G.A. Aiken's The Blacksmith Queen
This was a pretty fun book about a big badass blacksmith woman whose sister is prophecied to be queen after the old king dies and his sons all start killing each other for the crown—and now they’re after her family. Some of this is kind of formulaic, but there are a couple of interesting twists, lots of humor, amazing animal friends, a whole slew of warrior women with various skills, and centaurs! There is unfortunately also a lot of implied rape/mentions of rape, which, bleh. The romance is cute but perfunctory. I loved all the bickering siblings though. This was entertaining enough that I’ll probably read the sequel. B/B+.
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