April Book Update
The last five books I read in 2024 **** 1. Kushiel’s Justice Imriel is in love with his cousin* Sidonie. This is a problem – not romantically as Terre D’Ange is the realm of Elua whose precept is Love As Thou Wilt . It’s political; Sidonie is the Dauphine, the heir to the throne and Imriel the son of the greatest traitor to the realm. Imriel wants to do the right thing, to do his duty. His duty is to marry Dorelei mab Breiada, the niece of Sidonie’s father Drustan, the Cruarch of Alba (Fantasy England, or perhaps Pictland, Celtland, to Terre D’Ange’s Fantasy France). Because of the matrilineal nature of inheritance there, Dorelei’s sons will be heirs to Talorcan, Drustan’s nephew and heir. With this, and the marriage of Drustan’s other daughter Alais to Talorcan, the links between the kingdoms will continue for another generation. Alais and Imriel are tutored in Alban lore (and law); the four peoples and their history. It turns out there is a secret fifth people the Maghuin Dhonn...
