The Curse of Chalion

The Curse of Chalion, Paladin of Souls, and Hallowed Hunt are a GREAT series. This first book starts out kind of slow, but if you stick with it I'm sure you won't regret it. The way Bujold created the spiritual world and how it interacts with magic and the story's characters is my favorite aspect of this series.

when i was younger, i was always confused by the moniker of "Adult Fantasy" (less used today, but more common decades ago). i assumed it meant Sexy Sextime and possibly Ultra-Violence, but that was never the case... what it ended up meaning to me was BORING, I Can't Finish This. well now that i am cl......more

Funny thing: halfway through this book I found myself thinking about what it is that makes Bujold's writing so distinctive in the world of science fiction and fantasy (she's another one of these writers who straddles both worlds), and it suddenly came to me that she was like Jane Austen, interested......more

The first time I read this, I was torn between my respect for Bujold and the slow burning plot of this first fantasy I had ever read by her. It didn't hurt that it was nominated for the Hugo, as she had been nominated over and over, winning several for her classic SF series, but I was like, "What? F......more

Antes de nada agradecer a nuestro estimado amigo y personalmente uno de mis maestros que me llevan por el buen camino lector lo que viene siendo de joya en joya. Muchas gracias, estimado Xabi1990. Y eso que está saga no es Vorkosigan, su obra maestra de CF, pero ya veis. Una excelente autora. Después......more

I am myself surprised at how much I liked this book. Generally I prefer books that are plot driven. Now and then however a wonderful book comes along built on the characters within.This is definitely a character driven story. There is about this story (much of the way) a melancholy feel of the inevi......more