- Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (Feb 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671878689
- ISBN-13: 978-0671878689
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.5 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 109 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #771,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Izzy has happy memories from when she was very young, and her father had been one of the greatest Bards in the land. But that had been before she had been given over to a foster mother to live a life of poverty, hard work and misery. As Izzy looks forward 19 days to her freedom, a new ruler seizes the throne of her country. Now Izzy and her friend Giraud, the only surviving heir of an out-of-favor lord, are running for their lives. .
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Readable, but not Holly's best,
By A Customer
This review is from: Curse of the Black Heron (Mass Market Paperback)
This book felt rushed to me. Things fell into place too quickly, and not enough time was spent on character development. Holly's style shines through in places, though, so it's not a total waste.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to Bard's tale or Holly Lisle's normal standards,
By A Customer
This review is from: Curse of the Black Heron (Mass Market Paperback)
Isbetta is a misunderstood wench who, in classic fantasy mode, has to use her untrained bardic magic to fight evil and restore good. So far okay. Catch is that her character, not to mention the evil bad guys, are paper-thin and the plot is both silly and so convoluted as to be a pain. Worst of all, even the author gets seems to get bored, doing one of those "kill 'em all off/got married and lived happily ever after" endings. After sub-plot after sub-plot, some quite fun, we suddenly reach the climax. But instead of something worth of that word, we get a rather hurried thrown off three pages in which the author sings the bad guys to sleep and then burns the magic lute that helped win the day. I can only assume that Lisle, who has written some really good stuff, had an off few months.
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1.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not up to Bard's tale or Holly Lisle's normal standards,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Curse of the Black Heron (Mass Market Paperback)
Isbetta is a misunderstood wench who, in classic fantasy mode, has to use her untrained bardic magic to fight evil and restore good. So far okay. Catch is that her character, not to mention the evil bad guys, are paper-thin and the plot is both silly and so convoluted as to be a pain. Worst of all, even the author gets seems to get bored, doing one of those "kill 'em all off/got married and lived happily ever after" endings. After sub-plot after sub-plot, some quite fun, we suddenly reach the climax. But instead of something worth of that word, we get a rather hurried thrown off three pages in which the author sings the bad guys to sleep and then burns the magic lute that helped win the day. I can only assume that Lisle, who has written some really good stuff, had an off few months.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Readable, but not Holly's best,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Curse of the Black Heron (Mass Market Paperback)
This book felt rushed to me. Things fell into place too quickly, and not enough time was spent on character development. Holly's style shines through in places, though, so it's not a total waste.
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