If you hate clunky short sentences, run away from C. J. Cherryh very, very fast. (Not that this will stop me from trying to make you read Cyteen for long.)
I read the Anne of Green Gables books as a kid, and liked them. I'll give The Blue Castle a shot the next time I'm at the library.
On the Mercedes Lackey front - tangenting back a bit - if she'd ever done a proper lifebond romance, where two people are stuck with each other and have to figure out why, it would have been a great story. A mystery and a romance! (She is a snotty young nobleman! He is a herald-trainee! By the end of the story, they discover a shared passion for ... I don't know, cheese - as well as how their partner inspires them to be a Better Person (tm).)
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Date: 2007-04-20 04:25 am (UTC)I read the Anne of Green Gables books as a kid, and liked them. I'll give The Blue Castle a shot the next time I'm at the library.
On the Mercedes Lackey front - tangenting back a bit - if she'd ever done a proper lifebond romance, where two people are stuck with each other and have to figure out why, it would have been a great story. A mystery and a romance! (She is a snotty young nobleman! He is a herald-trainee! By the end of the story, they discover a shared passion for ... I don't know, cheese - as well as how their partner inspires them to be a Better Person (tm).)