Alexis T. (Kyrissaean) reviewed on + 164 more book reviews
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Romantic Times Award Winner - Best Fantasy Novel, 2003
Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 2004
Nebula Award Winner, Best Novel, 2004
So naturally, this is my least favorite book in the series. It's wonderful, but the other two sang a bit more strongly. I swear these awards are like the Oscars, where you really win because you should have won before! Still very good, but it's just longer then it needed to be -- a little tightening up would have made this very good book even better.
Anyway this is the second book in the Chalion series, although this series is not all one long story -- each book has it's own stand-alone plot set in the same world. This novel sees a small side character introduced in The Curse of Chalion setting off as the main character of her own adventure. And not just anybody -- the murderous, insane dowager queen! I love that about Bujold -- it's not all about the youth on the brink of adulthood over and over again.
I would recommend reading The Curse of Chalion first since it introduces the setting and Ista's background, but it actually doesn't matter if you read this book or The Hallowed Hunt next -- they have no overlapping storyline at all, just similar settings.
Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 2004
Nebula Award Winner, Best Novel, 2004
So naturally, this is my least favorite book in the series. It's wonderful, but the other two sang a bit more strongly. I swear these awards are like the Oscars, where you really win because you should have won before! Still very good, but it's just longer then it needed to be -- a little tightening up would have made this very good book even better.
Anyway this is the second book in the Chalion series, although this series is not all one long story -- each book has it's own stand-alone plot set in the same world. This novel sees a small side character introduced in The Curse of Chalion setting off as the main character of her own adventure. And not just anybody -- the murderous, insane dowager queen! I love that about Bujold -- it's not all about the youth on the brink of adulthood over and over again.
I would recommend reading The Curse of Chalion first since it introduces the setting and Ista's background, but it actually doesn't matter if you read this book or The Hallowed Hunt next -- they have no overlapping storyline at all, just similar settings.
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