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A review by stephenmeansme
Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
4.0
Everything I wanted OD MAGIC to be.
Seriously! You've got a restive princess, a school of magic, an old lady wizard, the discovery of strange magic...
Only this time McKillip brings the McKillip from page 1, so rather than reintroducing McKillippy magic into the world we get the fairy-tale aesthetic of THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD and the history-mixing-with-the-present of OMBRIA IN SHADOW. The character relationships are better, too, and while the climax pays off in a pretty expected way, the story was overall quite satisfying.
4 stars.
Seriously! You've got a restive princess, a school of magic, an old lady wizard, the discovery of strange magic...
Only this time McKillip brings the McKillip from page 1, so rather than reintroducing McKillippy magic into the world we get the fairy-tale aesthetic of THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD and the history-mixing-with-the-present of OMBRIA IN SHADOW. The character relationships are better, too, and while the climax pays off in a pretty expected way, the story was overall quite satisfying.
4 stars.