Friday, July 27, 2007

The Serpent and the Rose by Kathleen Bryan


This fantasy wasn't as good as The Name of the Wind or The Silver Ship and the Sea. Since I read those recently, I couldn't help comparing the three books. This one is medieval (kind of) and the princess has been with the nuns learning magic. A farmer boy has great magic but his mother wants him to stay on the farm. The two eventually meet and discover that together they have great power. They are attracted to each other, too, but won't do anything about it because society has no. She is a princess. He is godborn and lowly. This is the first of a series, so it doesn't really end. I'm not necessarily drawn to read book 2. So I won't.

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