This week has been long. Finals are looming. And on top of that, our second snow coincided with All The Events. Too much. So, it was a great surprise and joy to come home this afternoon to a package filled with beautifully wrapped gifts from melanir. (I thought the gift wrapping from Amazon was too gorgeous not to post). Inside, I found two very exciting books: I’ve been wanting to read Amitav Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies for a long time, as it’s a premiere Anglophone […]
A marriage of convenience story done right
4.5 stars Ildiko is a human woman, the less than favoured niece of the Gauri king. To cement an important political alliance she’s been promised in marriage to Prince Brishen of Bast-Haradis, a Kai warrior and the younger son to the ruthless ruling couple. Humans and Kai, for all that they share similar anatomical traits are very different, both in looks and cultural values. The Kai have black, unreadable eyes, sharp features, grey skin, long claws and a mouth full of sharp fangs and are […]