I cry foul! I thought Bujold wrote sophisticated fantasies in interesting worlds (Hugo winner? Hello? ), but this one is strictly pedestrian, and I don't mean in an alternative transportation, heart-healthy way. We follow a pregnant farm girl who has left home with the half-formed intention of seeki...
I guess I expected epic fantasy, not fantasy romance. Not that I don't like that, it's just, there was a lot of talking and wondering and fluffiness. Now I sound horrid, I still enjoyed it all.There were a few things that bothered me though, Fawn is so short that she is mistaken for a child, Dag see...
I like it, but not as much as the Vorkosigan series. Despite sexual content that (probably) puts it into the adult category, it had the feel of a young adult novel. I didn't think to check the publication date....maybe it was an early work, before Bujold had fully developed her voice? At any rate, i...
**3.5 Stars**I really enjoyed this book, which turned out to be more of a story of two people from different cultures coming together. The fantasy elements were there but after a very exciting beginning, the story settled into each of them discovering the other and having to deal with 'Farmers' prej...
I loved the Midwest setting here--I didn't identify any particular geographic points, but the whole thing just rang true for me--and the characters as well. Their dilemma relationship-wise is a somewhat unusual one and I think Bujold handled it well. [Feb. 2011]
Like many novels, Bujold's Beguilement is multi-layered. On one level, it is a fantasy novel where Lakewalkers patrollers protect the lands from malice. On another, it's a romance novel where the veteran patroller, Dag, and a runaway farm girl, Fawn Bluefield, meet under life-threatening circumstanc...
Ms. Bujold begins this new series with a terrific bang, and introduces a new world to us, set in a place that is vaguely like our own American Midwest. Dag is older, and a Lakewalker, a race of sorcerers that lead nomadic lives, and oh boy, does he have some emotional baggage to carry about. Fawn is...
This is more of a 4.75. Mainly because I felt the book changed so much from beginning to end.When we first meet Fawn and Dag the story seems like one of action and war. It's brutal and they both have to fight for their lives, saving each other in the process. It evolves into a rather simple, but ...
I have found this series and Bujold's story telling to be a warm blanket that keeps me warm without making me too hot! She weaves a tale of innocence, love, trust, power in learning and just down right good ole fashioned good triumphing over evil. She speaks the story of how ignorance causes most ...
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