Janice Y. (jai) reviewed on 3/3/2007 + 310 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 9

All through the book I was marvelling at the world created by Wen Spencer. In a wild west culture, women outnumber men by something like 20 to 1. Groups of sisters will become wives to a single husband, who is protected and coddled away from society, and has domestic duties: cooking, cleaning and raising the children! The main character (Jerin Whistler) is one such male, who spends a lot of time blushing prettily (hah). His role is like that of a virgin bride in a historical romance, but much like historical romances with a plucky heroine, he is unusual as his family teaches their boys to read, write, ride, pick locks, and shoot (not common skills among the menfolk). One day while his mothers and elder sisters are out, and only the younger sisters are about to protect the men, a stranger stumbles onto their land, pursued by river trash. She is one of the princesses, and because his younger sister fends off the attackers and Jerin leaves the house to carry her unconscious form to safety, he soon gets noticed by the royal family. I enjoyed the world immensely and found it delightful how well thought out the society, matriarchy, laws of inheritence and male/female roles were.

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