This book was very interesting- I didn’t know anything about the book or the author when I got an eARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. (I think I requested it confusing the author for KJ Parker). This was a small scale fantasy novel with a sapphic romance between a clan leader’s daughter and the daughter of a rival clan leader who is a captive being raised alongside the other children of the clan. The magic was fascinating, but I never really felt the romance. When two characters get together as children and then hook up as young teens, it is very hard for me to take their “forever love”seriously. They’re still kids for goodness sake! I also had a hard time accepting that the narrator could forgive the other girl after the duel (I don’t want spoil things here so that’s all I’ll say). The structure of the ending was also very interesting. I wouldn’t say that I loved it, but I’m glad that I read it.
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