A review by verumsolum
High Deryni by Katherine Kurtz

4.0

I struggle to understand my reaction to these books. I have enjoyed them, and want to return to this world again, but when I try to imagine how I would describe the books, I don’t comprehend my reaction to them. I feel in a weird position where I can tell you that I definitely enjoyed them, despite the knights and swords stuff not usually being to my taste. This is also a very... churchy book, but in a way that felt comfortable to me, somebody who used to be very active in the church and now find myself struggling to know my place in it now, when so much of what I used to believe I don’t any longer.

So, while I enjoy these books, I think they speak most to parts of me that I don’t think are common among those who know me online in 2021. I think I might more readily recommend these books to some people I used to know than to those I know today.

All of that may be a long-winded way of saying: Trust your gut. If you think you’ll enjoy these books, try them. If parts of their descriptions leave you worried about how you’ll react, give them a pass.