Victoria Goddard’s The Sisters Avramapul
This is actually three novellas/novelettes, but they’re each under 70 pages so I’m counting them as one book for tracking purposes. I’ve read the first two but the third is new, hence a reread.
In the first one, older sisters Arzu and Pali (the latter a major character from various other Goddard works) go on a quest to rescue their youngest sister from her ill-fated marriage to a Wind God. Great fairy-tale atmosphere, very Bluebeard.
This is a good read because I love Sardeet and Pali, but there isn’t a ton going on plot-wise. But those are some of my favorite Goddard stories—I like the way she writes families.
The Weaver of the Middle Desert
The third book finds Arzu and Pali once again going on a visit to their sister, but it’s a chiller trip this time (and involves a beanstalk!). Lots of humor and some mild adventure (other adventures are glossed over, a pity). I did like that this was more from Arzu's POV, since she’s not as present in the other series.
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