markings, hieroglyphs showed a woman cutting jewels, playing with a fox, and teaching pupils. On the darker side of the bowl, the woman lay abed. “All these years I wanted to sleep fewer hours in a da...