Janice - reviewed on 11/12/2016 + 647 more book reviews

Good read. Unlike some reviewers, I didn't have a problem with the medieval terms, as most were explained by context, and the legal stuff was supposed to be complicated and confusing to moderns. Having the map helped quite a bit also. But I can see where a bit of introduction could be useful to people not very familiar with medieval life. I liked that it was set in Scotland rather than England, for a change. I didn't trouble my brain about the whodunnit part, because for me stories are all about the characters' journey, not the eventual destination, which is almost irrelevant. My only quibble would be that Gil and Alys seemed to have rather modern attitudes in some respects -- but I can't say they couldn't have existed either. I would recommend it for people who enjoy historical fiction.

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