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Still in these pages. A lot of palace politics. I am invested in the characters, always Kay's strong suite. I've had an harder time with the maps. Thankfully there is a few in the opening pages. I don't really see the early Spain connection but the small kingdoms rings so true.

My fourth Mandel. This a backlist found at a library sale. Early writing and I can see the development of this author, particularly her style of putting a story on paper. Finally discovered who this way of telling a story reminds me of Joan Silber. Both pivot around an event, revealing background and characters without clarifying the event and its importance. A type of mystery without deaths

Boy meets boy at a Paris bar and they move in together for a short while. Great writing here but the story at this juncture is rather predictable. Only halfway through the print so perhaps surprises are to come.

I could not wait any longer