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Guy Gavriel Kay: Tigana (1999)

Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is …

Review of 'Tigana' on 'Goodreads'

Saccharine sweet and formulaic. Kay tries to give the impression that these dudes have been building this conspiracy for years but it just seems kinda shallow. Meh. I'll not be reading the rest of the series.

I'd say the style and themes would be fine for a YA audience but Kay has a few outlandish sex/love scenes that keep this out of that demographic. Not because they are too steamy; more because they aren't at all believable. They are setup more like crappy porno scenes but don't have the good payoff and descriptions that you would expect of real erotica. It's just kind of an awkward book.