The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I loved the voice of the narrator, the straightforward unapologetic fairy tale weave. I enjoyed the transformation of Sybel, how she loses her naïveté to the Eld version of the Great Game, and I mourn her loss of the magical world she left behind, but the beasts rescue her in the end.
Caveat: The story has begun to show its age, especially when Coren *slaps some sense* into Sybel. That’s straight out of a John Wayne western. LOL. Up until that point this was a solid 4-star story, but this error was regretful.