Reviews

This is the story of how Varzil the Good and the Compact came to be. It's also Hawkmistress Romily's story from another point of view. It's a little too long, like DJR novels of Darkover tend to be, but it's fine. I was genuinely happy for Carlo when he rode back into Thendara with his army.

Rosa, her mother, and abuela Mimi are doomed to love men who die at sea. Mom and Mimi anyway. We don't know about Rosa yet, but when she meets a boy with a boat, the town is concerned. The book is marketed as a Gilmore Girls-alike, and the small townishness, along with the brainy kid with the kooky mom are similar. The grandma is no Emily Gilmore, though; she's a bruja, and the one with the regular relationship with Rosa.