Fox's bride is the second story to take place in the lands of Loam. (If you haven't, go and check out Brood of bones, the first such tale.)
These are not your typical fantasy yarns. In fact it seems that Mr. Marling intentionally tries to come up with something you've never seen before and it's so darn refreshing. No omnipotent heroes here - quite the opposite, in fact. There IS magic in the lands of Loam, but it serves small, practical uses and it's up to our protagonists to use them with intelligence.
We rejoin Elder enchantress Hiresha after the events of her first jaunt. Throughout Brood of bones, I felt that Hiresha was rude and arrogant to the common-folk who so admired her, though I did simultaneously sympathise with her too, laden as she is (or was?) with her layer upon layer of gowns in a hot desert country, plagued by the constant desire to sleep. In Fox's bride, she turns her silver tongue on more deserving people. Some of her one line retorts are fantastic. We learn that she is using her enchants for noble purposes, going so far as not taking credit for the healing she does for nobility. We get more of a feel for her relationship to the elderly and saucy maid Janny in this story and what felt like a maid-mistress relationship feels so much warmer here. Maid Janny is also hilarious and consistently pre-ocupied with looking at young men. We also go deeper into the relationship between Hiresha and Fosapam Chandur, something that toys with you so wonderfully in the closing chapters. The lord of the feast makes a return appearance too...
Without giving away the story, I'd recommend this book to just about anyone - Especially if you have a nice way to read it on a non-paper device. for 77p it's most certainly worth a look see.
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