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The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Sun Wolf and Starhawk, No. 1)
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The cover blurb is hilarious: “How sharper than a wizard’s spell is the wrath of a woman unmanned!”
It’s a nice little story, though, with strong feminist elements. Sun Wolf is a mercenary captain who is kidnapped by a group of women after he rejects their offer of employment. The women threaten him with death by torture if he doesn’t help them rescue their menfolk, who have been imprisoned by an evil wizard.
Starhawk is the mercenary who loves him, and she has her own set of adventures while trying to track him down.
Sun Wolf seems awfully genial with his captors, considering the death-by-torture threat, so I was glad that (view spoiler)
The romance didn’t really work for me; I felt no chemistry between our heroes, maybe because they’re separated for most of the book. Also there’s no explanation for why they are named “Sun Wolf” and “Starhawk” when nobody else has names like that. But I enjoyed the characters and the story, and I always like Hambly’s writing.
It’s a nice little story, though, with strong feminist elements. Sun Wolf is a mercenary captain who is kidnapped by a group of women after he rejects their offer of employment. The women threaten him with death by torture if he doesn’t help them rescue their menfolk, who have been imprisoned by an evil wizard.
Starhawk is the mercenary who loves him, and she has her own set of adventures while trying to track him down.
Sun Wolf seems awfully genial with his captors, considering the death-by-torture threat, so I was glad that (view spoiler)
The romance didn’t really work for me; I felt no chemistry between our heroes, maybe because they’re separated for most of the book. Also there’s no explanation for why they are named “Sun Wolf” and “Starhawk” when nobody else has names like that. But I enjoyed the characters and the story, and I always like Hambly’s writing.
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I'm reading the second book now, and they still feel more like friends than lovers.
Wasn't really a romance, was it? More of a partnership- perhaps a symbiosis? Hmmm, you make me want to read it again!