Stayed up way too late reading.

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Obsession is a strange thing. It can be the fire that forges a true blade, but more often it is the flaw that causes the sword to break. Dragon Bones Patricia Briggs.

It has been a long while since a book has reduced us to tears as this one did. Oh we often get so involved in films that we cry, but books are another matter. I can't even remember the last one with which we became so involved that we actually cried.

Put simply the book is told from the perspective of a young man, the heir of a noble lord who has feigned stupidity to prevent his father from killing him. On the death of his father the young lord must find a way to prove himself or lose his ancestral home for good. He is aided in his quest by the family ghost-made-solid, who reminded me of someone...

The book has a few interesting twist as well as a plot that is not /too/ transparent, but enough to allow the reader to make a close estimation of where the tale will take them so long as they pay attention, which is always good as far as I am concerned. The simplicity of the writing makes it an easily accessible story too, and the understated way in which the climax of the story is handled adds to the emotional investment of the reader. This was a truly enjoyable book.