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Loading... The Sharing Knife: Beguilement (2006)by Lois McMaster Bujold
This is one of those books that I've owned for forever, but for one reason or another never picked up. So glad I finally got to it! It's a fantasy world filled with its own share of dangers, but the tone of the book is decidedly romantic. While I wouldn't directly compare this series to Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books, I do think that readers of one would probably enjoy the other. The next book on my TBR is sitting at the library on the hold shelf, so in the meantime I plan on reading book two of this series. That way I can donate the pair of them to some lucky reader when I'm finished. (  ) librarymeg | Apr 6, 2013 |  Solid. ( ) JenneB | Apr 2, 2013 | This book was really fluffy, but I liked the evocation of nineteenth-century America in the guise of a fantasy/romance novel. Note: this book, at least, is definitely more romance than fantasy, but it's amazingly well-written romance, so you will have no complaints from me. I will probably even read the rest of the series.... (  ) raschneid | Mar 31, 2013 | I love Bujold's work, I really do, and I was extremely disappointed in this book. I think the worst part of it is an unrealistic, but more importantly - uninteresting, romance between the two bad main characters. The female main character is uninteresting and boring, I want to find the male main character interesting but he falls terribly flat as well. In this novel, Bujold establishes an interesting world with a lot of background potential, and it's a shame that the story she chose to tell in this interesting world is just plain bad. (  ) suzemo | Mar 31, 2013 | I love Bujold's work, I really do, and I was extremely disappointed in this book. I think the worst part of it is an unrealistic, but more importantly - uninteresting, romance between the two bad main characters. The female main character is uninteresting and boring, I want to find the male main character interesting but he falls terribly flat as well. In this novel, Bujold establishes an interesting world with a lot of background potential, and it's a shame that the story she chose to tell in this interesting world is just plain bad. ( ) suzemo | Mar 31, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061139076, Mass Market Paperback)Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family’s farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier–sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the "malices," immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike. It is Dag—a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities—who must come to Fawn’s aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost—unexpectedly binding their fates as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership . . . and perhaps even love. (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:49:12 -0400) Young Fawn Bluefield has fled her family's farm hoping to find work in the city of Glassforge. Uncertain about her future and the troubles she carries, Fawn stops for a drink of water at a roadside inn, where she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, enigmatic soldier-sorcerers from the woodland culture to the north. Fawn knows the stories about the Lake-walkers: they are necromancers; they practice black sorcery; they have no permanent homes and own only the clothes they wear and the weapons - mysterious knives made of human bone - they carry. What she does not know is that the Lakewalkers, as a whole, are engaged in a perilous campaign against inhuman and immortal magical entities known as "malices," creatures that suck the life out of all they encounter, and turn men and animals into their minions. Dag is an older Lakewalker patroller who carries his past sorrows as heavily as his present responsibilities. When Fawn is kidnapped by the malice Dag's patrol is tracking, Dag races to rescue her. But in the ensuing struggle, it is not Dag but Fawn who kills the creature - at dire cost - and an uncanny accident befalls Dag's sharing knife, which unexpectedly binds their two fates together. And so now the misenchanted knife must be returned to the Lakewalkers. Together, Fawn and Dag set out on the long road back to his camp. But on the journey this unlikely pair will encounter danger and delight, prejudice and partnership, and maybe even love.… (more) |
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