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The Duke in His Castle: Slow build-up, big pay-off


July 13th, 2009

Vera Nazarian fantasy book reviews: Dreams of the Compass Rose, Lords of Rainbow, Salt of the Air, The Duke in His Castlefantasy book review Vera Nazarian The Duke in His CastleThe Duke in His Castle

The novella The Duke in His Castle starts out like a conventional fairy tale but it soon spirals into a plotty story with unexpected twists. Admittedly, the book didn’t hook me at first, especially with its rude protagonist (not quite the initial sympathetic hero but some readers will grow fond of him) and the bare-bones setting (everything takes places in a castle) but Vera Nazarian turns things around as the enigma surrounding our main character slowly unfolds. Read the rest.

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