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Michelle Sagara [West], Cast in Shadow
Luna (2005) ISBN: 0-373-80236-6
Score: 2
Start of a high fantasy series about a young woman from the slums with unique magic powers. She's not quite a Mary Sue: while she does get away with breaking a lot of laws and rules, she also gets beat up a lot, isn't shown to be very bright, and no one has anything good to say about her appearance. It's structured mainly as a mystery but a lot of information is concealed from the reader (and the heroine), and there were a bunch of tiny inconsistencies that bugged me. Reading this, I realised that all the Luna books I've read (C.E. Murphy, Laura Anne Gilman, and Laura Resnick) have nearly identical prose styles: self-depreciating first-person female.
Next Book: Frances Hardinge, Fly by Night
Luna (2005) ISBN: 0-373-80236-6
Score: 2
Start of a high fantasy series about a young woman from the slums with unique magic powers. She's not quite a Mary Sue: while she does get away with breaking a lot of laws and rules, she also gets beat up a lot, isn't shown to be very bright, and no one has anything good to say about her appearance. It's structured mainly as a mystery but a lot of information is concealed from the reader (and the heroine), and there were a bunch of tiny inconsistencies that bugged me. Reading this, I realised that all the Luna books I've read (C.E. Murphy, Laura Anne Gilman, and Laura Resnick) have nearly identical prose styles: self-depreciating first-person female.
Next Book: Frances Hardinge, Fly by Night