Doris Egan's The Gate of Ivory
So Egan wrote this SFF trilogy in the 90s before pivoting to life as a tv writer/producer, which honestly I find kind of a bummer because I liked this first volume a lot! It’s a fun mix of sci fi and fantasy, set on a planet where there’s magic (but no one knows why). Our heroine is a student who’s been stranded there after being robbed, whose recruited for a job by a prominent and mysterious sorcerer. Soon attempts have been made on her life, she’s hanging with his family and learning life lessons, and interesting adventure ensue. But this wasn’t really action packed, it’s more about her adapting to a new way of life, and figuring out a way forward when things get tough. Really great characters (and the romance is kind of on the backburner but I was here for it) and I’m psyched to see what they do next. A-.
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