![]() ![]() ![]() Novellas are, in my experience, the hardest length to get the balance right, but Tchaikovsky did it.īesides, I like stories that play with multi-POV ( cough), so the whole “sci-fi from one POV but fantasy from another” gimmick was exactly up my alley. There’s just enough story and worldbuilding so it doesn’t feel crammed in or stretched out in any way. The two POVs intertwine and contrast each other perfectly, and there is nothing extraneous, but at the same time, it avoids the common pitfalls of most novellas. Since this is my most common complaint lately, the plot structure was masterful. ![]() Except the wizard, Nyr, isn’t a wizard at all, but an anthropologist, the last of a technologically advanced civilisation. When a strange monster threatens the land, and nobody seems to want to do anything to help, she goes out to seek the wizard who made a promise to her grandmother. ![]() Lynesse is the fourth daughter of the queen. And after a long string of sub-par reads, a book that actually lived up to its promise was more than welcome. I knew I needed this pretty much as soon as I heard what was it about, doubly so when I saw the cover. ![]()
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