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findthatbook*Edit: The book is Sorcery Rising (Fools Gold #1) by Jude Fisher*
There was a book I read in high school, maybe 10+ years ago, and I'm struggling to recall the author and title.
I don't remember the main plot or character names, just a few scenes and descriptions the author used.
It's an older book and it's cover style was similar to other older books I read at the time like Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold and The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, therefore the book I'm searching for might've been published in the early 2000s like those 2 books.
The book had a hardcover and I think it showed a town by the sea with a ship to the left (but my memory might be off)
The first thing I remember is that I think the story starts with a town by the sea. There is a mention of the first strawberries of the year being brought to the market, that people will be clamoring for them. The author compares the fruit to rubies and then says they are nearly as valuable.
The story changes perspective and kinda jumps around. I remember it being told from a guys perspective and then sometimes by a girl.
I also remember the author describing in passing how one character witnesses a small figure of a woman pinned by two guys while a third rapes her.
I also remember there were these traveler people like gypsies that came during that time of year to perform and entertain. That later hide a mysterious woman who is described as very beautiful with nearly white hair, creamy skin, etc. There was a guy who desired her a lot and wanted her as a wife but the gypsies kept him away from her until near the end of the story where we find out she's the sister of someone (either a god or a king, someone important but I can't remember).
I faintly recollect that the gypsies give the male protagonist something to help him out but can't do anything more to help him. I think he might've been one of them but he was orphaned and I think he has magic too.
Lastly the scene that I can recall vividly is when the girl protagonist is injured, her hands and side of her face are burned. Later this old woman heals her using fire and a knife to "carve" and reshape her fingers since the fire fused them together. While the old woman is doing this another character shows up, sees the knife, freaks and kills the old woman. Her last words to him are something like "don't you know it's bad luck to interrupt a healing." The old woman dies and the girls burns are healed along with her 'new' fingers.
--If anyone can help me find this book I would be so grateful. I'm sorry if it's not a lot to work with!
There was a book I read in high school, maybe 10+ years ago, and I'm struggling to recall the author and title.
I don't remember the main plot or character names, just a few scenes and descriptions the author used.
It's an older book and it's cover style was similar to other older books I read at the time like Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold and The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, therefore the book I'm searching for might've been published in the early 2000s like those 2 books.
The book had a hardcover and I think it showed a town by the sea with a ship to the left (but my memory might be off)
The first thing I remember is that I think the story starts with a town by the sea. There is a mention of the first strawberries of the year being brought to the market, that people will be clamoring for them. The author compares the fruit to rubies and then says they are nearly as valuable.
The story changes perspective and kinda jumps around. I remember it being told from a guys perspective and then sometimes by a girl.
I also remember the author describing in passing how one character witnesses a small figure of a woman pinned by two guys while a third rapes her.
I also remember there were these traveler people like gypsies that came during that time of year to perform and entertain. That later hide a mysterious woman who is described as very beautiful with nearly white hair, creamy skin, etc. There was a guy who desired her a lot and wanted her as a wife but the gypsies kept him away from her until near the end of the story where we find out she's the sister of someone (either a god or a king, someone important but I can't remember).
I faintly recollect that the gypsies give the male protagonist something to help him out but can't do anything more to help him. I think he might've been one of them but he was orphaned and I think he has magic too.
Lastly the scene that I can recall vividly is when the girl protagonist is injured, her hands and side of her face are burned. Later this old woman heals her using fire and a knife to "carve" and reshape her fingers since the fire fused them together. While the old woman is doing this another character shows up, sees the knife, freaks and kills the old woman. Her last words to him are something like "don't you know it's bad luck to interrupt a healing." The old woman dies and the girls burns are healed along with her 'new' fingers.
--If anyone can help me find this book I would be so grateful. I'm sorry if it's not a lot to work with!
Ouch!
Date: July 23rd, 2017 14:28 (UTC)Can't help you, but... To me, an "older book" is maybe one I read in high school in the 1960s, maybe even from a library or my parents' shelves of books decades older. Oh well, I am older than I was or you are. At least I'm still alive and reading!
Re: Ouch!
Date: July 23rd, 2017 15:30 (UTC)Re: Ouch!
Date: July 23rd, 2017 16:34 (UTC)Re: Ouch!
Date: July 23rd, 2017 16:58 (UTC)Personally, I do try not to go off topic too much, because I don't want to get people's hopes up every time they get a notification that someone replied to their post, but it's totally allowed, especially if it's a helpful and friendly comment. :)
Re: Ouch!
Date: July 23rd, 2017 21:03 (UTC)Re: Ouch!
Date: July 23rd, 2017 16:53 (UTC)The important thing is to do it courteously, and since thnidu phrased the comment in a good-natured way, I see no problem with it.
Or did you mean my reply? In that case, you're right, I have added nothing useful to the conversation, which does make it kind of unnecessary. If it's annoying, I can certainly delete it.
Older
Date: July 23rd, 2017 18:31 (UTC)Anyways after scouring the internet and looking at the Goodreads website at the pages for Through Wolfs Eyes and The Outstretched Shadow, I found the book I was looking for under "other books members liked"
Re: Older
Date: July 23rd, 2017 19:02 (UTC)I'm glad you found it!