false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176352983m/616342.jpg 616342 3 <B>Mage Heart</B>'s narrator is a young woman taught magery in a patriarchal culture which (of course) doesn't permit women to be mages. Routley's fantasy-Renaissance-and-magery plot questions our expectations of romance and fantasy stereotypes, and her portrayals of Dorian and the people around her---friend and foe alike---have more depth than many established writers'. The center of the story is Dorian's inner struggle to reconcile her experiences and her training, and the unified resolution of the action and Dorian's conflicts is satisfying. Like all first novels, this standalone has rough spots, but they're forgivable in such a good story. 602771 book 1997 Mage Heart total:32|5:7|4:11|3:10|2:3|1:1| 32 116 53 4 2 1 false false Thu Jul 19 17:45:58 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 17:45:58 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 17:45:58 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 01:46:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 01:49:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Oct 12 02:37:09 -0700 2008 Wed May 06 17:27:13 -0700 2009 8 0 0 false false Fri Aug 15 11:03:21 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 11:03:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 11:31:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 11:31:02 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 16:20:42 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 16:20:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 22:44:53 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 22:44:53 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 18:06:10 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 18:35:43 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 16:18:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 16:18:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:37:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 00:37:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 21:27:39 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 21:27:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 13:00:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:00:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 30 21:07:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 21:07:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 13:25:15 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:25:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 09 09:22:44 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:22:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 31 11:26:04 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:26:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 07:22:47 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 07:22:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 07:47:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 07:47:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 21:09:58 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 21:09:58 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 07:24:34 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 18:22:43 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 07:24:34 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=616342