Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 5/16/2018 + 1032 more book reviews

There are some books you read as a teen and they just don't hold up that well as an adult. Sadly this is one of them for me. The best character in this book is Ruth. Jaxom is something of a jerk, frankly - the whole bit playing lord of the manor, practically raping the village girl and then dropping her without a word grated on me in a way it didn't do back in the 70s. The feudal caste system here seems more unpleasant than not, nice if you're a lord I suppose. McCaffrey did create an interesting world though, and this book advances the story quite a ways. I know she continues the discovery subplot in other books, and I'll probably read them again too.

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