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I wrote a review of _Spellbent_
http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_snyder_spellbent.html
a few months back, and it has turned out to be one of those books that I keep dipping into after finishing it the first time, because I really like the female protagonist, who is neither a chosen one nor a leather-pants-wearing hottie. I like the fact that at the end of the book she gets to keep her scars instead of trading magical favors to look "normal" again (the only other fantasy book I remember in which this occured was C. J. Cherryh's _The Paladin_). Why is it most fantasy is so quick to erase the marks life leaves on its characters--especially its female characters?
I wrote a review of _Spellbent_
http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_snyder_spellbent.html
a few months back, and it has turned out to be one of those books that I keep dipping into after finishing it the first time, because I really like the female protagonist, who is neither a chosen one nor a leather-pants-wearing hottie. I like the fact that at the end of the book she gets to keep her scars instead of trading magical favors to look "normal" again (the only other fantasy book I remember in which this occured was C. J. Cherryh's _The Paladin_). Why is it most fantasy is so quick to erase the marks life leaves on its characters--especially its female characters?
