![]() At the same time, the book is choppy and in some places cursory. Rawn remains a good stylist, and the three viewpoint characters are nicely distinct. The story purports to describe cultures with powerful females, but sees them through the eyes of three generations of men, who also seem to do pretty well for themselves. It’s placed in a faux Middle-Eastern setting that’s alternately nicely and awkwardly handled. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Diviner is a solo-author prequel to The Golden Key. Still, when I saw this book in a discount store, I picked it up, thinking “Hey, she hasn’t written the book I’m waiting for, but she’s still writing. I picked up her collaboration The Golden Key (with Kate Elliott and Jennifer Roberson), and didn’t think much of it. I picked up the first two books of the Exiles trilogy as soon as they came out, and have been waiting in frustration for The Captal’s Tower ever since (over 15 years now, in case you think I’m impatient). ![]() I devoured that thick book, the rest of that trilogy, and the successor Dragon Star trilogy. I encountered Melanie Rawn via her debut novel, Dragon Prince, and was thrilled to find her bringing fantasy romance to life as few but Mary Stewart and M.K. ![]()
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