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Loading... The Sharing Knife: Legacyby Lois McMaster Bujold
None.  maureene87 | Apr 4, 2013 |  I'm enjoying this series, but I wish Fawn didn't sound so much like Mal from Firefly. It's starting to bug me. (  ) JenneB | Apr 2, 2013 | The plot was slow and generally not super exciting, but as in the first volume, I really enjoyed this book's earthy, domestic atmosphere. This book celebrates the sights, scents, sounds, and everyday routines of traditional American life in a way that perfectly complements the magic system and the love story. There's something impressive about a series peppered with steamy sex scenes giving equal attention to other physical experiences - injuries and aches, fabric coarse and fine, cool water and hot summer days. The story may be lightweight but I really admire Bujold for writing genre fiction that's so mimetic, that describes the world as real people experience it and isn't just a shallow, saccharine entertainment. I'm not in a hurry to finish the series - there's not a whole lot of urgency, honestly - but I'm really glad I read these first two books and I wish more people would write American-inspired fantasy fiction. Oh, and on a sillier note, the matching book covers of the first two volumes? SO cute. ( ) raschneid | Mar 31, 2013 | The world reappeared! How nice! I still don't get the romance between Dag and Fawn. It just isn't comprehensible to me at all. Why are they in love again? Absolutely nothing in common! That being said, the world hidden in between the romance scenes is the part that gives it 2 stars. I rather like the direction the plot seems to be headed for the next book, so I'm rather torn. On one hand, I care not a whit for the main characters, but on the other the world is great and I'd love to see a bit more resolution there. I think this book and the previous would have worked a lot better as a single longish novel with a few of the scenes that don't seem to add much to either the plot or the characters edited out. Of course, if I get a say in how books get edited, I would ask that Fawn be older and less naive, so obviously I've no say at all. (  ) Melanti | Mar 30, 2013 | This was again about one-third fantasy and two-thirds romance novel, and I liked a third of it. It's very well done, for what it is. ( ) JeremyPreacher | Mar 30, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 006113905X, Hardcover)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. Having gained a hesitant acceptance from Fawn's family for their unlikely marriage, the couple hopes to find a similar reception among Dag's Lakewalker kin. But their arrival is met with prejudice and suspicion, setting many in the camp against them, including Dag's own mother and brother. A faction of Hickory Lake Camp, denying the literal bond between Dag and Fawn, woven in blood in the Lakewalker magical way, even goes so far as to threaten permanent exile for Dag. Before their fate as a couple is decided, however, Dag is called away by an unexpected—and viciously magical—malice attack on a neighboring hinterland threatening Lakewalkers and farmers both. What his patrol discovers there will not only change Dag and his new bride, but will call into question the uneasy relationship between their peoples—and may even offer a glimmer of hope for a less divided future. Filled with heroic deeds, wondrous magic, and rich, all-too-human characters, The Sharing Knife: Legacy is at once a gripping adventure and a poignant romance from one of the most imaginative and thoughtful writers in fantasy today. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:53:47 -0400) Bujold continues her Hugo Award-winning romantic fantasy series that began with "The Sharing Knife: Beguilement," a Book Sense Pick for November 2006. |
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