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#21: Robin McKinley, Chalice [JRI]
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kareilaRobin McKinley is an author I have loved since I read The Blue Sword when I was a pre-teen. Her heroines have a tendency to intuitively bumble their way into saving the day without exactly knowing what they're doing, and Chalice is no different.
This story is a bit gothic - although not as much as Sunshine, her full-on vampire story. Mirasol, a sort of druid, finds that her fate is entwined with that of the Master of her demesne, who was born human but became an acolyte of a religion that turned him into some sort of fire elemental with black skin and red eyes. He unexpectedly inherited the demesne upon his brother's death, and Mirasol has to figure out how their magics together can save their land in spite of the populace's prejudice against him.
This story is a bit gothic - although not as much as Sunshine, her full-on vampire story. Mirasol, a sort of druid, finds that her fate is entwined with that of the Master of her demesne, who was born human but became an acolyte of a religion that turned him into some sort of fire elemental with black skin and red eyes. He unexpectedly inherited the demesne upon his brother's death, and Mirasol has to figure out how their magics together can save their land in spite of the populace's prejudice against him.
