At the same time, it is dotted with deft touches of humor and with familiar, ordinary details which heighten the authenticity of the emotions it evokes. This is not a book to be read in a hurry it is meant to be savored. She narrates her tale at a regal, measured pace that neither lags nor falters. ' - Adventures of Sword & Sorcery 'Weaving folkloric elements into a fresh and original tale, McKillip employs deliberate, evocative language.

'The pace here is deliberate and sure, with no false steps the writing is richly textured and evocativeâ€¦ weaves a dense web of desire and longing, human love and inhuman need.'- Publishers Weekly 'Fascinating and enchanting.'- Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 'The prose is impeccable, the story memorable, and the characters admirable.' - Science Fiction Chronicle 'McKillip manages to be both subtle and wiseâ€¦ Winter Rose confronts icy feyness with warm humanity, and leaves us surprised by joy.'- Faren Miller, Locus 'McKillip's prose, which is always wondrous, is rarely less than perfect here.'- Shira Daemon, Locus 'Characteristically fresh, dainty fantasyâ€¦tingling and affecting workâ€¦delightful, delicate.'- Kirkus Reviews 'Like some exquisite bloom, rich in subtlety and headily intoxicating with lush prose.'- Starlog 'The story is well crafted and intriguing, McKillip's prose is as good as ever, and her evocation of both the familiar and the mysterious is nothing less than masterlyâ€¦An excellent book.'- Booklist 'A work rich in languageâ€¦and dramatic in its emotions, Winter Rose envelopes the reader with a dense sensualityâ€¦a complex romance of magic and longing.

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