The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip

[meganbmoore]

 The hero is the bookish, scatterbrained prince. The heroine is the fae queen’s mute, amnesiac daughter who is a scullery maid in the palace. The powerful mage wants humanity to leave him alone and has gone to the wolves. Literally. The fae queen just wants her husband and daughter back. The very sensible king spends half the book trying to pull his brother’s bacon out of the fire. Half the action takes place in the palace kitchen, and cooking pots are used as scrying bowls. There’s a book that, not only can no one figure out how to read, but also has entire worlds inside it.

The Book of Atrix Wolfe has everything needed to make me love it, and was a very, very nice read. The problem is that I didn’t really retain it. Words went in one ear and out the other, and left a very nice feeling behind, but not a lot of detail. I liked it, and I liked reading it, and if I reread it, I’m sure I’ll like it again, but I feel like it would almost feel like reading it for the first time if I did. A good read that leaves a pleasant feeling, but not a lot of impact.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

A lot of authors get like that, I think. It could just be too much of a "Well trod path" for her.