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I've just finished reading "A Song For Arbonne" by Guy Gavriel Kay.

Something about the cover caught my eye and made me pick it up. I don't usually read medieval fantasy, but Charles De Lint praised it as "the ideal novel", so I borrowed it.

That was a good move. I was won over pretty early in the story. By the end, I had laughed, cried, became both frightened and excited.

It's such a beautiful, multi-layered story. Kay managed to weave in so many themes and created characters that I really felt for. There is politics, religion and war. Love in all its aspects. Music.

The way the plot worked out was brilliant, it tied up all the loose ends and everything was set right. But ending right does not mean a happy ending.

I love how tragic this book is. I love how everyone practices self-denial and restraint for "the greater good". Isn't that just how life is? Happiness is a fantasy. Duty is the reality.

As I read the final pages, I just wanted weep. Both for the fate of the characters and for there being no more to read.

p.s. in one alternative cover, the hero looks like Eric Bana. *screams & dies*

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