Anne Logston

I always loved this book and all the author's other stories. I wish she had written more books. Her characters are approachable and yet also wonderfully foreign. The land is just obscure enough to not be ours but also familiar enough to make it believable. I love her humor and her characterization.

I found the sequel an improvement on the first book - there's a bit more plot, a bit more worldbuilding, but it's still pretty isolated for long stretches. The main character (daughter) matures even more than the previous main character (mother), and the ending turned out to be fairly satisfying.

I really wanted to like this book because of Waterdance, but was pretty disappointed. I found the characters unlikable, for the most part, the plot pretty boring until all the pieces tied up together at the end, and the world, although artificial by design, wasn't compelling to me. Although the main characters start out naive and mature over time, I never cared enough about them to be invested in that arc.

I always loved this book and all the author's other stories. I wish she had written more books. Her characters are approachable and yet also wonderfully foreign. The land is just obscure enough to not be ours but also familiar enough to make it believable. I love her humor and her characterization.