I didn’t know how to start this post, because the books of Guy Gavriel Kay were always problematic to me. I’ve read them all except Ysabel, Under Heaven and River of Stars. And after reading, I’ve had almost always ambivalent feelings about plot devices, characters, style, creepy sex, stereotypes and worldbuilding.
Usually I analize some particular book series written by one author, examining them through certain questions like racism, feminism or commonfolk attitude. Here I am going to do something different — analyze usually stand-alone book in more short form, but still touching these questions. To sum up, the posts probably will be more similar to reviews than to articles or essays.
Left Hand of Fiction 