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| | The SF Site Featured Review: Firethorn |
 | | Firethorn is Sarah Micklem's first novel, and certainly her imaginary world is well developed and well researched, the characterization of the main players thorough, the writing fluid and the tone and vocabulary appropriate to the genre. |
 | | Certainly the developing but difficult romance between Firethorn and Sire Galan is well handled, showing, realistically, that relationships are not all about lust, nor are such relationships an endless time of wine and roses, but bear their lot of disappointments, disagreements and issues of trust, and loyalty. |
 | | The book is realistic to the times and society (mediæval feudal) it portrays, and well detailed with respect to the state of advancement of medicine -- a combination of herbal lore and faith healing, and with respect to the superstitious belief in a pantheon of gods and avatars of the author's creation. |
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