T.M. Wagner has a review of Lois McMaster Bujold’s new fantasy-romance novel, The Sharing Knife: Beguilement which will be released on October 10th. Wagner calls the novel, which is the start of a new two book series, “far from up to her elevated standards” and gives it 2.5 stars. He notes that the book is a “straight-up romance novel” and wishes that the plot were more complex and challenging. The review gives away a few spoilers about the plot, perhaps more than if it was another Miles or Chalion novel.
Bujold’s site lists details about the book and its background. She states that Volume 2: Legacy has a planned publication date of June 2007. There is also a sequel called “The Wide Green World” under development and a new Miles book has been sold to Baen and it may be started mid-2007.
Also reviewed at Strange Horizons, which notes it is “a quiet book with almost no tension”, and a more positive review at scifidimensions, which has an interview with Bujold.