false 3311421 90930 616342 0380781271 9780380781270 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176352983m/616342.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176352983s/616342.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/616342.Mage_Heart 3.59 32 Mage Heart'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.]]> 333390 3.70 71 5 1997 3 0 false Fri Jul 20 07:09:10 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 07:09:10 -0700 2007