From /tmp/sf.15692 Tue Mar 30 18:11:51 1993 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.reviews Path: lysator.liu.se!isy!liuida!sunic!uunet!enterpoop.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!nobody From: Sean Eric Fagan Subject: _Bones of the Past_, by Holly Lisle Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.arts.sf.written Sender: news@news.media.mit.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 15:38:36 GMT Approved: wex@media.mit.edu (Alan Wexelblat) Lines: 23 _Bones of the Past_ is a sequel to _Fires in the Mist_, Holly Lisle's first book. Her second book was a collaboration with Mercedes Lackey, called _When the Bough Breaks_, and was wonderful. _Fires_ was ... not really memorable. _Bones_ is the same. While reading it, I got the impression, quite a few times, that Lisle really is a *good* writer -- but her plots are boring. Which would explain why _Bough_ was so good, in that someone else came up with the plot, or at least helped her with it. I'm putting Holly Lisle on my "buy" list, but only tentatively. I sincerely hope she gets better at plotting, or does more collaborations. I'd give _Bones_ a +1 on a -5 to +5 scale. The writing was good, but the story really wasn't that interesting or well done. %A Holly Lisle %T _Bones of the Past_ %G ISBN 0-671-72160-7 %P 318pp %I Baen Fantasy