Mercedes Lackey
Ellen Guon
Baen Books
Eric, a musician at a Renaissance Faire, discovers Elves.
Real elves. In Los Angeles. They've got a problem, and he's their
man (so to speak.)
This opening for Knight foreshadows the tone of the book--an
imaginative lighthearted fantasy with bits of darker themes
mixed in for flavor.
Without giving too much away--Eric ends up struggling during much
of the book with his own multiple desires as well of those of one
of his partners. Of course, given the tone of the novel, you
shouldn't expect a lot of deep poly insight to be had here, but of
course that isn't the point, Knight is fun.
Melissa Craycraft recommended these books to us and
said:
As part--though by no means the main feature--of the plots,
we see the formation and maintenance of a poly triad.
Kaia Wolf (celestia@inorbit.com) rated this book
an 8 (Excellent) and said:
This book, aside from being a fun romp, was the first fiction
I'd ever read which featured--and yes this is a bit of a
spoiler--a MFM triad. In my involvement with the poly world
(both in person and in fiction) I see a lot of FMF
triads but very few like my own "two guys and a girl"
reality. This book gave my partner and I hope
that such things are possible and was our own jumping off
point into our investigation of polyamory. And FWIW,
Mercedes Lackey has done the best job in fantasy of offering
a truly balanced cast of characters of all sexual/societal
orientations.
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