My hair was windblown from the tower and the ride, so I gathered up a comb and returned to the other room to try to deal with the tangled mess."Was her editor unavailable that day? I've heard my GoodReads friends describe first person narratives as journal writing. After washing out my undergarments, I washed up quickly.
A tunic and trous were set out for me, and I climbed into them for sleeping. Tired, frustrated and upset, I finally gave up and left it lay on one of the benches. I tried to fold it, but the material slipped and slid, the dress ending up on the floor every time. Readers are treated to a painstaking list of the heroine's every mundanity in a flood of monotony: "I.went into the bathing area to remove the dress carefully. For those who don't like first person narratives, Warprize embodies all that form's weaknesses. I liked the hero Keir -he was to all appearances strong and charming and everything nice, an admittedly refreshing change from the normal gamut of romance heroes- but we only know him superficially, through the heroine's eyes.
While I liked the premise of Warprize and Vaughan's grasp of relationships and human dynamics, the plot was mild, with little conflict to speak of and thus, little suspense or action or even upset. I had my first clue a few pages in when I realized the prose I could expect would be basic at best, for a romantic fantasy.
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