Review: Lyrical and graceful
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2013
As I read this beautifully-written book, I kept wishing that it was available in audio form, because the language is so musical that I would love to hear it read aloud.  The story is emotionally complex and nuanced.  Descriptions of nature and of human feelings alike are delicately, yet powerfully, written. Presented with exactly the right evocative details, the reader is drawn into a setting that feels both immediate and alive.  When danger threatens, the reader feels it viscerally.  When more pleasant sensations are offered, the author's deft handling of both the sensual and the sensuous again draws the reader in.The mysterious Guy of Gisborne fascinates.  Seen through Ysabel's eyes, he effortlessly holds center stage in any scene where he is present, and in some where he isn't.  I alternated between reading this book quickly to find out what happens next, and reading slowly, for the pure pleasure of it.  I very much look forward to following Guy's and Ysabel's adventures in the next book.