Evah is a contact healer--she takes the damage and illness from those around her with a touch and cures them. But the damage remains on her body. She believes that no one will want her, but she still strives to care for those around her, hiding her appearance with loose robes and veils.
I think it's hard enough to be a healer without having to take the wounds and sickness into your own body. Such selflessness would be very rare, I think.
summary: Genea has used her hands and mind to knit flesh and bone, but when her heart breaks she has to leave active duty. Only the touch of Minas will bring her back to herself, but can she trust him to keep her heart safe while she struggles to control the power that surges back to life within her.
I would have given it 5 stars but it had one of my, if not the biggest, pet peeves for reading. At different times throughout the book, there were at least three character name changes, maybe more. Misspelling doesn’t bother me most of the time, except with names.
This was a quick fun read. I like the world building, the culture and the idea of the story.
Evah is the healer in the Wyoran village of Senatha. She has been there for months and though she was falsely lured there she will not shirk her duty or not use her gift of healing just because she was promised one thing and another was delivered. When a warrior is brought to her, her skills are pushed to the limit, as is her strength. This is what she attributes her attraction to the warrior to. But Rapal is equally attracted to the secretive healer and it will be interesting to see if he will pursue those attractions when he recovers.
Evah is a healer that takes on the pain or ailment of others and deals with the side effect. That is why her body is filled with scars and she wears a clothes that conceal them. Her selfless action is admirable that earned a star for me.