2020 book 103

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Song of Sorcery
I’m still very much in the mood for gentle fantasy books, and this one obliged. It’s about a young woman, a hearthwitch, who finds out her sister has run away from her husband with another man*, and goes off to find her, accompanied by the minstrel who unwittingly brought the news. Magical adventures ensue, and there are awesome unicorns and dragons and CATS to be found. I really liked the world-building here, and the protagonist's magic is fun. My only problem with this book is where is * comes in; this book was published in 1982 and said man is a “Gypsy” and there is a lot about his family and their camp that doesn’t play well to modern readers (the words “flashing-eyed” are used, it’s honestly embarrassing). So I’ll downgrade this to an B+ due to 1980s racist stereotyping and slurs.