The book isn't bad in the grand scheme of things, but the story is a little hard to wrap my head around so I'll need to read through it again just to look at everything and get the underlying details,there are points where I did have to force myself through it, and I didn't really relate to any o...
An interesting take on the idea of revolution, the power of family and ghosts. I liked the use of magic and how it takes a tole on the user. the book is more inspired by the middle east and Asian cultures which is a nice change. I also liked how woman and men in the book both held equal status in...
I loved the inspiration for the names and city, besides the ongoing mysteries. It was intriguing and pretty hard to put down again, because the characters were all interesting and mysterious in their own ways.The universe was not much of a cliché at all, and that made it even more interesting to ...
This is a fantasy novel set in a decidedly egalitarian society: there's a warrior princess, one POV character is a transsexual (the prince's transsexual mistress, no less), and nobody seems to be completely straight. It's a worthy idea, and I appreciated parts of the author's progressive intentio...
It certainly felt that way, though, as Isyllt watched Jabbor carry her limp body into the forest. She was lucky he didn’t leave her in the mud, especially since Zhirin was in no condition to argue for her safety. On the other side of the mirror, Sivahra’s forest rose thick...
Hours past midnight she still sat curled on the sofa while he paced, picking at a mangy grey gum scar on the blue upholstery and breathing in the faint mustiness left by the dozens of people who’d sat there before her. If she kept her left hand still in her lap, she could almost ignore the pain. ...