The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff

[janedavitt]

I'd had this book on my shelf for a while -- it's from 1990 and I picked it up in a used bookstore in town -- so I packed it to read on the plane. Huff's always entertaining and I love the way she works in gay/bi characters without any fuss. This fantasy has a strong m/m storyline between two of the three leads and it's definitely worth reading given how few fantasy books do that.

The story itself was very readable and had everything you want/expect in a fantasy; villians, magic, fighting, taverns, political intrigue, a quest... One of the torture scenes had me gulping but I loved the three leads and I wish she'd done a sequel in this world.

Definitely worth looking out for and Amazon has a few used copies.

The Fire's Stone

Comments

[chalcopyrite]

I saw this on my network page and just wanted to share a :). I have so many good memories of that book; it was just the warm fuzzy I needed the summer I was 19 (seriously, I'd finish it, turn back to the beginning, and start reading again), and when I got back to college I managed to lay hands on my Very Own Copy and then my roommates and I had Bedtime Story-time every night, reading it aloud. It's still one of my go-tos when I want a book like a fluffy shawl to cuddle into.

[janedavitt]

I'm so chuffed to find other readers who loved it! I'm just amazed it's twenty years old; it feels very fresh and it'd make a great movie...

[elmyraemilie]

I enjoyed her Blood Ties books very much; I'll have to check this out when I'm in a sword-and-sorcery mood. Thanks for the rec!

[janedavitt]

I love her SF and her fantasy, both contemporary and not; it's unusual to have someone who's so good at both.