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Title: Don't get me wrong, I love Sharon Shinn
Review: If you are going to read one Sharon Shinn novel, please don't let it be this one.Shinn hit three homeruns with her Samaria trilogy. In comparison, Heart of Gold seems suspiciously simplistic. She writes about racism and sexism without adding anything new to the conversation -- one just feels lectured to.Indeed, to me, it seems almost as if the publisher approached her after The Alleluia Files and asked if there was anything hiding away under her bed, any old work that she could possibly dust off for them to print.It is a perfectly good book. However, it is nowhere near the mastery Shinn demonstrates elsewhere.
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