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The Archer's Heart
Feb. 15th, 2010 12:43 amBook Rec: The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara
Another fantasy novel by the publishers Blind Eye Books, this one just as wonderful as Wicked Gentlemen. You know how sometimes an author begins with fully developed and likable characters and situations and you just think...well, where can she possibly go from here? The Archer's Heart isn't like that at all. Amara begins with delicious and likable characters, sure, but the novel is full of their development, often from boys to men, or in the case of Jandu Paran (my favorite), from someone I just couldn't see being a real leader to a man who would be the best. I think the changes that Jandu and Keshan Adaru want to make to Marhavad (read: founding myth of India) are going to be difficult to implement, and people will probably not like them at first. But the experience that both the men have been through, including basically being Jagora themselves, will lend them wisdom. Let's hope that they can both stay the hell away from dice.
Another fantasy novel by the publishers Blind Eye Books, this one just as wonderful as Wicked Gentlemen. You know how sometimes an author begins with fully developed and likable characters and situations and you just think...well, where can she possibly go from here? The Archer's Heart isn't like that at all. Amara begins with delicious and likable characters, sure, but the novel is full of their development, often from boys to men, or in the case of Jandu Paran (my favorite), from someone I just couldn't see being a real leader to a man who would be the best. I think the changes that Jandu and Keshan Adaru want to make to Marhavad (read: founding myth of India) are going to be difficult to implement, and people will probably not like them at first. But the experience that both the men have been through, including basically being Jagora themselves, will lend them wisdom. Let's hope that they can both stay the hell away from dice.
