The Charmed Sphere Catherine Asaro
I really enjoyed this book, most people think that Luna is going to be a fantasy book imprint that is really just romance novels wrapped in fantasy but in actual fact I found this book not to be the case. In fact I have read 'hard core' fantasy that is much much more romantic than this is. It is actually just an ordinary fantasy book really. But it is nice to see the break away from Sci-fi backgrounds that I find some fantasy novels get stuck into. Anyway enough of the promotion of the new Luna imprint and onto the actual book. I enjoyed it, simple as that I was reading Tower of Ravens and got sick of it after a couple of hours and picked up Charmed Sphere for a light read before bed and before I knew it it was 1.30 and I was starving, at that point I decided that sleep might be a good thing so I put the book down and eagerly started it up again the next day. So what is it about you might ask? Well Chime is a Shape-Mage and she is the strongest found in her generation so this means that she must marry the current heir to the throng, Prince Muller. But Muller doesn't want to be King, he has issues of his own and when Iris comes along, a stronger Mage than Chime and a new player to the throne enters the picture things become a little hectic. Not to mention that Varquelle, King of a neighbouring country wants the throne to him self in a first step to create an Empire but also he has Anvil a very strong Mage himself who twists others gifts. It's fun and exciting and yes of course a little romantic but somewhat less than Goodkind or even Eddings romance. Give it a go, you might just be suprised.