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Lady of the Trillium - Marion Zimmer Bradley Book Review

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Review Summary
When one mage grows old, she looks around for a new one. This story is about the chosing and training of the next mage, and teaching her to except her new role.
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - magical artifact - money/gems/treasure
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - clash between evenly matched magical power(s) (fantasy)
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - search for identity/new understanding - coping with mental/magical powers - change of heart
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - mental powers battles
Adversaries are… - giant monsters
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can talk to animals - fire/lightning/weather cntrl - telekinesis - mind reading - teleportation - can cast many different spells
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can talk to animals - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - physically sick

Setting
Terrain - Water - Mountains - Forests
Earth setting: - distant future
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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