A wizard of Mars

4.0 Half a star reduction for the love story, a quarter of a star for the really long time to get the reader interested (even for a series that's famous for its slow movements) and a quarter star reduction for the love story. The world-building is excellent as always and the writing is great, both for the dialogues, the meaningful hard choices and the wonderful planetary vistas.

Pity there's only one more novel and one hard-to-get short story collection in the series.

Diane Duane has done it again. An incredibly well crafted story in the universe she has crafted and evolved over nine fantastic books. For any fan of the series, this is a must read. Anyone new, I highly recommend starting from the first installment.

The painstaking descriptions of the Mars environment really makes everything real - as if this could really be happening and we are oblivious to it. The plot development is a bit like A Wizard's Dilemma and A Wizard Alone where Kit and Nita are separated for much of the book. I happen to like the stories where they are together a bit more, but I felt the separation was well done and not as forced or contrived as it was in the earlier two books.

Bottom line: I loved it. Duane's series continues to be one of my all time favorites!