I liked Magician's Ward better than Mairelon the Magician, not vastly so but enough to be noticeable. I suspect that the style of story had a lot to do with it as manor house mysteries, while usually better for me than other types of mysteries*, aren't something I'm of which I'm dreadfully fond.
*My preference in mysteries usually involves stories set in theaters or libraries or places I know really well or historical mysteries set in periods about which I know almost nothing. I definitely tilt toward humorous mysteries when I read them at all.
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Date: 2008-11-13 12:47 pm (UTC)*My preference in mysteries usually involves stories set in theaters or libraries or places I know really well or historical mysteries set in periods about which I know almost nothing. I definitely tilt toward humorous mysteries when I read them at all.