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  • The Curse of Chalion

    The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

    The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold is $1.99! Ms Bookjunkie on Twitter said it’s one of her favorite fantasy books. Some readers felt their interest in the main character waned, but overall, they enjoyed the plot. It has a 4.1-star rating on Goodreads.

    A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril returns to the noble household he once served as page and is named secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule. It is an assignment Cazaril dreads, for it must ultimately lead him to the place he most fears: the royal court of Cardegoss, where the powerful enemies who once placed him in chains now occupy lofty positions.

    But it is more than the traitorous intrigues of villains that threaten Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle here, for a sinister curse hangs like a sword over the entire blighted House of Chalion. And only by employing the darkest, most forbidden of magics can Cazaril hope to protect his royal charge — an act that will mark him as a tool of the miraculous . . . and trap him in a lethal maze of demonic paradox.

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  • Crystal Singer

    Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey

    Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey is $2.99! This is one of the books Sassy Outwater mentioned on episode 200 of our podcast where we talked about what books made us romance readers. Some people feel that the book is a bit dated from when they first read it, while many loved the creativity McCaffrey has when building fantasy settings.

    Her name was Killashandra Ree. And after ten grueling years of musical training, she was still without prospects. Until she heard of the mysterious Heptite Guild who could provide careers, security, and wealth beyond imagining. The problem was, few people who landed on Ballybran ever left. But to Killashandra the risks were acceptable…

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  • Spider’s Bite

    Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep

    Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep is $2.99! If you like urban fantasy series featuring supreme asskicking on the part of the heroine, you’d like this one: Gin Blanco is an assassin who wields supernatural powers. And while some readers said the first book can be hard to get into, they say the the following books only get better. This is book 1 in the Elemental Assassin series, and it has a 3.8-star average.

    “My name is Gin, and I kill people.”

    My name is Gin Blanco. They call me the Spider—the most feared assassin in the South (and a part-time cook at the Pork Pit BBQ joint.) As a Stone elemental, I can hear the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet and feel the vibrations of the soaring mountains above me, though I don’t use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.

    After a ruthless Air elemental double-crossed me and killed my handler, I’m out for revenge. And I’ll exterminate anyone who gets in my way. I may look hot in a miniskirt, but I’m still one of the bad guys. Which is why I’m in trouble when irresistibly rugged Detective Donovan Caine agrees to help. The last thing a coldhearted killer needs when she’s battling a magic more powerful than her own is a sexy distraction… especially when he wants her dead just as much as the enemy.

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  • Oath of Fealty

    Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon

    Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon is $2.99! This fantasy novel is the first book in a new series. Readers say it’s set in the same world as a previous series, but years later and that it can be read without any previous knowledge. But of course, readers familiar with Moon’s work will have a richer reader experience. Have you read anything by her?

    For the first time in nearly twenty years, Elizabeth Moon returns to the thrilling realm of her superb Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy.

    Thanks to Paks’s courage, the long-vanished heir to the half-elven kingdom of Lyonya has been revealed as Kieri Phelan, a formidable mercenary who earned a title—and enemies—in the neighboring kingdom of Tsaia, where Prince Mikeli suddenly faces the threat of a coup. Acting swiftly, Mikeli strikes at the powerful family behind the attack: the Verrakaien, magelords steeped in death and evil. Mikeli’s survival—and that of Tsaia—depend on the only Verrakai whose magery is not tainted with innocent blood. Two kings stand at a pivotal point in the history of their worlds. For dark forces are gathering against them, knit in a secret conspiracy more sinister and far more ancient than they can imagine.

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  1. Heather Greye says:

    Teenage Me really enjoyed Crystal Singer and the sequels. I mean, wanted to name a future child Killashabdra, never mind how much therapy said child would probably need. I don’t know how it holds up today…I should check it out.

    I don’t know anything about the Elizabeth Moon book on sale, but since it’s set in the world of Deed of Paksenarrion, let me just say I HATED that book with a fiery passion. Enough to completely avoid the new one. But, obviously, that’s just me making blanket statements … your mileage may vary.

  2. Barb in Maryland says:

    ‘The Curse of Chalion’ is one of the books I own multiple copies of, in multiple formats, just in case some disaster strikes and I can’t get my hands on a copy. The characters are wonderful (Cazaril is a favorite of mine), the action and court politics are great and the theology actually makes sense. I gave it 5 stars on Goodreads.

    Elizabeth Moon’s ‘Oath of Fealty’ is also very good. It is the first of 5 connected books. It does not have a cliffhanger ending; you just know that there is more story to follow. The author does very good women characters. And she does not romanticize the warfare aspects of the story. Moon is once of my auto-read authors in both fantasy and SF/space opera.

  3. Barb in Maryland says:

    Gah! one of my auto-read authors…
    I must learn to type or proofread (or both)

  4. Sukari says:

    I read The Curse of Chalion because I was looking to try the Vorkosigan Saga and my library didn’t have any, but did have this book by Bujold (or is McMaster Bujold correct?). It started slow but I ended up loving it. It’s one of those books where it pays off to stick with it!

  5. Barb in Maryland says:

    @ Sukari
    re: Lois McMaster Bujold. McMaster is her maiden name, Bujold her married name. She is alphabetized as Bujold.

  6. Jazzlet says:

    Heather if it was Paks you didn’t like she isn’t in this series much.I adore Elizabeth Moon and loved Oath of Fealty, the five book series is now complete for those that don’t like to start a series without an end point in sight. Moon’s books are among my comfort reads, even in the worst of reading slumps I know I can pick them up and I’ll end up reading the whole of the series again. She also has a couple of space opera series, a book about an autistic young man (her son is autistic) and a book ‘Remnant Population’ whose protagonist is an old woman. There are romantic elements in the space operas.

    I too loved Killashandra back when I read them, but haven’t reread in years. I do remember that the third in the the trilology has a disjointed feeling because of what has happened to the heroine, well done I thought when I read it. Killashandra can be read as a stand alone.

  7. Heather Greye says:

    Jazzlet- thanks. It was actually what Moon did to Paks in the 3rd (?) book. She completely lost me as a reader. I read her space opera, because she co-wrote with McCaffrey, iirc. I glommed those and moved to Paks… and that was the end of our relationship. 😐

  8. cleo says:

    I read a lot of McCaffrey’s Pern books and a few others but not Crystal Singer. But I will add my general McCaffrey caveat which is that she was ahead of her time in how she wrote about women and sex but she can be way behind our times, so just be warned. Some of her books hold up better than others.

  9. GHN says:

    I can strongly recommend Oath of Fealty and the other books in that series. The Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy was OK, I guess (I certainly enjoyed it), but not as good, IMO as this series.
    As for Bujold, only one of her books have I disliked, and the Curse of Chalion is not that one. I think she is almost incapable of writing a bad book!
    As for McCaffrey, my reactions to her writings range from meh to bleh, these days at least. I adored her books in days gone by, certainly her Pern books were a revelation to teenage me. The Crystal Singer trilogy is (these days) in the meh range, so it’s among her better-liked books, for me at least.

  10. cbackson says:

    I loved Anne McCaffrey so much as a child that I wrote a fan letter to her, which included a drawing of a sparkly dragon and my own original musical setting of one of the songs from Dragonsong. She sent me back a wonderfully gracious letter that I have to this day.

    Crystal Singer I remember fairly well, but wasn’t enamored of. I read and loved the Pern books, particularly Dragonsong/Dragonsinger and the early dragonrider books. I’m not sure how they’d hold up to an adult reading – they are somewhat adult in content (i.e., there is sex, although it’s not graphic), but the writing level is somewhat less sophisticated.

  11. Susan says:

    @cbackson: I love that you sent that fan letter to McCaffrey. . . and that she reponded.

    I haven’t revisited Crystal Singer in decades, but remember enjoying it at the time. I don’t think I liked the subsequent books quite as much. For the sale price, I think I may take a trip down memory lane, tho.

    I may also try the Moon book (and maybe the others). I’ve only read the Vatta series, which was OK, but not great, for me.

  12. DonnaMarie says:

    I still have all my Anne MCCaffrey books. Dated, shmated I love them.
    Also, never pass up Elizbeth Moon.

  13. Chelle says:

    Jumping on the Anne McCaffrey bandwagon to say I loved ‘Restoree’. The Earth technology is WAY dated but the heroine is very ahead of her time. The book was originally published in the late 1960’s. I got my hands on a used copy in the 1980’s and didn’t recognize some of the tech. But the Heroine is strong and smart. Some of today’s books don’t have that.

  14. Jess says:

    I don’t know about the rest of the Elemental Assassin series, but Spider’s Bite made me SUPER ULTRA RAGEY from page one. The first chapter alone has some of the most egregiously disgusting ableist bullshit I’ve seen in YEARS. Any book that uses the term “insane asylum” literally in modern times automatically makes me twitchy, and then to blatantly state that some of the patients would be “better off dead”? Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.

    It’s a YMMV sort of book, but it really hit all of my bad buttons.

  15. If you get the Kindle edition of The Curse of Chalion, grab the whispersynced (and low-priced) Audible edition also. The narration in wonderful!

  16. Karen says:

    I love Curse of Chalion! And the other two books in the series too, Palladin of Souls and The Hallowed Hunt. They are all three go-to comfort re-reads for me. I wish Lois McMaster Bujold would write more novels set in the same world! I love the religion, it is absolutely fascinating to me. Weirdly, I tried reading some of the Vorkosigan books and just could not get into them.
    I also read and loved all the Paksenarrion books. @Heather Greye, I think I know what you’re referring to that happened to Paks, did you ever read the rest of the books? I was also very disturbed by what she put Paks through, but there is a positive resolution to it if you keep reading. Though I don’t have any personal trauma that might make it impossible to get past, so ymmv …

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