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Rosemary Edghill, The Bowl of Night
Forge (1996) ISBN: 0-312-86768-9
Score: 2.5
Third (and probably last) Bast book. A rabid anti-pagan is ritualistically murdered at a pagan festival. The mystery part was a bit weak (the only person with a motive didn't have the means) and Bast spends most of the book deliberately not thinking about crucial things. I still really like her though, despite (or maybe because of) how distant and emotionless she appears. This book really drives home how alone she is, even when surrounded by her closest friends.
Hrm... in the last two books I read, the heroine was actively against having a romantic subplot (with good reasons), and the book I'm most likely to read next (Undead and Unappreciated) will probably continue the trend. Any suggestions to provide contrast? Thud! or Gate of Gods would be perfect except for having to wait 3/4 months for them to be published. What's the romance like in Stross's Family Trade?
Forge (1996) ISBN: 0-312-86768-9
Score: 2.5
Third (and probably last) Bast book. A rabid anti-pagan is ritualistically murdered at a pagan festival. The mystery part was a bit weak (the only person with a motive didn't have the means) and Bast spends most of the book deliberately not thinking about crucial things. I still really like her though, despite (or maybe because of) how distant and emotionless she appears. This book really drives home how alone she is, even when surrounded by her closest friends.
Hrm... in the last two books I read, the heroine was actively against having a romantic subplot (with good reasons), and the book I'm most likely to read next (Undead and Unappreciated) will probably continue the trend. Any suggestions to provide contrast? Thud! or Gate of Gods would be perfect except for having to wait 3/4 months for them to be published. What's the romance like in Stross's Family Trade?
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I'm trying to think of anything I've read recently that has a notably good romance -- oh, I expect you read Sharon Shinn's Summers at Castle Auburn ages ago?
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I'm trying to think of anything I've read recently that has a notably good romance
I don't need a good romance (though I'd like to avoid the other extreme such as "Isn't it so Wonderful that we're so totally Obsessed with each other that we don't notice the irony that it's my job to investigate sex related murders?"). I just want a protagonist who is comfortable with and reasonable about their romantic subplot. Okay, I guess I do want a good romance. But it doesn't have to be the primary focus of the book.
I haven't read any Shinn yet; is that a good starting point?
Do the other 5 people reading this have any suggestions?