Sharon Shinn's Summers at Castle Auburn
Well, this was a perfectly charming, if more of the usual white European/heternormative sort of fantasy story, about a young girl--the illegitimate sister of the local prince's (legitimate) betrothed, who spends summers at the castle with her beloved sister. And all the local court intrigues. Shinn does a good job of showing her growing up from summer to summer, from an educated yet naive young girl to a more socially aware and astute young woman (primarily regarding a group of enslaved fairy-ish people). And I honestly wasn't sure how the romances were going to play out half the time. Solid writing and pacing and great characters--I will definitely be reading more by Shinn. A/A-.
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