alobear | Summers at Castle Auburn review

Summers at Castle Auburn epitomises what I have come to expect from Sharon Shinn - a richly detailed otherworldly society, and a plot that is part romance and part politics. This one is a bit fractured, since it deals mostly with only three months of each year, sometimes with years missed out. Also, the narrator starts out as a rather irritating fourteen-year-old girl, and I didn't sympathise with her much until she grew up a bit.

However, as always, it's well written with interesting characters and a satisfying conclusion. Also, as always, I figured out most of the plot early on and very little of it was surprising, but I still really enjoyed it.