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The Singer of All Songs
by Kate Constable
Revisiting this old favourite was on whim, but a very good whim. I most certainly don't regret it. I also really enjoyed rereading this somewhat hidden gem. It's classic in its style of story - quest, mysterious stranger, naive girl, bad guy, and new friends along the way. But it's a nice classic in the sense that Calwyn is a fresh breath of air, Darrow is not and asshole but he's also got the hard edges of an worldly person, and the side characters are supportive in their own unique way. Constable's The Singer of All Songs fits seamlessly into an era of stories where there was a definite bad guy and your heroine is definitely not an anti-hero. She's a hero all round. Naive, but heroic.
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