![]() ![]() This book also diverges from most fantasy in that pretty much all of the protagonists are middle-aged or older. ![]() Their gender is never once an issue, and they’re just as awesome and fun to read about as the rest. I really loved how casual their inclusion is. On their quest to save Halla from her relatives, they also meet a gnole called Brindle and Zale, a nonbinary lawyer-priest. The romance develops slowly and naturally over the course of the book and while it didn’t have the elements I prefer, I thought it was very well done. Sarkis is your typical grumpy warrior type, but their dynamic is great. Halla, a Respectable Widow, has been underappreciated all her life, asks many questions, and often acts stupid to confuse people because “nobody kills stupid women” (depressing, perhaps, but…). What ensues is all sorts of fun adventures and witty banter. Planning to kill herself to escape them, she draws an old sword…and summons Sarkis who has been trapped inside. When her uncle dies and she inherits his estate, his relatives are not happy and lock her in her room, planning to marry her off to her cousin (with clammy hands). Unfortunately, it seemed that she was the sort of person who ran up the stairs to her bedchamber, grateful for the reprieve. Halla wanted to be the sort of person who yelled at her cousin and forced him to acknowledge that she had a choice in the matter. ![]()
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