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Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favourite authors, and I’ve been hoarding her remaining books because I don’t really want to get to a point where I have no more new Bujold books to read. I succumbed to THE SPIRIT RING this week, though.

THE SPIRIT RING is a pretty straightfoward fantasy story set in Renaissance Italy. Fiametta’s life shatters when she and her mage/artisan father are caught up in the squabbles between two dukedoms, and now she has to find a way to free her town from the invading duke before he is able to use black magic (using her father) to cement his hold on it.

As always with Bujold, the characters have complex emotions and pretty much leap off the page. Fiametta is sad and very scared, but she’s also somewhat relieved by having to fend for herself, having constantly been judged as less capable because of her gender. She’s determined and stubborn, but realistic – she knows exactly how powerless she is as a multiracial woman without a protector. I liked that her story was told in a way that seemed historically accurate to the options that she would have in that time, but it did so without making Fiametta seem any less capable.

Fiametta’s father is another great character; he’s a true Renaissance man – master craftsman and amateur scientist (but with magic), flamboyant and selfish, definitely not the best father, but still very proud of his daughter. Every character in this book is just a person (another thing I love about all of Bujold’s work!), even the occupying “evil” duke and his black-magic using assistant are just people with their own hopes and dreams (albeit ones that are not good for the rest of society), and like most people, they’re usually pretty amiable when their life isn’t being affected directly.

Bujold is great at subtle romances – usually her characters just recognize a similar kind of competence in each other, and at some point realize that they should just join forces. THE SPIRIT RING does this, but with a healthy addition of Fiametta and Thur’s teenage hormones. Thur is fantastic, and his down to earth practicality matches Fiametta’s temperament very well. I’d love to read a book set a couple of decades later to see how they’ve grown together.


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The Spirit Ring Lois McMaster Bujold 9780671578701 Books Reviews

Having a revolution in the opening chapters makes the action non-stop, especially since women are not supposed to do sorcery (magic). But it gets even better when Filomina's first spell, a true-love ring, gets the "wrong" man. You'll want to see how it ends, because it does unexpected things to get there.
Bujold has created a very readable fable of her own with sly humor and a good deal of scholarly work. The characters are well developed and keep "growing" as the story keeps picking up Norse legend and other references. It is really fun to keep running into glancing references to Wagnerian "Ring Cycle" images. Our hero is named Thur and his favorite weapon is a hammer.........and away we go!
I love all of Bujold's work. Her stories are rich with detail, take turns around interesting corners, and avoid all the common tropes. In Spirit Ring a young woman, Fiametta, with a talent for magic escapes the city with her father, only to have the bad guys overtake and separate them. Fiametta shows courage, strength, and persistence in her desperate attempts to save her father. The book is a joy to read in paper or on . Jessica Almasy does a fabulous job bringing Fiametta and the people around her to life.
I love Lois McMaster Bujold. Her fantasy novels are humane and intelligent and her world building is exceptional. That said, I found this one to be a little less authentic than her other novels. Don't get me wrong. A bad L.MM.B book is still better than 95% of the fantasy novels out there. She writes women as people and when she does romance she does it as a genuine connecting between two people who learn each other before falling into each other's arms. There is no swooning, thank god. But I have to say that if you are considering her fantasy novels just go straight to the Chalion trilogy. It kicks ass on so many levels with authentic characters and heart breaking romance and hair raising adventure all rolled up into three amazing books.
First if Lois McMaster Bujold Wrote it, almost certainly will be good. Second, The 'Spirit Ring' is a very good read. "Full of Surprises" is a huge understatement. The characters get into so many unexpected situations that one wonders how in the heck they can EVER ever survive to GET OUT!! Truth to tell, I was almost worn out trying to guess what would happen next -- as compared to what I WANTED to happen next -- which, of course, never happened.

In summary, it is an exciting and interesting book -- and has a very happy ending -- which you also will not expect -- at least not quite the way you EXPECT!

BHS
A great setting, based on Renaissance Italy (favorite country, favorite period in history) but with magic entwined into daily life. The plucky hero and heroine are as different as night and day yet magic and circumstances throw them together and give them a great shake. The heroine is driven by her ability, the hero is driven by love and by an innate sense of right and wrong. A really nasty villain whose comeuppance is very satisfying. All in all, a fun tale well told.
Very different, very fun, very entertaining ... especially if you like Lois Bujold's work. Here you have a typically meticulously researched setting, typically well fleshed-out characters (with a few notable exceptions; I feel like this plot was a bit overstuffed) and a typically egalitarian love story/relationship in a time period and society where it is hinted that such relationships are rare. The relationship feels a little rushed toward the end, but it pretty much works, since we've come to know what generally good kids are involved. In fact, the whole thing rather surges to a somewhat hurried conclusion, but it hangs together like a talented apprentice's spell.
Lois McMaster Bujold is one of my favourite authors, and I’ve been hoarding her remaining books because I don’t really want to get to a point where I have no more new Bujold books to read. I succumbed to THE SPIRIT RING this week, though.

THE SPIRIT RING is a pretty straightfoward fantasy story set in Renaissance Italy. Fiametta’s life shatters when she and her mage/artisan father are caught up in the squabbles between two dukedoms, and now she has to find a way to free her town from the invading duke before he is able to use black magic (using her father) to cement his hold on it.

As always with Bujold, the characters have complex emotions and pretty much leap off the page. Fiametta is sad and very scared, but she’s also somewhat relieved by having to fend for herself, having constantly been judged as less capable because of her gender. She’s determined and stubborn, but realistic – she knows exactly how powerless she is as a multiracial woman without a protector. I liked that her story was told in a way that seemed historically accurate to the options that she would have in that time, but it did so without making Fiametta seem any less capable.

Fiametta’s father is another great character; he’s a true Renaissance man – master craftsman and amateur scientist (but with magic), flamboyant and selfish, definitely not the best father, but still very proud of his daughter. Every character in this book is just a person (another thing I love about all of Bujold’s work!), even the occupying “evil” duke and his black-magic using assistant are just people with their own hopes and dreams (albeit ones that are not good for the rest of society), and like most people, they’re usually pretty amiable when their life isn’t being affected directly.

Bujold is great at subtle romances – usually her characters just recognize a similar kind of competence in each other, and at some point realize that they should just join forces. THE SPIRIT RING does this, but with a healthy addition of Fiametta and Thur’s teenage hormones. Thur is fantastic, and his down to earth practicality matches Fiametta’s temperament very well. I’d love to read a book set a couple of decades later to see how they’ve grown together.