A review by aprillen
Point of Hopes by Lisa A. Barnett, Melissa Scott

4.0

A kind of fantasy crime novel, set in a matrilinear world with apparent gender equality and totally accepted same-sex relationships. Despite this, the two (male) protagonists of the book do NOT get it together. Their growing relationship might be interpreted as attraction, but it's basically just friendship, which disappointed me. And the story was strangely lacking in major female protagonists, considering the apparent equality. Also, I'm not generally a fan of mysteries or police procedurals, which this was, despite being set in a world with magic and working astrology and two suns. So while this was well-written, and the world-building truly extraordinary, it felt just a bit too long for me, being not exactly my cup of tea. If fantasy and mysteries are your thing, it might be yours.

Also, I got my book from Smashwords, and the ebook formatting sucked, not to the point of being unreadable, but far from perfect. The editing left something to be desired, too.