The Gossamer Mage by Julie E. Czerneda
I really wanted to like The Gossamer Mage (2019) by Julie E. Czerneda, because there is so much to like in it: the premise, the themes, the character cores. But more than usual, I felt the book was fighting me the whole way, so that while it always was in the realm of wholly enjoyable, something always got in the way of it reaching its full potential.
The story is set in the relatively small, isolated land of Tananen,
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Update: Yesterday was Independent Bookstore Day and I ordered the first two volumes of this.
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